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Insanity Defence
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30-11-2011 8:13pm#1What is Insanity? Anders Behring was declared Insane earlier from the press reports. Somehow I think he knew exactly what he was doing. If the man wanted to be a mass murderer, why do people beat around the bush and say he is "living in his own world"?
I get the real impression this is more an excuse for the bleeding heart folk to delude people into believing that a person cannot rationally kill that many people as easily as I turn off a lightswitch. If the man wanted to kill, why should he be considered insane
The actual Insanity defense is simply a tool used to absolve one from their responsibilities. I do not condone any of these actions, but I also do not condone rationalising excuses because some people are too afraid to face the real truth. Some people simply enjoy killing other human beings.
Do you agree with the Insanity defence?2
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What is Insanity? Anders Behring was declared Insane earlier from the press reports. Somehow I think he knew exactly what he was doing. If the man wanted to be a mass murderer, why do people beat around the bush and say he is "living in his own world"?
I get the real impression this is more an excuse for the bleeding heart folk to delude people into believing that a person cannot rationally kill that many people as easily as I turn off a lightswitch. If the man wanted to kill, why should he be considered insane
The actual Insanity defense is simply a tool used to absolve one from their responsibilities. I do not condone any of these actions, but I also do not condone rationalising excuses because some people are too afraid to face the real truth. Some people simply enjoy killing other human beings.
Do you agree with the Insanity defence?
If the person is insane and cannot tell right from wrong, yes I agree with the insanity defence.
Put it this way,Ander Beiring Breivik being found insane is not going to be well-received in Norway. So I'm inclined to think if he could have been declared sane, he would have been, and that he is, in fact, insane. Nothing to do with bleeding hearts.0 -
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What is Insanity? Anders Behring was declared Insane earlier from the press reports. Somehow I think he knew exactly what he was doing. If the man wanted to be a mass murderer, why do people beat around the bush and say he is "living in his own world"?
I get the real impression this is more an excuse for the bleeding heart folk to delude people into believing that a person cannot rationally kill that many people as easily as I turn off a lightswitch. If the man wanted to kill, why should he be considered insane
The actual Insanity defense is simply a tool used to absolve one from their responsibilities. I do not condone any of these actions, but I also do not condone rationalising excuses because some people are too afraid to face the real truth. Some people simply enjoy killing other human beings.
Do you agree with the Insanity defence?
To correct this assertion somewhat, Behring has not yet been "declared insane". Two psychiatrists appointed by a court have submitted their report, in which they state, inter alia, that he has been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia - a recognised condition - for a longer period and that he was in a state of psychosis when he planned and executed his crimes. Further, he is still living in a parallel universe and has only a tenuous grasp on reality. For example, he envisages himself as a future king of Norway.
However, the report will still be evaluated by a panel of other experts and only then will the court decide whether or not to accept the psychiatrists' conclusion that Behring is not competent to be held accountable for his deeds in a court of law. In other words, he has not yet been declared insane, but it is almost certain that he will be. :cool:
In which case he will be sent to a secure mental institution and it is highly unlikely that he will ever be released. There he will be treated humanely, as he would be in a Norwegian prison, where inmates are not tortured. Norway is a civilised country, and it will take more than Breivik to make it become otherwise.:)
Either way, he will never again be able to harm anyone, and surely that is all that matters. It is also better not to have him in a prison, where he could have the possibility to infect other, shorter-term prisoners with his crazy racist opinions and hatred of the multiculturalism that is an inseparable aspect of globalisation, and they might further propagate those views and/or act on them after they are released.:)
The two psychiatrists in question are among the top people in their profession in Norway and internationally respected for their expertise. The members of the panel who will evaluate their report are unlikely to be first-year students, either.:rolleyes:
They have all qualified as medical doctors, then undergone years of specialist training in psychiatry and put in years of practical work, published and had their work evaluated by their national and international peers.
However, the author of the OP, who has not spent a single minute interviewing and observing Breivik, seems to know better. I wonder what qualifications he can put on the table in support of the sweeping generalisations and anti-professional prejudices that he displays?:rolleyes:0 -
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This post was thanked a second time by Dudess. Nice to see a bit of sense that drives home what bollocks all the "in my opinion", "I think" stuff is.What is Insanity? Anders Behring was declared Insane earlier from the press reports. Somehow I think he knew exactly what he was doing. If the man wanted to be a mass murderer, why do people beat around the bush and say he is "living in his own world"?
I get the real impression this is more an excuse for the bleeding heart folk to delude people into believing that a person cannot rationally kill that many people as easily as I turn off a lightswitch. If the man wanted to kill, why should he be considered insane
The actual Insanity defense is simply a tool used to absolve one from their responsibilities. I do not condone any of these actions, but I also do not condone rationalising excuses because some people are too afraid to face the real truth. Some people simply enjoy killing other human beings.
Do you agree with the Insanity defence?
To correct this assertion somewhat, Behring has not yet been "declared insane". Two psychiatrists appointed by a court have submitted their report, in which they state, inter alia, that he has been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia - a recognised condition - for a longer period and that he was in a state of psychosis when he planned and executed his crimes. Further, he is still living in a parallel universe and has only a tenuous grasp on reality. For example, he envisages himself as a future king of Norway.
However, the report will still be evaluated by a panel of other experts and only then will the court decide whether or not to accept the psychiatrists' conclusion that Behring is not competent to be held accountable for his deeds in a court of law. In other words, he has not yet been declared insane, but it is almost certain that he will be. :cool:
In which case he will be sent to a secure mental institution and it is highly unlikely that he will ever be released. There he will be treated humanely, as he would be in a Norwegian prison, where inmates are not tortured. Norway is a civilised country, and it will take more than Breivik to make it become otherwise.:)
Either way, he will never again be able to harm anyone, and surely that is all that matters. It is also better not to have him in a prison, where he could have the possibility to infect other, shorter-term prisoners with his crazy racist opinions and hatred of the multiculturalism that is an inseparable aspect of globalisation, and they might further propagate those views and/or act on them after they are released.:)
The two psychiatrists in question are among the top people in their profession in Norway and internationally respected for their expertise. The members of the panel who will evaluate their report are unlikely to be first-year students, either.:rolleyes:
They have all qualified as medical doctors, then undergone years of specialist training in psychiatry and put in years of practical work, published and had their work evaluated by their national and international peers.
However, the author of the OP, who has not spent a single minute interviewing and observing Breivik, seems to know better. I wonder what qualifications he can put on the table in support of the sweeping generalisations and anti-professional prejudices that he displays?:rolleyes:0
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