19 January 2012
Uncommon Commentary #238: Senseless Murder, Senseless Justice
Whenever someone commits any
of the seemingly irrational slayings that have helped to make our Depraved New
World infamous, there arises a debate over whether he is evil or criminally insane. Why must these two be considered exclusive of
one another? Has it not occurred to
people that someone's psychosis may be a product of his malice rather than an
alternative explanation thereof? Adolf
Hitler was unquestionably a paranoiac (as well as, late in life, a schizophrene);
would anyone have denied that he was responsible
for his crimes, and argued for his confinement to a psychiatric institution?
