19 old boy kills after getting forum advice

The fact that he was autistic doesn't mean much, if you're suggesting he's 'mad'. If anything he was teased about it and took revenge. If it was really him that posted on those forums his grammar was better than a number of people posting here, so what does that say about you?

Rain Man was autistic - I didn't see him going on a rampage with a shotgun :P

No but this kid was always made fun of, had no friends, and his medication was doing him bad. And you all know medication can mess up your brain.

Still absolutely no excuse really for that sort of stuff. Lots of people's medication messes with their brain, you can't blame that for it.

Originally Posted by Lord Kalthorn Still absolutely no excuse really for that sort of stuff. Lots of people's medication messes with their brain, you can't blame that for it.

Actually if you have never had the experiance of it, you'll never know what it actually does to you.

It makes you really messed up. my friends grandpa had 12 guns sitting out on his couch loaded when they came knocking on the door, and he was ready to shoot them because he thought they were breaking in.

Why? because of medication.

My step-grandma, when she was still living, had cancer and they gave her medication to ease the pain -- that stuff really messed her up. She always was telling us she went to the restroom on her chair, and she didnt. She was always talking about weird things, but they were never true. And in the morning when it wasnt kicked in, me and her would talk, and even she admitted that she wasnt doped up yet. She even knew that it messed her up.

There will always be side effects to medication, you can not expect a medication to work without side effects on 100% of people. You would be crazy to expect that. You have to decide, is the pain relief worth the side effects, or do you not want to use them. If you are sane enough to realise your need pills in the first place and go to get them, then you are sane enough to decide if you don't want to take them when they are giving you side effects.

It is still no excuse for killing somebody :P