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In reply to the discussion: Adam Lanza was crazy. Nancy Lanza was crazy. [View all]_Liann_
(377 posts)The psych community fails way too often.
There is on average one mass murder every two weeks with 6 or more people dead.
They are not doing their job well enough. I don't need to worry abut their feathers ruffled. They SUCK at their jobs.
Apparently you don't know what the word "intent" means in the law. It means what you did was what you wanted to do at that moment. You opened the door because you intended to open the door, and you went through the full set of body motions which opens doors and the door opened. You don't need a month of planning to open a door, but you intend to do it and then you do it, just like you planned when you formed intent to open it.
Intent is required to commit a crime, or some crimes. Accidentally opening a door might be a violation but you didn't intend to do it so you are not held to the highest degree of culpability.
Adam Lanza formulated thought. He planned his actions. He carried them out with intent. He was deliberate and goal oriented. What he did was no accident -- it was intentional.
On the one hand you are dismissive of "reports" and gossip, but rely heavily on a reputed commitment to an institution, which I give no credence to without further corroboration.