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That's half of it (if true). The other half is a mentally ill person.
by mabbo 7y ago
That's half of it (if true). The other half is a mentally ill person.
- goldenkey 7y agoExplain to my why you value life over principles in a universe that neither designates value to either? Having a different world view does not make a person mentally ill. Willing to die for principles means strong feelings, no more, no less. You may find what he did heinous but violent behavior is not necessarily indicative of mental illness. It just tends to be a combination of 3 things: 1) value of self biology/life 2) value of others biology/life 3) strength of belief that ideology and impact of events supercedes 1 and 2 It is convenient to claim every violent person is mentally ill when the reality is moreso the 3 aforementioned precepts, and a short-temper/hot handle.
- maeln 7y agoPutting so little value in other people life is a mental illness. Its not a question of perception. Considering your intellectual / material property over someone life is being a sociopath.
- goldenkey 7y agoIt totally is a question of perception and philosophy. Death is literally a part of life. We all die. The value of life is what you make of it. The fact that this arsonist got roasted himself shows his perspective on the idea of "precious bodies" in general. He was wronged, palgiarized, steamrolled by an idomitable corporation and had no recourse. Je expressed in through corporeal action. You may disagree with the morality of his actions but your assessment of mental illness is just a way to end any discussion about what life is worth when it comes to being traded for political action, injustice, change, etc. We all live for something. Everyone chooses what to live and die for unless circumstance chooses for them.
- Razengan 7y agoAt what point would you draw the line over "killing for something?" How about religion? Voices in someone's head? What if they affected you or your loved ones? Will you still laud their ""principles""?
- maeln 7y agoSociety don't really care about you philosophical reflection on life and death. If this man was in fact defrauded by the company, he could have gone to court to solve the issue. Him considering that committing a mass murder, killing and injuring many innocent, is justifiable for the plagiarism is a mental illness. Trying to spin the conversation around philosophy and moral views to justify a mass murder is useless and seriously worrying about your own mental state and moral compass.
- Kaiyou 7y agoThere's no guarantee justice is upheld in court. Remember Dirty Harry? Most likely the legal route was already tried.
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoThe people dead did not choose to die. They were killed by someone. And that person killed people and intended to kill people. By our society's definition, this person is mentally ill- they are ill because they have decided to kill people when their own life is not in imminent danger. If one's morals justifies one to kill when one's own life or others' lives are not in danger, then they are mentally ill by our society's definition. Of course, mental illness being defined as holding behavior, emotional, or experience structures that deviate from the norm such that the person cannot function within their society in a productive manner. I think you'd be fascinated by the twists of someone with a personality disorder or someone on the schizophrenia spectrum. If someone claims they are god, or claims they are a wolf, and thus justified by self-definition of predator to predate on other humans, are they mentally ill or do they have a different philosophy?
- Aeolun 7y ago
- ianstallings 7y ago> Explain to my why you value life over principles in a universe that neither designates value to either That's quite the post-modernist psychopathic take on this, brushing away the value of life and claiming killing others is merely a "different world view". Edit: I'm getting down voted for calling out the OP? Never more have I realized I do not belong here. Have a good one guys, I've had enough. Right and wrong are real. Good and evil are real. I don't feel comfortable in the company of people that disagree.
- goldenkey 7y agoIt literally is a different world view. You only have to look at the Middle East.
- gilrain 7y agoWhoa, suddenly racist. The vast, vast majority of people in the middle east value life just as much as anyone.
- ianstallings 7y agoAre you seriously calling me a racist or are you joking? Edit: Sorry didn't see the greyed out comment above yours on my screen.
- ilikehurdles 7y agoThey weren't responding to you, but to goldenkey's flagged/dead comment.
- sixQuarks 7y agoI may not agree with you, but I do appreciate your viewpoint. I think you bring up valid points, and are being downvoted undeservedly.
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- brigandish 7y agoAny action that leads to suffering is bad. Anyone suffering mentally is experiencing dis-ease. If you have a lasting or recurrent desire to inflict suffering on another for reasons that most reasonable people would consider unjustified or using methods that are excessive, then you are probably mentally ill. If you act on that desire you're definitely mentally ill.
- Razengan 7y ago> Explain to my why you value life over principles in a universe that neither designates value to either? Context. Principles don't matter if there is no life.
- l33tbro 7y agoTalk to me about principles of the universe when you are being burnt alive because of some rogue psycho. Of course violence and mental illness aren't mutually inclusive - but serene individuals don't set fire to buildings full of people. So why bring up this edgy bullshit in this context?