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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
Are you serious? If you know anything about the subject at all, you would know both are predominantly genetic.
The more APSD is studied the more it is proven that it is genetic. Personality though is certainly genetic with a strong environmental influence.
You don't get to choose which people are considered criminal based on your bias of mental illness, yet the legal system sort of has. This is unfortunate.
If you are going to lecture people at least tell the truth. Sure, in the medical world both are different, but don't make it seem like one is the person's fault and the other is not.
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Someone can take medication in order to cure the symptoms associated with schizophrenia however, the same does not exist for people who have Anti-Social Personality Disorder. While the research does indicate that there are inherent genetic aspects associated with all personality, I do think that the question needs to be asked whether this individual knew, even on a base level that what he was doing was wrong.
I don't have all the facts yet and I have yet to see the video, nor will I ever care to see a video of someone being murdered, but the fact that this individual has planned for months in order to kill someone leads me to think that there was ample time for him to realize that what he was doing was wrong, unlike someone who has paranoid schizophrenia and believes something about aliens trying to kill him or whatever it was. While I don't have the insight into either case (as none of us really do) in order to make a determination of either persons character, I do tend to have a greater amount of empathy for someone who does have a diagnosable disease and at least has the ability to be treated and empathize with others.