It really is a system and not bad people that accounts for modern domination.
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Wojtek S Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:19 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Breivik declared insane by Norway
[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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