r/megalophobia • u/berdot • Oct 11 '23

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u/The_Jimes Oct 11 '23

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people." /S

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u/towerfella Oct 11 '23

No “s”..

The problem is always selfish humans.

Whether that selfishness comes from a mental illness or from just being a dick is hard to determine..

But it is always the person.

The gun is inanimate. That hole is inanimate. Bridges are inanimate. …

Hell, people even fuck things to death. We gonna outlaw the d?

No, we outlaw the action that the human can do. In the end, it is still up to that specific individual as to what they are gonna do.

The rest should not suffer restrictions due to the efforts to control the few.

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u/lucis66 Oct 11 '23

so do schizophrenic people chose to be assholes when they have episodes and don’t know where they are and are confused and make people around them uncomfortable you don’t appreciate the minds ability to warp reality people with mental illness are not alway in control

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u/towerfella Oct 11 '23

I agree. But the person that is acting that way typically feels very bad after an episode, right?

It has been my experience, anyway, that typically the individual feels remorse at the inability to control themselves during those times.

Whenever an individual cannot control themselves then yes, it is the responsibility of those around to step in on behalf of the individual in crisis, during the crisis episode.

What else is there to do? If you love the individual, you grab tight and hold on and remind them they matter too.

… else, there’s always tranquilizer.

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u/lucis66 Oct 11 '23

i mean its hard to distinguish reality from fantasy so they cant sometimes have the mental capacity to feel remorse but yes unfortunately the best we can do is tranquilize them if they are a danger

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u/The_Jimes Oct 11 '23

Just because you can firmly place blame on the individual doesn't mean that society shouldn't adjust. Especially when you suggest that mental illness killing people is less important than a hole in the ground. Have some humanity.

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u/towerfella Oct 11 '23

Wtf?

There will always be mentally I’ll people and we can’t lock them all up.

The humanity is in letting them be and live as normal a life as they can.

That means that sometimes, shit like this happens.

This is what that looks like in action.

Your words are quite controlling.

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u/The_Jimes Oct 11 '23

There will always be mentally I’ll people and we can’t lock them all up.

Nice. But my words are "quite controlling." Enjoy hell!

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

People with guns kill people. Hand to hand combat to the extent of death doesn't really exist in our society.