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dionysus

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31. i don't think you'll find a single person saying that everyone with a mental health issue
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 05:36 PM
Dec 2012

is a murdering psycopath.

Wouldn't ANYONE who do that, by definition, have mental health issues? NT Trunk Monkey Dec 2012 #1
you can't .. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #28
OK NT Trunk Monkey Dec 2012 #30
Evil is a mental health issue. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #2
I dunno. I've known a few people who clearly just choose to be assholes. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #12
I guess my thought is that anyone who does that is mentally ill. Why would a well-adjusted, mentally Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #16
yes and no SummerSnow Dec 2012 #21
There are plenty of people who are just mean hifiguy Dec 2012 #3
Possibly ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #6
I wish I knew the answer. hifiguy Dec 2012 #9
Honestly ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #17
If you want to believe in evil, that's your choice. Wait Wut Dec 2012 #4
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #19
Couldn't Agree More RobinA Dec 2012 #29
Sometimes it's a crime of opportunity. Fueled by readily available guns. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #5
Word games. Unprovoked mass murder is a sign of mental illness. immoderate Dec 2012 #7
I'm a mental health professional. This is aberrant, abnormal behavior and you'd better be glad. nolabear Dec 2012 #8
+ 100000000! Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #18
This. Brickbat Dec 2012 #20
Nailed it. Robb Dec 2012 #22
so are you saying that when people.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #24
can you provide a medical definition of "evil?" frylock Dec 2012 #10
i think evil SummerSnow Dec 2012 #25
ANY behavioral problems, ANY mental health problems..............both should be kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #11
That right there will stop a lot of people from seeking help even if they could afford it n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #14
I no longer care. We can make a law that says if people refuse a psych exam they cannot purchase or kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #26
The only way to do what you wish is to get rid of the guns, period Fumesucker Dec 2012 #32
Here's some recommended reading: backscatter712 Dec 2012 #13
being evil enough to guns down dozens of people IS a mental health issue. nt dionysus Dec 2012 #15
yes it is.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #27
i don't think you'll find a single person saying that everyone with a mental health issue dionysus Dec 2012 #31
He killed his father, someone at his mother's home, then his mother and her class -- sounds mental FarCenter Dec 2012 #23
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