"Most violence is caused by mental illness"

@ghost-of-a-duke said
It's the reason you were dodging parts of my post.

I haven't.

@fmf said
It wasn't necessary. If you think that it was me expressing my opinion, then so be it.

No. I think you were using mental illness in a flippant, insensitive and unnecessary way, playing into the false narrative. You yourself later described the quote as ridiculous. Why not say that in the OP?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
No. I think you were using mental illness in a flippant, insensitive and unnecessary way, playing into the false narrative.

I disagree. I think the thread title, the OP and the topic are all fine.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You yourself later described the quote as ridiculous. Why not say that in the OP?

It wasn't necessary.

@josephw said
Over there? Do you mean there are no terrorist attacks there?

"Since 1970, there have been at least 3,395 terrorist-related deaths in the UK, the highest in western Europe."
wiki

"In most years terror attacks caused fewer than 50 deaths per year, and in many years no one died from attacks. With exception of 2001, terrorism accounted for less than 0.01% of all deaths in ...[text shortened]... S in every year since 1970." In America.
ourworldindata.org

You know nothing. But keep blurting.

I’m not interested in nor talking about “terrorist attacks”; perhaps start another thread on that.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
No. I think you were using mental illness in a flippant, insensitive and unnecessary way, playing into the false narrative. You yourself later described the quote as ridiculous. Why not say that in the OP?

"AIDS is God's punishment for homosexuals."

If that claim were to be true, what would be the implications for Christian attitudes to treating HIV-positive homosexuals?

Would that title/OP be a repugnant perpetuation of homophobic views?

@divegeester said
I’m not interested in nor talking about “terrorist attacks”; perhaps start another thread on that.

Why start another thread? You'll just dodge the fact you got caught with your pants down there too.

@josephw said
Why start another thread?

If you want to talk about terrorism in the UK in the last 50 years, please start a separate thread

@fmf said

"AIDS is God's punishment for homosexuals."

If that claim were to be true, what would be the implications for Christian attitudes to treating HIV-positive homosexuals?

Would that title/OP be a repugnant perpetuation of homophobic views?

Sure, if you didn't immediately repudiate and contextualize, explain the quotation marks.

What I dislike, is posting whatever disturbing title you want and then immediately hiding behind the words, 'if that claim were to be true...'

@relentless-red said
Completely agree.

The important issue being that mentally ill people are less likely to be incarcerated for violent crimes than the non mentally ill. e.g. prevalence of schizophrenia is roughly 1%, but less than 1% of homicides are committed by people with schizophrenia.

The myth that it is the opposite perpetuates the stigma, that prevents many people with menta ...[text shortened]... t renew the four years for the price of three subscription I purchased in Feb 2020, when it expires.

Thank you.

@fmf said
If you want to talk about terrorism in the UK in the last 50 years, please start a separate thread

You and divegeester are the best at dodging. Clever little bedfellows you two are. If the mods had an award for forum dereliction you guys would get awarded in every thread.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Sure, if you didn't immediately repudiate and contextualize, explain the quotation marks.

What I dislike, is posting whatever disturbing title you want and then immediately hiding behind the words, 'if that claim were to be true...'

I know you personally dislike it. But I don't care. I think your posturing is silly. You could have simply suggested that I had done something different with the OP. Instead you have produced page after page of boring 'performative 'outrage'. I think you have made a bit of a fool of yourself.

@josephw said
You and divegeester are the best at dodging. Clever little bedfellows you two are. If the mods had an award for forum dereliction you guys would get awarded in every thread.

What on Earth are you on about now?

@fmf said
What on Earth are you on about now?

Are you that confused?

@josephw said
Are you that confused?

You want me to talk to you about terrorism in the UK in the last 50 years? But I am not interested in talking to you about that. I am not "dodging" it. Talk to someone else about it. Start a thread about it