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I went to school with Daniel at Illinois, we were in the ECE program at the same time and took classes together (with other HN readers, surely). I dispute all
by uiuc_throwaway 7y ago
I went to school with Daniel at Illinois, we were in the ECE program at the same time and took classes together (with other HN readers, surely).
I dispute all posts saying "the sentence is too harsh" and that this was "a genuine accident." This person is dangerous and willfully endangered others in his pursuits.
This type of "accident" would not happen "in normal circumstances" because there is no normal circumstance in which your employer intentionally masks your location and forces you to defecate into a bucket in the basement of their own home.
Personally I believe Daniel used the investment he made in the victim's company to manipulate him into this situation.
From my POV it was only a matter of time that he did something that resulted in serious harm. It is terribly unfortunate that someone had to lose their life before he was able to get help for his mental illness.
I do not have an axe to grind against him personally, nor do I lack empathy for the mentally ill. But for those quick to jump to the other side, you should know what the experience is like living near someone in this circumstance. It is quite viscerally terrifying, to the extent that I have made no public comments about this for fear of retribution on his part despite the fact he'll be separated from society for quite some time.
- oh_sigh 7y agoWhat was it about this guy that freaked you out? Was it his observed behavior, rumors, just a bad feeling,...?
- _ah 7y agoI believe that one of the scariest aspects of living in proximity to a person with severe mental illness is that their actions and responses are not necessarily rational, or predictably irrational, or even consistent day-to-day. Any random action (or lack thereof) is capable of triggering a disproportionate response, and there can be no warning signs ahead of time. This is mentally exhausting, since the healthy person must devote a large portion of their emotional energy decoding and understanding the current mental state of the ill person, proverbially "walking on eggshells" to avoid a negative situation.
- dfeojm-zlib 7y agoPeople who are liabilities are liabilities. It's sad when naive people don't recognize them and/or don't defend sensible personal boundaries against crazy/unreasonable intrusions.
- wolfgke 7y agoRelevant: Blue and Orange Morality > https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlueAndOrangeMorality https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlueAndOrangeMor...
- jhayward 7y ago> since the healthy person must devote a large portion of their emotional energy decoding and understanding the current mental state of the ill person, proverbially "walking on eggshells" to avoid a negative situation. Dealing with mentally ill people is quite challenging, but if one is 'walking on eggshells to avoid ..' one is doing it wrong. The necessary role for the healthy person is to be the healthy person, and not let the ill person's issue distort healthy behavior.
- _ah 7y agoTrue. But for practical purposes, some degree of conflict avoidance is often an important survival skill.