Posted by EmmyS on February 16, 2004, at 10:18:43
In reply to Re: Inappropriate User Name » EmmyS, posted by Phil on February 15, 2004, at 20:03:20
I don't believe in the concept of evil. I believe that people are the way they are for reasons - people are impacted by their biology, psychology, sociology....not just born evil.
That doesn't mean I think they are not responsible for their actions. If not, we'd all live in chaos.
Since I just can't explain their actions by saying they are simply evil, I'm extremely curious instead. I need to know why they ended up like that. Who were his birth parents? what were they like? and who raised him? what was his home life like? etc.
I work in a psychiatric hospital on an adult trauma unit. Most of my patients are there bacause of what their parents did to them decades ago. Several of them cannot be released because they have the potential to be violent or sexually predatious. So, when I meet someone who is "scarey angry" - I have to ask, why is he the way he is?
Emmy
P.S. And I promise not to date that previous poster. ;-)
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