Mass murder of disabled people in Japan

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

New York Times article. At least nineteen dead.

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[Omega21]

Obviously a sick and twisted individual. I have no doubt that their system will handle it like they should.

Tragedy that 19 families will be mourning because of him, may they Rest in Peace.

[Cubby]

I can't believe how little attention this sad story has gotten here. Partly due to the Convention, but I wonder if its also because there's no (Islamic) terrorism angle for media to harp on.

[Green Line]

I can't believe how little attention this sad story has gotten here. Partly due to the Convention, but I wonder if its also because there's no (Islamic) terrorism angle for media to harp on.

It was a messed up, extremely disturbed individual.  There's no reason to suspect that there will be an epidemic of attacks like this though, and no greater danger to the world beyond this one messed up person.  The same cant be said for Islamic terrorism, hence it is not receiving the same attention.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

I think it's a little insulting to go straight to the muh mental health discourse with a mental health worker who systematically slaughtered his former charges, to be quite honest.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Horrific.

[dead0man]

I can't believe how little attention this sad story has gotten here. Partly due to the Convention, but I wonder if its also because there's no (Islamic) terrorism angle for media to harp on.

nor a gun* to blame


*or magazine size, or collapsible stock, or "a shoulder thing that goes up".

[Famous Mortimer]

I think it's a little insulting to go straight to the muh mental health discourse with a mental health worker who systematically slaughtered his former charges, to be quite honest.

As opposed to what? How would you have covered this?

[Cubby]

I can't believe how little attention this sad story has gotten here. Partly due to the Convention, but I wonder if its also because there's no (Islamic) terrorism angle for media to harp on.

nor a gun* to blame

*or magazine size, or collapsible stock, or "a shoulder thing that goes up".

Thank god he didn't have access to guns. Good thing Japan doesn't have the 2nd Amendment. How many more people would he have killed? I know you're being facetious but guns are still evil.

It was a messed up, extremely disturbed individual.  There's no reason to suspect that there will be an epidemic of attacks like this though, and no greater danger to the world beyond this one messed up person.  The same cant be said for Islamic terrorism, hence it is not receiving the same attention.

That's exactly what I'm saying! You are correct but I think it's ridiculous that Islamic terrorism is the only thing that gets more than five minutes of attention these days.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

I think it's a little insulting to go straight to the muh mental health discourse with a mental health worker who systematically slaughtered his former charges, to be quite honest.

As opposed to what? How would you have covered this?

Well, sometimes, you see, perfectly sane people have horrible worldviews and kill people because of them. Uematsu is a eugenicist; he sees disabled people as burdens, and sees people who aren't 'productive' as unworthy of life, so he killed them. Having a horrible, evil worldview does not automatically mean you can write somebody off as insane, any more than voting for the wrong political party automatically means you can write somebody off as stupid.

Uematsu actually was committed to a mental hospital at one point, and released two weeks later. They 'diagnosed' him with 'marijuana-induced psychosis'--i.e. basically 'sluggishly progressing schizophrenia' for countries where nobody understands how drugs work. Clearly, something more than 'giving more power to the mental health establishment' would have been needed here.

[Cory]

Horrific.

[Beet]

I don't get it. They don't have either guns or Muslims in Japan. This can't be happening!