Murders of two gay men in Sligo

To be considered legally insane a person has to be unable to tell the difference between right and wrong and has to be able to know that it's against the law.

That means that people with severe anti social personality disorder, or psychopathy or sociopaths are legally sane but there's still something very broken in them.

It also means that the vast majority of serial killers aren't legally insane but let's face it, they're severely mentally ill.

Who did Palani specifically target? It was gay men whom he questioned to validate that they are 100% Irish. So yes, in this particular case, they are the most vulnerable cohort and ought to be prioritised.

Did you do any background reading before jumping in two feet first ‘Jequ0n’? Course you didn’t..

The person who mentioned it was the perpetrator - Yousef Palani. You know, that depraved animal who murdered the unfortunate victims.

Do some reading ‘Jequ0n’ and then come back when you have something of merit to contribute.

Examiner for one, along with numerous other outlets

We have a fair idea of his motivation Caquas, he was projecting internalised hatred on to others in the most extreme and gruesome way. Muslims can't be Gay, so in his head he had to kill sinners- Gay Irish Men- to prove he was not gay. The man might not be judged to be legally insane, but it's safe to say he is severely unhinged.

He knew it to be legally wrong but did he believe it to be wrong?

This and many other depraved things is what happens when people put the laws of an imaginary man above the laws of man.

It may not interest you, but it is by exploring his inner demons we may find out the why. So psychoanalysis is very relevant to ascertaining his motive. If you are driving at he was solely motivated by religious zeal/fervour to carry out these killings then that seems unlikely based on what we know. I am not surprised he doesn't see what he did as a hate crime, but given the brutality of the murders it seems self evident hate was a huge factor in these murders. It is the job of a Psychiatrist to understand where this hate arose from.

And she has comments blocked so nobody can disagree with her, its baffling how that one ever got elected but I doubt she will ever get back in again.

Hate crimes do not exist in Irish law at present. They exist as a concept. Your point doesn't make sense.

The point I made is factually correct. The definition provided is an explanation of the concept not the law. Legally hate crimes do not exist in Ireland at present. There is no current hate crime law on the statute book.

You said Palani didn't admit to a hate crime. That makes no sense. There is no such thing legally. Your point makes no sense.

Imagine being brought up as a Muslim and then having to accept that you yourself are gay. I wonder if his campaign of murder was an effort to “cure” himself of that which would surely see him expelled from his own community.

Re the large quantity of cash found - Years ago, mid 00's, I was in a taxi (Dub) driven by an Iraqi - Had perfect english and as we talked he revealed (a bit rant like) that he'd a really big important job in Iraq and insinuated he was loaded back then, ending with 'and now I'm driving a ******** taxi'

The conclusion I came to was he was ex Ba'ath party and used to be a player in govt - What I'm driving at is that not all Iraqi's that fled Iraq were farming peasants or stall holders from downtown Baghdad - That taxi driver probably had a nice wedge stashed somewhere too

Pathological narcissism,

Really no different to Christian or Jewish. It's forbidden under all main religions.

Like any other religion you either accept yourself and move on or you dont.

I disagree. I'd wager there's not many devout Christians living an openly gay life.

Same as other faith's. $hit don't go together really.

Every country that has the death penalty for being gay is Islamic , many more like Iraq are currently moving to bring in laws that restore the death penalty for homosexuality, usually it does not get to trial as the family or the community will have killed the person first.

It wouldn't even have gone to trial in Iraq.

It's a paltry defense of it from you.

Maybe not now in Ireland but you don't have to go back too far to when they did.