I don't see how someone who is a murderer is automatically
insane. Prisons are full of entirely sane people. They may be
maladjusted, but that doesn't equate to crazy by a long shot.
Violence is a normal, if not socially acceptable, response to
certain situations, and just because someone behaves in a way
that is non-normative does not make them crazy. And people
who habitually kill people, like Ripley, or Bulger or Siegel,
aren't crazy. They're evil. There's a difference.
On 4/6/07, Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Miker, you don't have to be drooling and raving to
be
> insane! Because Ripley has a unique talent for
masking
> his mental problems, does not dismiss them. I
have
> read all the Ripley books, but even in the first
one,
> Ripley's complete lack of conscience and empathy,
his
> ability to lie bold faced to people who have
been
> extremely kind and helpful to him, his
homocidal
> rages, give every indication of his mental state.
Do
> you think Bugsy Seigal or Whitey Bulger are sane
just
> because they were clever at playing politics? If
you
> do murder to solve your problems, you are not
sane
> whether you're in a mob or an individual. All mobs
are
> is group psychosis. That's why they're so
dangerous.
> Even if you live a perfectly ordinary life but fund
it
> by anti-social behavior, especailly murder for
hire,
> is full evidence of decreased mental
facility.
>
> Patrick King
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>
>
>
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