"He/she did (not) __________ in/with/to/blahblah me. HE/SHE MUST DIE!". The fallacious logic in such people's thoughts is so appalling that any sane person should stop dead in their tracks and think "What the hell? That didn't make sense!".
But then, it is precisely when people start to have mental disorders (e.g. depression, doesn't have to be full-fledged clinical conditions) that they don't realise their thinking is twisted and irrational and uncivil.
Negative emotions and their accompanying toxicity is something I think kids need to learn to deal with. Sadly, even severe depression cannot be detected by surrounding people if one wears a shell over oneself and appears to be normal/happy.
On another note, I am also very appalled by his desire to get laid because he's still a virgin. Seriously? Either he loves sex alot (doesn't fit the virgin part), or he's following a herd mentality and trying to be like everyone else around him (which goes back to the mental problem, vide supra).
edit: I also need to say a little more to cover the ground. Any mental illness may possibly get one out of conviction, but it doesn't right the wrong. Having mental illness is not an excuse to commit crime -- it is a reason that one committed a crime. What some people may not know is that if one is aware one is mentally going downhill, then one has every ability to seek help to pull oneself out of the situation - you know you're going crazy but you don't want to pull yourself together therefore you are equally culpable of any harm you do. I am very intolerant of people using e.g. depression as an excuse for running amok, but I will help the people around me if I find they may start to be in such situations.
Hadriel
But then, it is precisely when people start to have mental disorders (e.g. depression, doesn't have to be full-fledged clinical conditions) that they don't realise their thinking is twisted and irrational and uncivil.
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Negative emotions and their accompanying toxicity is something I think kids need to learn to deal with. Sadly, even severe depression cannot be detected by surrounding people if one wears a shell over oneself and appears to be normal/happy.
On another note, I am also very appalled by his desire to get laid because he's still a virgin. Seriously? Either he loves sex alot (doesn't fit the virgin part), or he's following a herd mentality and trying to be like everyone else around him (which goes back to the mental problem, vide supra).
edit: I also need to say a little more to cover the ground. Any mental illness may possibly get one out of conviction, but it doesn't right the wrong. Having mental illness is not an excuse to commit crime -- it is a reason that one committed a crime. What some people may not know is that if one is aware one is mentally going downhill, then one has every ability to seek help to pull oneself out of the situation - you know you're going crazy but you don't want to pull yourself together therefore you are equally culpable of any harm you do. I am very intolerant of people using e.g. depression as an excuse for running amok, but I will help the people around me if I find they may start to be in such situations.
Hadriel