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BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
> > The unwillingness of society at large to
recognize
> > that criminal activity is a mental illness is
at
> the
> > forefront of its proliferation.
> >
>
> if you define narcissism as mental illness,
ok.
> but refusing to play by
> society's rules for one's own benefit
isn't
> necessarily mental illness. it's a
> choice made by free-willed men and women
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Narcissism is the common link between psychotics and
sociopaths according to Roy Hazelwood in his book, THE EVIL
THAT MEN DO. "Society's rules" are the common laws that
people agree on, and yes, I think that people who break them
especially for quick "gain" are disassociated and should get
treatment as early as those signs appear in them. Ask most
police officers about "career criminals" and they'll tell
you, for such people crime is a knee-jerk reaction. When
opportunity presents itself these people commit crime. Free
will is not a factor. There are, of course,
"crusaders" who break society's rules because the believe
them unjust. The current polygamist fight in Texas comes to
mind. In the recent past gay rights activists, abortionists,
movements to legalize certain substances deliberately broke
rules in order to change them. The fact that the spearhead of
these groups may be unselfish and well-intentioned does not
preclude mental illness.
Patrick King
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