On Human Destructiveness

[H2O Man]

7. One of the curious

aspects of the larger group of individuals who commit this general type of crime is that the vast majority are young white males. There are, of course, a few exceptions .... the DC snipers, the fellow on the college campus.

Most are not suffering from major mental illnesses. Again, there are a few exceptions, almost exclusively paranoid schizophrenics. But most carry, at most, axis 2 diagnoses.

Still, just as a family system with a violent thug is "dysfunctional" by definition, a society that produces such a high number of violent thugs is sick. Or, to borrow Fromm's description, it surely ain't a sane society.

As always, I enjoyed reading your response. I respect all that you contribute to this forum.