(November 21, 2017 at 10:32 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(November 21, 2017 at 4:15 am)Aroura Wrote: Even just the first one is a serious mental illness. Does that make him less culpable? An interesting idea to explore.Well, the presence of ASPD kind of negates the possibility that Charlie could recover from whatever fucked up his mind enough to make him the lunatic we all know and love in any meaningful way.
To try to figure out whether he knew at the time it was wrong could be very complex. Usually when schizophrenics commit murder(and usually when they commit crimes it's crazy but petty crimes) it's because they have delusions that they or someone else is in danger.
They think it's more or less self defense.
Apparently, Manson had delusions of a race war.
The question is, did he not see it as wrong in every single case?
It's a weird thought exercise whether they were collateral damage in his mind.
Tbh I haven't studied up on him that much.
