Community Chat

[Katcat1]

A girl celebrating her 21st birthday with her cousin driving in a car and she had to stop for a light and a man approached the car and threw acid in her face and threw some on her cousin's body (windows were down).  You can read the rest online.  If some of these loonies are not shooting innocent people they are doing something else crazy.  I sincerely hope the media opens up about mental illness more so hopefully some of this stops!  Prayers go out to both girls.  

[makena]

I don't think it has anything to do with mental illness.

[missy1]

WARNING! ..pictures

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/25/student-suffers-life-changing-burns-acid-attack-21st-birt...

sad

[sandraskates]

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH SOME PEOPLE TODAY???"

I don't know but those words come out of my mouth at least once a day.

Sad.

[golding76]

When I read about it -- without knowing anything about the vicious person who did the horrific act -- my gut reaction was that this was a "hate crime."  I sincerely hope I am wrong.

[Sweet_Serenity]

Random acts of violence. This is not new. Social media delivers bad and good news faster with each passing day. Thriving on bad news. Can't bring myself to read this story. Very sorry for the loved ones.

[Kachina624]

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@makena wrote:

I don't think it has anything to do with mental illness.

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A normal sane person does not go around throwing acid on strangers.  We had a guy here in NM last week kill 5 people including his mother, two other family members and 2 strangers who crossed his path.  When he appeared in court he was mumbling incoherently and making faces. 

We used to have facilities where the insane were locked up and received treatment.  Now all we've got is one hospital for the criminally insane, where this guy will probably end up.  You have to be in really bad shape to be admitted. 

These hospitals are extremely expensive to operate, and it seems the states decided they couldn't afford the luxury of housing and treating those with mental illness.  If you live in a big city, you probably hear about incidents like this every week.  There are people who have been arrested dozens of times, terrorize neighborhoods and are turned loose because they're too far gone to understand legal proceedings.  They are among us right now. 

[SahmIam]

@golding76   I thought that too but did a bit of research and two things popped up from UK papers/sites:

1) Acid attacks are quite common in the UK.  It's a tactic used between young men in rival gangs to "get" someone (instead of using guns, they go after someone with acid).

2) There are quite a few who believe this was an "honor" attack as acid is, again, common for this purpose. 

Sadly, there are those who want to know why this attack is making headlines when the vast majority do not. I sincerely hope they find the person who did this and prosecute him. Healing and peaceful vibes to both victims.

[feline groovy]

Most people with mental illness(es) are not violent; that's a fact.

Unfortunately, what's become increasingly common is retaliation and revenge.

People care less and less about the consequences of their actions, as long as they get the last 'word' in.

The human psyche is complicated and fragile, but there are always helpers.

Look for and focus on them.

[De Anna]

I hope I am wrong, but, this seems like a hate crime. My heart goes out to these two young people, and there families.