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Old 05-06-2004, 09:57 AM   #167
Troubleshooter
The urban Jane Goodall
 
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Originally posted by Catwoman
What goes through the mind of a murderer?
Of this we have plenty of evidence. Many, many things go through the mind of a killer. Some are remorseful for having acted on impulse. Some are indifferent, having acted on impulse. Some are blissful reliving their experience as they describe it to you.

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Originally posted by Catwoman

The woman who kills her lifelong abuser because there's no other escape. It's all self-preservation, taken to its psychopathic extreme.
While I don't agree that a woman who does this should walk away without punishment, I don't believe it to be quite so psychopathic. I've seen psycho, that's not psycho.

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Originally posted by Catwoman
I do not advocate ANY killing. NO ONE has the right to kill. There are no exceptions.
There are no absolutes.

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We are the only species that kill each other en masse. We are the only species who are aware of our own inevitable death and we are the only species that knowingly commit suicide.
That we know of to date.

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No surprise then that many of us escape to insanity. If one can reject immediate emotional gratification in favour of rational, objective, effective action, then maybe we can begin to evolve from our inhumanity.
Wouldn't that be excessive humanity?
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