Thread: How is this possible?

Originally Posted by InHonorOfRay

Hirlau, when I said "people" I was referring to anyone who continues to make bad decisions and never learn from their mistakes. We all mess up in life and fall on hard times, but if you aren't willing to change for the positive than you can't expect other people to want to help you. JMO

Sometimes people do continue to make bad decisions, but sometimes life circumstances and other peolpes prejudice can make it very hard to turn your life around, particularly if that person was getting in trouble decades ago when society was less accepting. I don't condone crime, and it does seem that this lady is voilent however she has also been in and out of mental health facilities, so she may have been let down by this system as well.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Sometimes people do continue to make bad decisions, but sometimes life circumstances and other peolpes prejudice can make it very hard to turn your life around, particularly if that person was getting in trouble decades ago when society was less accepting. I don't condone crime, and it does seem that this lady is voilent however she has also been in and out of mental health facilities, so she may have been let down by this system as well.

The only way she has been let down by the system is that she has not been permanently incarcerated, either in a penal institution or a mental institution. Knife attacks are violent crimes, if done by the sane it is time for the penal institution if done by the insane it is time for the padded room and the meds.

I have to wonder how many opinions would be different if she had put a gun to her victims heads.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

The only way she has been let down by the system is that she has not been permanently incarcerated, either in a penal institution or a mental institution. Knife attacks are violent crimes, if done by the sane it is time for the penal institution if done by the insane it is time for the padded room and the meds.

I have to wonder how many opinions would be different if she had put a gun to her victims heads.

Please don't missunderstand my intention, I agree that in this instance some sort of institutionalisement (made up word, couldnt think of the right one) would be appropriate. IF she does have a mental illness then that system DID let her down, of course if not then she is a violent criminal based on the report from the OP.