A Few Words on Columbine
Today is the 5-year anniversary.
An article on MSNBC stated about one of the killers:
"Psychopaths follow much stricter behavior patterns than the rest of us because they are unfettered by conscience, living solely for their own aggrandizement. (The difference is so striking that Fuselier trains hostage negotiators to identify psychopaths during a standoff, and immediately reverse tactics if they think they're facing one. It's like flipping a switch between two alternate brain-mechanisms.)
"None of his victims means anything to the psychopath. He recognizes other people only as means to obtain what he desires. Not only does he feel no guilt for destroying their lives, he doesn't grasp what they feel. The truly hardcore psychopath doesn't quite comprehend emotions like love or hate or fear, because he has never experienced them directly."
Interesting comment. So morality, conscience and rules actually give us MORE choices? Allow us MORE personality? Because we are not living strictly for our own aggrandizement, we actually see our agency increase?
Hmmmmmm. Sounds right and sounds familiar.
An article on MSNBC stated about one of the killers:
"Psychopaths follow much stricter behavior patterns than the rest of us because they are unfettered by conscience, living solely for their own aggrandizement. (The difference is so striking that Fuselier trains hostage negotiators to identify psychopaths during a standoff, and immediately reverse tactics if they think they're facing one. It's like flipping a switch between two alternate brain-mechanisms.)
"None of his victims means anything to the psychopath. He recognizes other people only as means to obtain what he desires. Not only does he feel no guilt for destroying their lives, he doesn't grasp what they feel. The truly hardcore psychopath doesn't quite comprehend emotions like love or hate or fear, because he has never experienced them directly."
Interesting comment. So morality, conscience and rules actually give us MORE choices? Allow us MORE personality? Because we are not living strictly for our own aggrandizement, we actually see our agency increase?
Hmmmmmm. Sounds right and sounds familiar.
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