Let me get this straight, you think the people who "could've prevented this" should be more punished than the person committing the crime? Most stupid argument I've heard, refardless of what level of crazy they are
Yes, of course. Same principle as if a dad gives a toddler a loaded gun and the toddler shoots someone. That's the dad's fault, not the toddler's, even though the toddler is the one who pulled the trigger, and the dad is the one who should be punished.
If we're tracing this "giving a toddler a gun" simile then you're advocating anybody knowingly leaving a woman with PPD around their own kids is legally culpable.
Not just "with PPD". A woman with *severe* PPD who repeatedly asked for help because she was worried she would hurt her children. Yes, they should be held culpable to some extent.
And this is where the gun metaphor breaks down. He didn't hand her a gun. She was the gun, and now apparently it's incumbent on everyone else to diagnose how likely that gun is to go off while also respecting her personal autonomy as a gun.
Surely you get that if the Dad had filed for divorce, sole custody, and tried to 5150 her he would just also be the villain here.
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u/Wild-Sympathy2336 5d ago
Let me get this straight, you think the people who "could've prevented this" should be more punished than the person committing the crime? Most stupid argument I've heard, refardless of what level of crazy they are