[lbo-talk] Breivik declared insane by Norway

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] Phillip Zimbardo (the Stanford Prison study guy) once said that
when one person is having delusions we call it mental disorder and
lock him up in an institution, but if many people share those
delusions, we call it a political point of view and protect with
constitutional rights.  This is not to question the professional
judgment of the psychiatrists who examined Berivik, but rather to
express regret that we cannot give the same treatment to all fascists
and assorted wingnuts.

Wojtek

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, socialismorbarbarism
<socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15936276
>
> "Norway massacre: Breivik declared insane"
>
> "The two psychiatrists who interviewed him on 13 occasions concluded
> that he lived in his 'own delusional universe where all his thoughts
> and acts are guided by his delusions', prosecutors told reporters."
>
> In a sidebar:
>
> "Norwegians have reacted with surprise and disbelief at the report
> stating that Breivik is criminally insane.
>
> 'I don't see how Behring Breivik's opinions set him apart from war
> criminals, who are tried in court as if they are sane,' said one man."
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