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5. When you start with "people I dislike have something medically wrong with them"...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 06:26 PM

Apr 2012

...You tend to go down some pretty dark paths.

I'm no more qualified to pronounce verdict on this guy's mental state than anyone else likely to participate in this thread, but I don't think someone has to be "insane" in order to be evil.

There's a long-running trend around here to take that route and equate "belief or act I don't like" with "insane" - or, way too often, running that equation the other way around.

Never fails to make me uncomfortable.

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One might say he's nuttier than squirrel shit. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #1

When you start with "people I dislike have something medically wrong with them"... Posteritatis Apr 2012 #5

But where does evil come from? Why are people evil? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #7

"Evil" does not exist. Archae Apr 2012 #8

OK. So where do "rotten human actions" come from? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #9

Bad things humans do can have several reasons. Archae May 2012 #13

Disorder? TheTranscendence May 2012 #10

What a repulsive post!!!! LeftishBrit May 2012 #11

I hope you're kidding. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #12

A better example is Sgt. York. Archae May 2012 #14

Sounds like Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #2

I don't agree shanti Apr 2012 #3

yup, he's a psychopath alright nt steve2470 Apr 2012 #6

So say the voices in his head....nt msanthrope Apr 2012 #4