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To: boop
See if he delights in torturing animals, sets fires, wets his bed, etc.

I have never heard about bedwetting as an indicator of anything except certain allergies. One of the gentlest men I ever knew had been a bedwetter as a child; but as an adult was extremely genial and only took out his physical strength on tennis balls. Can you link or explain the tie-in to violence?

86 posted on 10/15/2014 9:34:34 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: Albion Wilde
It's a theory called the "Macdonald triad"

From Wikipedia:

The triad links cruelty to animals, obsession with fire setting, and persistent bedwetting past a certain age, to violent behaviors, particularly homicidal behavior and sexually predatory behavior.

I was being facetious in my comment.

This theory has been controversial, and I don't think it is universally accepted.

88 posted on 10/15/2014 11:50:56 AM PDT by boop (I was unaware that beating up people is wrong. Until the NFL seminar told me.)
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