It wasn't my argument that we should feel sorry for him. It was a direct response to Abullion who said "Yeah, you said it Crazy! That's the problem they are crazy, short of being human . Gotta have 10 marbles in the bag to be human like. This guy is about 8 or 9 short."

And I respectfully think you should be more open to the idea of mental health being an issue, especially in this scenario. If I'm not mistaken, you're close to retirement/retired and mental health and mental health conceptions have changed drastically since when you were probably younger.

For one, you say "Who pinned the label 'mentally ill' on him to justify his actions." There's your first problem, you somehow think that I'm saying being mentally ill "justifies" his actions. It doesn't. Having a reason or an explanation isn't the same thing as justifying it. There are both biological and environmental reasons for everything, and just because you're aware of what those things are doesn't somehow "make it okay".

I honestly don't want to get into a long internet debate with a stranger about this issue. It's an emotional issue for many. The people close to the issue need to grieve, but for the rest of the population, the conversation should be about prevention and how we can stop these sorts of things in the future. You don't provide any solution, you just get angry and emotional. How does blaming him (whether or not it's his fault; I never said it wasn't nor did I say he didn't know what he was doing) solve anything? It makes you feel better because you let out some steam but it does nothing about the future and possible action.

People who are "normal" have mental limitations too. They're just socially acceptable. It's why we allow emotionally charged arguments to persuade us more than logical ones. It's why we are not willing to buy stocks when they are low and cheap opposed to when they're rising and getting more expensive. They're mental constraints we all have, some more than others. That's what I had meant by "People have mental limitations but people choose to ignore them". You're aware when someone doesn't have a leg, but it's harder to see what mistakes people make it's in their head. Mental limitations are on a continuum, and become illness when they're debilitating and have a direct and negative impact on behavior and social outcomes.

I've wrote more than I planned to write, and don't wish to write more later especially if emotion is going to be more central than logic and solutions.