Kana -> RE: thanks for the dance. (1/13/2012 11:53:53 PM)
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As a society we hold people responsible for their actions. If a drunk driver kills someone, we hold them accountable even if they are blind, out of their mind drunk to the point they are no longer capable of making rational decisions. The insanity defense doesn't work because judges have consistently ruled that in taking that first drink willingly, while sober and in sound mind, the drinker is intentionally taking a risk that their future behavior would be effected. Here, we have a situation where a mentally ill person, who was well aware that they were mentally ill, had been diagnosed, been given medicine to stabilize the issue, got stabilized, and then willingly and voluntarily, while in a sound state of mind, stopped taking their meds, thus risking backsliding. Now I know that this is a pretty common syndrome among mentally ill folks, but still... My thoughts 1-Bob, or Arpig, or whoever the funk you are-I feel sorry for you. I feel sorry for your illness, I feel sorry for your suffering, I feel sorry that you chose to stop taking meds and hurt lots of folks. 2-That said, fuck you. You chose to not take your meds, you rolled the dice and damaged lots of people who didn't deserve being hurt in the process. This might sound tough, but hey, someone has to be accountable and when you stopped doing what you needed to do to take care of you, you chose this course...just like a junkie who went back out chose their pain. Does this sound tough-sure. Hell, it may even come off as uncaring,. I don't give a fuck. No one is responsible for you but you. You have an answer to your problem-that you didn't take it is on you, as is the harm that you caused. 3-VAA-Kudos to you. You got nailed in public, called out, challenged, all the while dealing with a real personal crisis, yet you remained calm and kept to the high ground and did lots of background work that yielded fruit. Thank you for your efforts, they went above and beyond the call and we are the better for it. I have lots of other thoughts, but can't really actualize them yet, cuz I'm still processing them. Suffice to say that I'm pissed, I feel like lots of time has been wasted, way, way to fucking much drama was involved here, good folks have been mangled and I'm really kinda questioning whether it's worth it to continue here on the forums-I mean why bother spending time and effort to articulate thoughts and share experiences with accounts and posts that are just being made to satisfy the mental masturbation of a few deranged folks... Life is short. Time is precious. I ain't got time to fool around with BS like this.
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