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Originally Posted by flylock shox
I think the answer may simply be a matter of choice. A schizophrenic person suffers from delusions and hallucinations, and can't make rational decisions that are grounded in reality as a consequence. The tendencies of a person with APD (or related characteristics however you might define them) may be inherent to the person, but don't rob the person of the ability to make a rational choice, much in the same way a child molester may always be attracted to children, but chooses not to act on it.
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I am in agreeance on this issue more than you may think and I do understand the differences. But pedophiles do not choose to be attracted to children, nor did Dahmer choose to kill as a way to satisfy sexual urges. It is a very blurry line. That is all I am pointing out.
Although their frame of mind was vastly different during the commission of the crimes, they are both affected by disorders that were the root cause of their actions that they had no choice in being plagued with.