Witnesses said Alpizar's wife, Anne Buechner, had frantically tried to explain he was bipolar, a mental illness also known as manic-depression, and was off his medication.
put 'em in one o' them crazy buckets...doofybatzDecember 9 2005, 20:08:36 UTC
I ride Metro, but I don't... ok, point taken.
Honestly, I do think it's a short jump. Especially in the sense that anyone can, by arbitrary standards, be considered "crazy". People could doubt look at people like us and say "wearin' all that black and diggin' on all that spooky shit ain't right... shoot 'em!" It's especially bad if the other passengers are correct, and this man never actually said he had a bomb, or threatened to blow up the plane. If that's true, then they gunned him down for having a panic attack and trying to leave the aircraft when it was still on the ground.
As for mentally ill people in general, I feel bad for them. They didn't ask to have that befall them, and our system is not entirely competant in getting them the care they need. We used to have places where they were taken care of, but not anymore (Thanks, Reagan).
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The Darwinist in me says it's no real loss.
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It also bugs me that they lied about it.
I envy you... I have no inner darwinist. ;)
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Ride Metro more. ;)
Do you really think it's not that big of a jump?
My thoughts are the psycosis makes that a "Slippery Slope" falicy for that particular argument.
But I'm biased against crazies and that colo(u)rs my perception.
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Honestly, I do think it's a short jump. Especially in the sense that anyone can, by arbitrary standards, be considered "crazy". People could doubt look at people like us and say "wearin' all that black and diggin' on all that spooky shit ain't right... shoot 'em!" It's especially bad if the other passengers are correct, and this man never actually said he had a bomb, or threatened to blow up the plane. If that's true, then they gunned him down for having a panic attack and trying to leave the aircraft when it was still on the ground.
As for mentally ill people in general, I feel bad for them. They didn't ask to have that befall them, and our system is not entirely competant in getting them the care they need. We used to have places where they were taken care of, but not anymore (Thanks, Reagan).
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