Friday, July 11, 2008

Make a mistake? Don't worry... claim mental illness!

This lady stole over $200,000.00 in scrapbook/craft stuff and her attorney made the excuse that she is OCD and bipolar! Are you kidding me?! Is there a line in the sand where society can no longer use mental illness as an excuse for poor choices??? Except for extreme mental illness cases people DO know the difference between right and wrong and clearly this woman knew stealing two hundred thousand dollar worth of merchandise was wrong regardless of her OCD, etc. Now, don't get me wrong... I'm not claiming she doesn't have this disorders... just tired of so many major crimes being blamed on a person's mental state. Rant over!

2 comments:

Errica said...

I couldn't agree with you more, why can't anyone take responsibility for themselves anymore?

Heather Leigh said...

At least her disorders didn't get her completely "off". The infamous scrapbook thief...how pathetic.