Problems with the ban on executing juveniles (pt 1)

[wolf]

I worked with a lady the other night. She was a retired English/History professor from a large university in the city that is known for it's basketball. She is 62 years old. She is a serious alcoholic.

She knew her name.

She knew her social security number.

Wolf: What's your home address?

Lady: I don't know.

Wolf: What day is today?

Lady: I don't know.

Wolf: What time of year is it? (we were standing outside smoking, and it was pretty clearly Spring, robins bobbing, plants trying desperately to sprout)

Lady: I don't know.

Wolf: Did you have anything to drink today?

Lady: No. I drank yesterday. I had five glasses of vodka. They were about three ounces each.

Wolf: Blow in this little tube, attached to this machine for me, please.

Lady : (puff) ... ... ... .220 (too drunk to drive in PA is .080).

Wolf: Are you sure you didn't have anything to drink today?

Lady: Yes. I'm sure.

Wolf: Who is the president?

Lady: Clinton. That's right, isn't it?

I think she had her last clear thought sometime in the early 1990s.

I don't often see cases of what's probably Korsakoff's Syndrome all that often. She walks, breathes, and talks, but I think she has a lot more in common with Terri Schiavo than she did me.

Now, to respond more directly to BT's statement above ... I don't think that it's been sufficiently investigated that all persons with the lack of that certain enzyme or whatever are either alcoholics or have a greater likelihood to be so.

A lot of male violent offenders are double-Y's but not all of them. Biology is a part of behavior, but not the sole determinant.