Bondi Junction mall attack: 'Obvious' killer targeted women, Sydney police say

ChaoticEntropy, 29 days ago

It’s horrifying the amount of damage that one troubled individual can cause, and the ripples that this will have across the loved ones of the victims.

FlyingSquid, 29 days ago

How soon before we find out that this person was an avid Andrew Tate listener?

athos77, 29 days ago

[murderer's farther says:] He wanted a girlfriend and he has no social skills and he was frustrated out of his brain.

F*cking murderous incels. "Oh, boo-boo, I can't get a date."

tsonfeir, 29 days ago

I once got yelled at on Lemmy for suggesting that a knife could be as powerful as a gun if used properly. I was accused of being pro gun, which I am not.

I am pro mental healthcare

Silentiea, 29 days ago

A knife may be as capable of causing harm as a gun in some situations, but in many situations it is significantly less dangerous.

That doesn’t mean we should neglect mental healthcare, but it does mean guns should probably be more carefully regulated than knives even if mental healthcare were a solved problem.

tsonfeir, 29 days ago

Totally agree. I can still say that knives are dangerous without supporting guns. Which brings me back to mental healthcare and people not wanting to admit that’s the actual issue, because it’s more difficult to understand than “ban guns” (which I’d be happy with). But in the absence of guns, we get this guy. A 6-body knife killer.

Cypher, 29 days ago

Your whole line of reasoning is irrelevant. This happened in Australia where there are sane gun control laws.

Mental healthcare is available in Australia. He was diagnosed and treated, and went off his meds like many schizophrenics do.

tsonfeir, 28 days ago

So, mental health care is important. Exactly.

Cypher, 28 days ago

And he had it, so you can stop fucking harping on about it.

tsonfeir, 28 days ago

Harping on the need for mental health care? no I’m not gonna stop

FlyingSquid, 29 days ago

Australia has very good mental healthcare, but people slip through the cracks.

Australia also has very strong gun control laws after a massacre that killed a huge number of people, so these mass killings are few and far between.

fiat_lux, 29 days ago

very good mental healthcare

No, it's just better than other places. It's overstressed, underprioritised, acute-focussed and failing the population at large. Better than the US, even exponentially, doesn't mean good.

tsonfeir, 29 days ago

It’s impossible to help everyone, of course. It’s not usually something people want to admit.

magnusrufus, 29 days ago

That’s probably because it’s a line that gun control opponents use to try and minimize the obvious dangers and issues with guns. Make sure you are very clear about the scope of your observation and take into account the context you are introducing the observation and you won’t get yelled at…as much.

tsonfeir, 29 days ago

I was clear… but you know how people get, they only hear one thing and just want to argue. We all do it at some point.

slurpeesoforion, 29 days ago

Knives are large bullets without the ballistic capabilities brought by the rest of the round. And you can carry different knives.

Silentiea, 29 days ago

I mean you can carry different bullets, too, it’s just generally less useful

morphballganon, 29 days ago

A person could kill a greater number of people in a set span of time with less energy expended with a gun. But the sound also broadcasts what’s happening to a greater distance.

tsonfeir, 29 days ago

6 people is a lot

NOT_RICK, 29 days ago

I’m tired of playing the incel or religious fundamentalist guessing game

quindraco, 28 days ago

Good (?) news, the answer this time is a schizophrenic who went off his meds.

tastysnacks, 28 days ago

Unfortunately you can have more than one problem.