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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Perhaps, though I'd personally consider it to make a great deal of sense towards achieving one's goals in a sociopathic way once one has decided to step over that line and kill, and kill again.
But it all seems to be overly pat when the same person who manages to maneuver others into participating in their dirty work also happens to have a convenient suddenly-revealed mental illness which semi-absolves them of responsibility and cuts off avenues of reflection into the darker side of human nature*.
* "Oh look, crazy people are cra-a-a-zy! We all know good old salt-of-the-earth people in command of all their senses would never, ever try and kill anyone†…"
† Despite what, centuries of recorded evidence to the contrary?
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Well, I totally agree about the "absolves" them of responsibility. While being an asshat may actually *be* a mental illness some people "do the crime" and they don't feel guilty or care. They simply do it for personal gain. So I guess I get what you're saying. It's okay for a guy to steal/kill/manipulate in a book because he has PERSONAL MOTIVATION/PERSONAL GAIN--without using the excuse of: He's mental or he wouldn't have done these crimes.