[ExI] Social implications of widespread extropian/positivist ideals

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Sat Mar 6 07:37:10 UTC 2010


On 6 March 2010 18:24, ddraig <ddraig at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/3/6 Christopher Luebcke <cluebcke at yahoo.com>:
>> No, that's a description of somebody making an excuse about why they chose
>> to act the way they did.
>> The pointless defense you're looking for is, "I was not, am not, and will
>> never be in control of my actions." Such a person needs to be permanently
>> locked away, so that the rest of us can get on with our illusion-filled,
>> largely homicidal-maniac-free lives.
>
>
> I am living with somebody like that right now.
> Well, he has been hospitalised, but he keeps breaking out, and when he
> does, yep, he does whatever he feels like as he feels he is not
> responsible for his actions. This goes from making a mess, to not
> paying to anything, right up to declaring the other day that
>
> 1: this year he will kill somebody, and
> 2: he is going to burn down a heap of churches.
>
> It is interesting to watch his thought processes manifest themselves.

In some jurisdictions you get a longer sentence if you are found not
guilty on the grounds of insanity than if you are found guilty.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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