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Do some research.Originally Posted by otto
Mental Illness is an illness, but it is not an excuse.
My father used to have blatant disregard for living things. He didn't torture them (though he did kill a few) but he didn't understand that animals felt pain, shouldn't be made to suffer through it. To some degree he didn't, and I suspect still doesn't, make this connection in humans either. It makes him sound terrible, yes, but it is an example of how someone's brain can simply not work the way someone else's does. No amount of wishing someone else was different will change how one's brain is already wired. (note: I have as little to do with him as possible due to how he treats others, but do not hate him)