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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

I know what you were trying to say. I just don’t like being accused of a sentiment I do not hold. I do not like being accused of condemning all mentally ill persons. That was the argument technique you used, to demonize me because we disagree.


12 posted on 11/21/2010 1:49:21 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Yes, I'm a neocon. What of it?)
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To: La Enchiladita
Well, with all due respect, saying something like this:

I truly do not believe that “mental illness” makes people kill, but evil does.

Kind of leaves me with the impression that you believe that people who kill whilst in a state of delusion or psychosis are evil, rather than ill. Of course, I'm not sure what your definition of 'evil' is, perhaps I am taking your statement out of context if what you are trying to describe is the affliction itself, rather than the person suffering from it. Although in your other post, you seemed to be implying that the woman I described had somehow escaped justice by not being jailed for acts committed whilst in the grip of untreated psychosis...

13 posted on 11/21/2010 2:30:23 PM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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