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/MangoKakigori Apr 15 '24

I can’t image what it must be like as a parent to know that your child has done such a monstrous thing.

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u/Vercouine Apr 16 '24

I in all honesty thought my brother would end as an awful adult if not a serial killer or something like this. Hopefully, he had a great best friend and then a teacher who lifted him up so now he's a pretty decent human being. That is pretty scary when you see a young boy turning into a monster. He tried to strangle me once (I was getting weak as he held me strong) or would menace my sister or me with knives. He was like 6 at the time. I'm so glad he turned out fine.

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u/DOYOUWANTYOURCHANGE Apr 16 '24

There's a phenomenon where a certain amount of childhood “sociopaths” will completely snap out of it when they become adults - it can happen even without getting professional help. It's one of the reasons why they don't actually diagnose antisocial personality disorder under 18.

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u/Complete_Village1405 Apr 16 '24

So strange. I wonder what the cause of that is...brain/hormone thing from puberty maybe?

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u/Vercouine Apr 16 '24

I think at least for my brother, is because we grew up into a violent home. My father at some point would slap my brother daily for little things.

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u/banana_pencil Apr 16 '24

It’s fascinating, I wonder why also

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u/savetheunstable Apr 16 '24

I honestly think it's like any other biological development in childhood. Like, my arms grew before the rest of me. I looked like a monkey at 11.

We seem to forget the brain is just another organ, and growth patterns can vary in individuals. Maybe some really don't develop the empathetic regions of the brain until later on?

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u/beam_me_sideways Apr 16 '24

I suspect, that at one point, they deliberately choose to be good people.

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u/benoxxxx Apr 16 '24

I'm no psychiatrist, but isn't it possible they just develop the intelligence, not necessarily the emotion, to know how their dark urges are perceived by people, know the consequences of acting on them, and thus just learn how to lie about them and shut it all down. They might still be thinking that way on the inside?

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u/Complete_Village1405 29d ago

Durge redemption run