Holmes crazy act doesn't work.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by barbara

Yes, they lack empathy. But how did that happen?
Are people hard wired from birth to not have empathy? Are they born with it and lose it somewhere along the way?

I'm leaning toward believing that some people are just born evil and no matter what their early life experiences are.... They are destined to carry out evil acts.

To my mind, this would be insanity, or at the very least a serious mental defect. The individual is driven by something they simply cannot control. They act purely for the sake of the act itself. Murder just to murder. Steal when they have plenty of money...and so on. The non-insane criminal would be someone who is fully aware that what they do is wrong, what the ramifications of their actions are and are fully capable of stopping themselves any time they choose. But, they choose to do it anyways because there is some motivation for it. Money, sex, revenge, jealousy, power, etc., etc.........

The former is not necessarily evil, because the individual may not actually mean any harm. They're just messed up, for lack of a better term. I'd say the latter, those who know better but commit heinous acts as a means to an end, are what represent "evil".

That's just my thoughts on it anyhow.

Dave