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Posted: May 04, 2011 - 13:25

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Genuine American Monster

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I would. I'm not sure I even consider sociopaths to be human beings.

anticultist

Posted: May 04, 2011 - 13:26

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Brainwashing you for money

Level: 15
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I think it would be useful to place them out of harms way, sure.

Kepp

Posted: May 04, 2011 - 17:08

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I could be wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that it's estimated that 1% of the US population is sociopathic. That's about 3 million of those fuckers.

The Burger King

Posted: May 04, 2011 - 19:04

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I can't stop posting pictures of poop, what the fuck is wrong with me?

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I would agree with this as long as these people were kept alive for doctors to study and research. Possibly one day we may actually be able to develop a conscious or something close to it for these people who lack such abilities.

Joe

Posted: May 04, 2011 - 21:57

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I do not think it is right to criminalize a mental illness. But I do belive we should instutiallize them.

alexastorm

Posted: May 04, 2011 - 23:40

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Hybrid

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But you can't really institutionalize someone just for being mentally ill. Unless they have demonstrated dangerous (criminal) behavior. So if you want to see them put away it would have to be criminalized. I'm all for it. And Kepp, I've come across that statistic too. I think the numbers are higher. Some sociopaths are pretty good at faking emotion. Unless they do something violent you might not ever know. A person can do all kinds of rotten things and hurt others without ever becoming violent. But I would say the potential is always there and these types are just walking time bombs.

Inside Job

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 00:11

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do this...
http://www.blogthings.com/areyouasociopathquiz/</p>

MY RESULT
"You Are 32% Sociopath
From time to time, you may be a bit troubled and a bit too charming for your own good.
It's likely that you're not a sociopath... just quite smart and a bit out of the mainstream!"

alexastorm

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 06:23

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Hybrid

Level: 2

Mine: You Are 16% Sociopath
You're empathetic, loyal, and introspective.
In other words, there's no way you're a sociopath... but you can spot one pretty easily!

anticultist

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 06:50

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Brainwashing you for money

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You Are 16% Sociopath
You're empathetic, loyal, and introspective.
In other words, there's no way you're a sociopath... but you can spot one pretty easily!

Evil Elvis

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 07:25

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STFU!

Level: 1
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32% Of course this is a bullshit 'test', as if a sociopath could answer to most of those questions.

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domokato

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 14:07

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You Are 12% Sociopath
You're empathetic, loyal, and introspective.
In other words, there's no way you're a sociopath... but you can spot one pretty easily!

fuck, am I the most normal one out of all you crazies? i scored low on the asperger's test too. suckas!

#11

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 14:14

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Genuine American Monster

Level: 70
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I don't trust any of your results.

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Inside Job

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 17:15

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^100% Certified Sociopath

#13

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 17:29

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Genuine American Monster

Level: 70
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I've come for your sister.

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Inside Job

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 17:32

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Would you like me to wrap it or just put a bow on it?

#15

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 21:45

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I'm completely opposed to criminalizing sociopathy. I just can't see punishing people for simply "being" something, whether or not they've been caught acting on it. If a sociopath does horrible things, then convict them for those horrible things. But not for simply "being a sociopath".
Would automatically throwing all sociopaths in jail make our streets safer? Probably. But in my opinion, it's not worth it. It would be like tapping everyone's phone, or having automatic curfews in every city, or automatically convicting anyone who is even ACCUSED of a crime. It might cut down on crime in the long run, but we'd be sacrificing our personal liberties. Ben Franklin said something about how those who sacrifice liberty to obtain security deserve neither liberty nor security.

BTW, I'm 20% sociopath per that test.

#16

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 21:47

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Genuine American Monster

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Only sociopaths liberty is sacrificed in this scenario. Therefore I don't see the relevance of the Franklin quote.

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CyborgJesus

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 22:09

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I'm against it, but I'm open for argument.

Are there reliable studies about the correlation between sociopathy and criminality?

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Kaiser Falkner

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 22:14

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HAIL HYDRA

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If its 100% diagnosable, I wouldn't want to put them in prison, I'd want them to be recipients of aid and treatment. I don't believe people should go to prison for conditions, no matter what their outcomes are. But, we will never live in that world, and that makes our ethical decisions much, much more difficult.

@CJ I think at this point we'd be working on a definition in which sociopathy is presented by criminal behavior. Unless you have an official definition that is otherwise.

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Posted: May 05, 2011 - 22:16

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Genuine American Monster

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There is no treatment.

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Kaiser Falkner

Posted: May 05, 2011 - 22:25

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HAIL HYDRA

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Australia.

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Evil Elvis

Posted: May 06, 2011 - 02:11

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STFU!

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Sorry, I set Australia on fire. In fact I am not sorry, I guess I should retake the test.

#22

Posted: May 06, 2011 - 18:10

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"Only sociopaths liberty is sacrificed in this scenario. Therefore I don't see the relevance of the Franklin quote."

I'd say that throwing millions of people in prison whether or not they've actually been convicted of doing anything wrong, simply out of fear that someday they will, certainly qualifies as sacrificing liberty. Just because we aren't doing this for everyone doesn't change that.

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Posted: May 06, 2011 - 18:16

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Genuine American Monster

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If it were criminalized, being a sociopath would then be a crime.

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Posted: May 06, 2011 - 19:36

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And we'd still be throwing people in prison whether or not they've been convicted of doing anything wrong, out of fear that someday they will. That's definitely sacrificing liberty for security.

#25

Posted: May 06, 2011 - 19:39

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Genuine American Monster

Level: 70
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No because if sociopathy were criminalized them they would be doing something wrong.

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