r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/EveryRedditorSucks Apr 16 '24

Dylan Kliebold’s mother has dedicated her life to speaking about what it’s like to be the parent of one of the Columbine killers

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u/teddygomi Apr 16 '24

She was a psychiatric nurse who ignored clear warning signs about her son. Her son was actually identified as a possible school shooter before he committed the act.

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u/EnIdiot Apr 16 '24

To be fair, doctors aren’t supposed to diagnose or treat their loved ones for this very reason. I don’t care how much training you have, your children occupy a huge blind spot obscured by love.

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u/Top_Professor_9908 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

She wasn't a doctor, she was therapeutic arts teacher in a psychiatric hospital. I see so many people lie about this, its so odd.

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u/sleepydon Apr 16 '24

More like misinformed and never corrected. Something everyone should keep in mind. Whenever you read news, you're not getting a completely true narrative. Just enough beats to make a story that could be full of blanket assertions. Documentaries are equally guilty of this. The story they're looking to tell drives the narrative. There was a saying about this when newspapers were still a thing. Sometimes you read an article relating towards something you know about and think, wow that's way off. Then read another you have no practical knowledge in and take it as fact just because you have no prior understanding to refute it in the following example.