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In reply to the discussion: Could science convince you that the shooter was not ethically responsible for his actions? [View all]Siwsan
(26,251 posts)10. In Charles Whitman's suicide note, he begged them to autopsy his brain
The autopsy showed he has a brain tumor. Maybe that destroyed his inner demon impulse control.
His attack was well planned out. He killed his wife and mother, who had separated from his very abusive father, saying he wanted to 'relieve her suffering'. Nobody can ever really know why but he also killed his wife. He left his father to deal with the situation.
He hired a hand cart to bring his recently purchased guns and ammunition to the tower. He dressed in fatigues.
He had sought psychological help, and told the psychiatrist about his fantasy of shooting people from the tower. The psychiatrist said they needed to talk further, but Whitman never made the appointment because he had already made up his mind.
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Could science convince you that the shooter was not ethically responsible for his actions? [View all]
Baconator
Oct 2017
OP
I believe that they need to ban civilian ownership of military grade/automatic firearms
Siwsan
Oct 2017
#18
My friends wife started partying hard and neglecting her kids, left them all for another man....
bettyellen
Oct 2017
#65
Diagnosing and TREATING dangerous conditions might be a good start at protection...
Moostache
Oct 2017
#79
The mental heath angle is tricky for many reasons- treatment is underfunded, and stigmatized and
bettyellen
Oct 2017
#82
You know, it's got me thinking we treat the mentally illl like trash so we won't have any empathy or
bettyellen
Oct 2017
#84
The study, if only done on white people, might cleanse white people of their "sins,"
Ms. Toad
Oct 2017
#25
Sounds similar to the NFL concussion problems - i.e. Mike Webster at al n/m
bagelsforbreakfast
Oct 2017
#21
And for people who have ordinary, everyday business in those tall buildings
customerserviceguy
Oct 2017
#49