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Originally Posted by pylon
The core condition is not their fault though. Nobody asks for a mental illness. And an argument can be made their actions are of a direct result of it. If Jim wasn't addicted to gambling, he would not have robbed a bank. If Jane wasn't a sex addict, she wouldn't have strangled her lover for leaving her. If Jerry wasn't an alcoholic, he wouldn't have killed that family in that accident.
Those people do not get leniency even though all of their actions are of a direct result of their mental illness.
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Again, you're just wrong. We've been through this already. From a supreme court judgment....
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A malfunctioning of the mind that results exclusively from self-induced intoxication cannot be considered a disease of the mind in the legal sense, since it is not a product of the individual’s inherent psychological makeup
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There is a side note that in some cases drugs and in particular drug withdrawal can alter the mind causing an illness to be uncontrolled as in this case...
http://www.thewhig.com/2010/11/02/ca...induced-crimes
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Saying Li had no control is semantics to me. Because in an age of open communication and so much knowledge, the second the Alien Lizard Demons start chanting for you to carve out the heart of a innocent bystander, there had to be some responsibility on the individual to seek help before it spirals out of control. Society as a whole knows this is not a normal condition, or chain of events. And there is without doubt in my mind the individual has enough lucid moments to question it.
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Super wrong about that.