[ExI] youtube channel of the feral human who shot up the political rally in arizona

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2011/1/15 Alan Brooks <alaneugenebrooks52 at yahoo.com>
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> >On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou  wrote:
> > He's psychotic, probably schizophrenic. He should have been treated.
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> Don't be so sure until we can read the examination reports; perhaps he is not psychotic, or maybe he is borderline; it could be he wanted to be famous-- which is being 'crazy like a fox'.
> Was Tim McVeigh a psychotic, or was he also crazy like a fox? Or Son Of Sam, Mark David Chapman. Notice how they appeared psychotic at first but copped guilty (Berkowitz, Chapman) pleas or were found to be sane enough for trial. Even the wild Christian-rapist character who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart was found guilty! Frankly, I don't think psychiatry is much more of a science than economics, sociology, political 'science', etc. Societal and professional biases are too prevalent.

Psychosis is not culturally defined but a physical disease affecting
the brain, as much as a stroke or a brain tumour is. As with most
things in medicine, there are cases where the diagnosis is obvious and
other cases where there is doubt. It is also not always clear to what
extent the psychosis contributed to the crime: I have known
schizophrenic patients who tell me that they steal things with
impunity because they are likely to be let off on account of their
mental illness.

Another consideration is that in most jurisdictions being found not
guilty for a serious crime such as murder on the grounds of insanity
is worse than being found guilty, in that it leads to longer sentences
in forensic prisons and more onerous monitoring and other conditions
once released.


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Stathis Papaioannou