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JJChambers

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37. Because it's hard to imagine

Mon May 26, 2014, 06:56 PM

May 2014

Someone competent enough to meticulously plan a killing spree over the course of months or years, and then execute that plan, is surely competent to stand trial.

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What else can we blame Rodger, Elliot's actions on? [View all] JJChambers May 2014 OP

It is frustrating, because we want to figure out how to stop these things treestar May 2014 #1

If it were up to me, ... stone space May 2014 #2

Wouldn't have done much for the 3 people he stabbed to death YarnAddict May 2014 #21

Particularly in the case of severe mental illness MannyGoldstein May 2014 #3

His mental illness made him see the world as being against him JJChambers May 2014 #5

What's an example where you'd be ok with MannyGoldstein May 2014 #9

One where an attack wasn't planned, methodically, for years JJChambers May 2014 #11

One can be severely out of touch with reality and yet make meticulous plans. X_Digger May 2014 #35

Because it's hard to imagine JJChambers May 2014 #37

I'm not talking about what a court would consider incompetent.. X_Digger May 2014 #38

I work in a field that puts me in touch with those folks frequently JJChambers May 2014 #39

Agreed. And yet these same people can make meticulous plans. X_Digger May 2014 #40

You don't know that. His parents were quoted as saying he was hearing voices. pnwmom May 2014 #34

He didn't mention voices in his videos or manifesto JJChambers May 2014 #36

Did you miss the thread that blamed it on him being a closeted homosexual? Rowdyboy May 2014 #4

I forgot about that JJChambers May 2014 #8

Ummmm... janlyn May 2014 #6

GMO corn...nt SidDithers May 2014 #7

Its getting pretty silly. I care about the environment, so maybe my next OP will be how quinnox May 2014 #10

It was obviously global warming that was the last straw. TreasonousBastard May 2014 #13

There you go. Global warming made him do it! quinnox May 2014 #14

I just don't understand why people feel compelled to blame things on their pet issues JJChambers May 2014 #16

Its "reinforcement bias". I just made that up actually quinnox May 2014 #17

It's easy to blame "the person" responsible. Laelth May 2014 #12

it's Elliott Rodger PeaceNikki May 2014 #15

I suspect that he consumed GM food. Nye Bevan May 2014 #18

The Mother. "It's always the Mother's fault". Pathwalker May 2014 #19

The proliferation of guns in US society brought to you by the NRA etherealtruth May 2014 #20

Oh! The NKA. Add that. Eleanors38 May 2014 #22

Somehow, this is Obama's fault. And violent video games. And PETA. flvegan May 2014 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #24

It's called *pattern recognition* Starry Messenger May 2014 #25

Recognizing that people do not exist in a vacuum and trying to figure out why they do what uppityperson May 2014 #26

I agree. The OP is being dense about this, as well as unnecessarily flip. Demit May 2014 #30

i blame it on Elliot's illegal alien friends itsrobert May 2014 #27

Oh say, what is false...which are devoid of truth for the posters who post on it? HereSince1628 May 2014 #28

You forgot video games. RandySF May 2014 #29

World of Warcraft and GTA, for sure JJChambers May 2014 #31

So when a white supremacist kills a group of people of color gollygee May 2014 #32

It's a bloody tabula rasa on which people get to paint their favorite societal ill. n/t X_Digger May 2014 #33

**** Hey, OP!! AGAIN You got his name wrong. It's "Elliot Rodger" **** PeaceNikki May 2014 #41

FTFY JJChambers May 2014 #43

Easy access to guns Crunchy Frog May 2014 #42