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The public outrage, calling for the man to be lynched, fairly sickens me tbh. Mob/revenge mentality helps no one. Whatever happens, it's sad faces all round.Plenty of eye witnesses saw him and he went to a family law court and begged them to take his other two sons. At this stage they're accusations yes, because he hasn't been formally charged with her murder, but be reasonable, do you honestly think he didn't do it?
I've been thinking about this for the last few days and I have some points.
I don't hate this man. I think he should be institutionalized forever, but I think this case highlights the need for us to pay more attention to, and invest more efforts in detecting, supporting and treating depression and other mental health issues in men. It's still taboo, and apart from one promotional month/week a year, we don't hear much about BeyondBlue or other initiatives for men to seek help for mental health.
If he had done this purely because he was a hateful man, because he hated his daughter and because he got kicks out of it, it would be a different situation for me. I think he was feeling alone and desperate, and we all know that Family Court is biased towards women. Many men act in desperation because the removal of their kids and breakdown of their marriages signals failure. There is no fairness in the system. This doesn't excuse their irrational actions, but I think it helps to explain them.
It highlights the need for people to look closely at their relationships. Not to ignore the warning signs, because usually there are many. Domineering, controlling men in marriages will take the breakdown and removal of their kids as failure, and will act vindictively. Women don't help the situation by being vindictive bitches themselves, using their power within the courts to destroy the man they may have once loved.
It sickens me that a girl had to die, and I think the reason he killed his daughter and not his sons was because he perhaps had this subconscious hatred towards women, but I think his actions following her death point towards a man with a snapped mentality, and not a man who did this purely for kicks.
Hopefully her death won't be in vain, and hopefully mental health issues in men will get the recognition they deserve.
Of course, most murderers are probably suffering from some mental illness, there's plenty of psychotic or schizophrenic criminals out there, but the law is still upheld in their case, mental illness may be taken into consideration in sentencing, but no one goes scot free over violent crimes for their mental illness.EDIT: I don't think this makes me a monster, that I sympathise for this man. I still think he deserves punishment/treatment, and I don't think he should ever be released
I find it hard to sympathise with that. I'm not sure why. I wouldn't call for her blood, but idk...A Canadian mother stangled her 12 year old daughter after her boyfriend gave her an ultimatum "It's either her or me."
That's a horrible thing to sayI found it impossible to grapple with the idea of representing somebody I knew was guilty and inherently evil.
The only reason I support fair trials for all, is because I wonder how many innocent people were convicted for crimes they didn't commit, purely because they'd already been sentenced.
What a waste of life.
Rapists and sexual pedophiles. See? There are some advantages to Bronze Age theories on justice.Some people should have their tubes tied, or their testicles cut.
his balls'll drop to the ground faster than his kid did :rofl:Some people should have their tubes tied, or their testicles cut.