09-05-13, 10:35 PM
I'm declaring an interest
I suffer from SAD and have been to some dark places in my time, I was on Seroxat for quite a while before the problems with that were fully understood.
Very complex subject this,
My view is that some are treatable some are not,
long term illness, short term mental breakdown (such a a post natal depressed mother who commits infanticide )
There are as many mental illnesses both neurological and psychological has there are bacterial and viral diseases.
So I would treat if there is a good chance of recovery,
Contain if there is the possibility of the person not taking their medication and therefore becoming a threat again.
Execute those that are irredeemable such as Psychopaths.
At the end of the day it's about protecting people.
Those that suffer from neurological defects don't deserve to die because of there brain chemistry the same for those that have had environmental factors create their illness.
The Psychopaths are to be regarded much the same as wolves bears and other dangerous animals were in our past.
Killed to protect ourselves and others.
No point in locking them up a punishment, they wouldn't understand that just the same as a wolf wouldn't understand it, their nature is their nature.
Personally I don't believe in the death penalty except in this case, I much prefer to lock people up forever and make them suffer for their crimes.
I suffer from SAD and have been to some dark places in my time, I was on Seroxat for quite a while before the problems with that were fully understood.
Very complex subject this,
My view is that some are treatable some are not,
long term illness, short term mental breakdown (such a a post natal depressed mother who commits infanticide )
There are as many mental illnesses both neurological and psychological has there are bacterial and viral diseases.
So I would treat if there is a good chance of recovery,
Contain if there is the possibility of the person not taking their medication and therefore becoming a threat again.
Execute those that are irredeemable such as Psychopaths.
At the end of the day it's about protecting people.
Those that suffer from neurological defects don't deserve to die because of there brain chemistry the same for those that have had environmental factors create their illness.
The Psychopaths are to be regarded much the same as wolves bears and other dangerous animals were in our past.
Killed to protect ourselves and others.
No point in locking them up a punishment, they wouldn't understand that just the same as a wolf wouldn't understand it, their nature is their nature.
Personally I don't believe in the death penalty except in this case, I much prefer to lock people up forever and make them suffer for their crimes.