[Freakazoid]

People whose sexual interests are atypical, culturally forbidden or religiously proscribed should not necessarily be labeled mentally ill, they argued.

I agree with this. They are not mentally ill. They are sane criminal scum.

[Smile-n-Win]

They are not mentally ill. They are sane criminal scum.

They are criminals all right. But I don't think criminals are sane.

Not as if it mattered much; it's a question of how you define "sane." Whatever definition you choose, though, it should be clear that no one must be forgiven his crimes just because he is considered a vegetable.