Fuck that. Blaming the person who provided the drugs is like trying to sue a rope company for providing the rope. You fucked up and didn’t pay attention to your kid, and your kid is dead now. That isn’t Mr. Law’s fault, that’s on you. You should have been a better parent, full stop. The “He was such a happy boy” bullshit is just cope. You know you ignored your child. I don’t give a fuck how harsh that seems, I’m tired of bad parents blaming society because they didn’t want to do the work.
We’re not getting better parents anytime soon. Blaming them seems an oversimplified individual solution to a complex problem. Nobody has to do anything about those except claim that anybody that can’t meet your standards deserves to lose their child. Seriously, go and practice some empathy. That’s some seriously sociopathic cope on your plate.
(I also don’t think Law should carry blame for this to be clear.)
Maybe some didn’t want to. The question that should be foremost in my mind is: is the government and economic model strucured to allow it? This means universal, solid, world class pre-k - post-secondary education, universal, comprehensive health, shorter work weeks, living wages, robust universal social support such as nannies, parenting classes, housekeeping, etc.
I’m always torn on this case.
I’ve had suicidal thoughts since I was like 6 or 7 years old. It’s always something I’ve thought about rather compulsively. I’ve never tried it, the only time I suffered from real suicidal impulses was when switching on to SSRIs.
Personally, I think it’s a human right to be able to decide when to die, but I think there do need to be some guard rails on that. A depressive episode is too low a bar, it’s usually transitory, but MAID (medical assistance in dying) can be too high a bar and isn’t available globally. (The mental fitness requirements to consent to MAID I think are too strict sometimes, which is why my will outlines consent for it and power of attorney for MAID, and is why everyone should have a will made up)
I do not think this guy murdered people. I don’t think what he did is the same as that. I do think he enabled unnecessary suicides, that he was unable to fully understand or judge his customer’s situations, and that and his poison could very well have been used for murder and he would never know.
It was reckless and I’m sure in multiple cases was criminally negligent, and I think that’s the right case to build punishment and justice around.
I just don’t think this was murder. I feel for the affected families. Some of them were robbed of family they could have helped, and that is tragic. I do think some victims would have sought out other means though. It’s just a tough case.
