>>>>So, do I think we should let the guy walk the street? Not in his current condition. Should we look for a way to treat his mental illness? Of course
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>>>>Tamar, I seriously recommend you re-read the article that William posted.
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>>>>Christopher Gribble acknowledged that he invaded someone's home, and "would just kill the people in the home for fun"...he attacked the mother and killed her with a machete (chopping her in the head, torso, arms and legs)
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>>>>Gribble planned this for days. Gribble reportedly was caught (in part) because he openly bragged about killing the woman. He's been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. This was calculated and without remorse.
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>>>And you don't see all that as a sign of mental illness? What else could it be? No sane person would do or say those things.
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>>Why illness? How about it is a sign of the complete lack of moral values a lot of younger people have now that they live out of day care with replaceable or non-existant parents, no religion, no respect for law, no respect for school - the result of half a century of dismantling of the American family by those who try to see how 'liberal' they can be.
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>Because if that were the case, we'd be seeing this kind of behavior all over. Since violent crime is generally down in the last 15 years, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Seems pretty popular now.

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>And, of course, this kind of thrill crime is nothing new. How is this guy different from Leopold and Loeb? Clearly, there's something wrong in his brain chemistry that enables him to behave this way.
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>Tamar