nisidhe
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Post by nisidhe on Nov 8, 2010 20:11:03 GMT -5
The more precise version of the Alzheimer's quote was that the extent and scope of the tau proteins found on samples from Chris Benoit's brain were similar to that of an 85-year-old Alzheimer's patient. If memory serves me, these proteins, which are considered evidence of damage, were found in all four lobes of his brain and were even found in his brain stem. These tau proteins were found in the four NFL players whose brains were examined by the SLI, though not nearly to the same extent.
Thus, the connection was made and the Benoit story in most media circles turned to discussions about CTE. A few of the doctors, including Julian Bailes, have stated publicly that, based on this evidence, Chris Benoit could not be held criminally responsible or liable for his actions.
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Post by hajimenoippo on Nov 10, 2010 2:51:42 GMT -5
I hope in this world he would be held accountable
no sane person kills people in cold blood
it was another in the many cases of a father taking the life of the wife and child, then himself
many times this has happened for many reasons
I don't get why people glance over that.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 10, 2010 4:55:49 GMT -5
I hope in this world he would be held accountable no sane person kills people in cold blood. Here's the thing.....Legally insane people are quite often not held legally accountable for their actions. This isn't to say the courts won't seek to help this person, but they won't be with Big Daddy in the lock up either.
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Post by HMARK Center on Nov 10, 2010 10:06:34 GMT -5
Really, my point is that difficult to understand? Let me make it more generic: Guy1: X is similar to Y. Guy2: I can't see any ways that X is similar to Y, in fact it seems like X and Y are total opposites. Guy1: You're not educated enough to understand it and I can't explain it any further. The whole point of a comparison is to make something easier to understand. Why make the comparison when the similarities are so obscure that you literally have to be a brain surgeon to understand it? I'm putting this to rest now: A) You're not a brain surgeon. B) Unless you've done extensive studies of the human brain, and how damage can affect it and a person's decision making abilities, kindly don't act like you have. C) You're comparing lungs, which allow breathing, to a brain, which controls every vital function of your body, breathing included. The comparison is completely flawed. This is why I'm always quick to lock Benoit-centric threads; people come in acting like they know the science behind what happened. The SLI and neurosurgeons with them came up with the evidence that Benoit's brain was damaged to the extent of an 80 year old Alzheimer's sufferer, with even photographic evidence of brain scans. That does NOT mean his brain was that of somebody WITH Alzheimer's, he didn't actually have the disease; but his brain was damaged enough. You said before "did he damage the 'don't kill your family' part of his brain?", which is a baseline ridiculous point to start from. Damage enough of your brain (and all of Benoit's brain was damaged, not "sections"), and your decision making abilities go completely haywire. Does that absolve Chris Benoit of all blame? Not in my opinion. To me, Benoit brought some of this on himself by pumping his body full of drugs, tossing himself around like a rag doll in a vicious, uncaring business, and deciding that, despite all that, he should have a wife and family to sit along and watch as he destroyed himself. I'm sure he wasn't completely aware of what he was doing to himself, but it's not like by the late 90's or so there weren't more studies showing what steroids, pills, trauma, and whatnot could do to a person. But to act like a man with a brain that damaged was fully within his faculties is just silly and childish. It's looking to say "that man was EVIL!" and paint it as a black and white issue. Sorry to say, that's not how things work. So unless anyone here is a studied and learned brain expert, or at the very least could point out some accredited studies concerning the brain that back them up on a point they wish to make, please don't pretend you know the science behind this because "what I think makes sense". If it's not backed up scientifically, then no, no it doesn't make sense.
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