Re: USF4 changes!
- From: Ryan Williams <ryan820509@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:26:03 +0200
That's an interesting perspective on it. As members of society, it's
natural for us to react to such occurrences negatively without trying to
understand the root cause.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That is a very interesting and profound question that has serious
> implications for our legal system.
>
> I can talk about it at length, but briefly:
> - they've discovered that certain (treatable) mental afflictions can
> result in violent behaviour
> - certain mental afflictions can trigger sexual desires where none existed
> before
> - diet is correlated with violent behaviour
> - certain parasites can control host behaviour
>
> I'm reminded about the story about Charles Whitman. A few days before his
> shooting spree he typed this letter:
>
> I don't quite understand what it is that compels me to type this
>> letter.... I don't really understand myself these days... Lately I have
>> been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts. These thoughts
>> constantly recur, and it requires a tremendous mental effort to
>> concentrate. I consulted Dr. Cochrum at the University Health Center and
>> asked him to recommend someone that I could consult with about some
>> psychiatric disorders I felt I had.... I talked to a doctor once for about
>> two hours and tried to convey to him my fears that I felt overcome by
>> overwhelming violent impulses. After one session I never saw the Doctor
>> again, and since then I have been fighting my mental turmoil alone, and
>> seemingly to no avail. After my death I wish that an autopsy would be
>> performed to see if there is any visible physical disorder. I have had
>> tremendous headaches in the past and have consumed two large bottles of
>> Excedrin in the past three months.
>>
> http://brainmind.com/Amygdala44.html
>
> After his autopsy the discovered a tumour that was pressing against his
> amygdala.
>
> Then there's stuff like this:
>
>> The sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia exhibited by a 40-year-old man
>> was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors have told a scientific
>> conference. And once the tumour had been removed, his sex-obsession
>> disappeared.
>>
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2943-brain-tumour-causes-uncontrollable-paedophilia.html
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir <
> nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ja, sad bru.
>>
>> It would be interesting to see what makes a criminal mind go from just
>> fantasy to reality.
>> Then there could be some way to prevent it.
>>
>
>
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