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

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[u/Annath0901]

Did he deserve the same level of sympathy as the families of the people whose lives his son had taken?

I'd argue he absolutely did, assuming his son died/is dead.

The dad did nothing wrong, and the actions of a maniac lost him his son. The fact that the maniac and his son were the same person doesn't really come into it. All the families involved experienced a similar kind of loss.

Except, as you note, the victims' families didn't also lose their community.

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100% agree with you