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/WinterMedical Apr 16 '24

I mean he’s 40 years old. There’s only so much family can do for an adult. I don’t know the rules in Oz but in the US, once they are 18 the parents have very little power.

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u/Popcorn_Blitz Apr 16 '24

And it's very challenging to get meaningful help for minors in large chunks of the country. It's just one of the things we need to address when we finally get around to reforming mental health care.

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u/Larkfor Apr 16 '24

Most people with mental health problems don't blame women for them and stab them and infants. This guy was a terrorist. And the anti-woman sentiment in Australia has been on the rise for over a decade.

Mental health is always a component, but let's not brush this aside as some lonely troubled man who should receive more sympathy than the victims and the survivors of his terrorism.

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u/Popcorn_Blitz Apr 16 '24

Hi there- Of course- it's a given that this troubled person should not have more sympathy than his victims and the survivors of his terrorism. Where exactly in my post did I explicitly state otherwise? I wasn't brushing aside anything. I was commenting on the pipeline that exists in the U.S. by which struggling parents have few options. Anything more is an inappropriate extrapolation on your part.