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Originally Posted by lisarea
Just pretty fuzzy all around, really. On the one hand, I kind of pity the guy for being so oblivious that he doesn't get what the big deal is. It's almost as though he must be retarded in some way or something.
On the other hand, developmental delays don't explain the compulsion to torture and kill for entertainment, so he's clearly got something wrong with him there, too.
It sort of makes me wish we could just coopt him for research purposes or something, to study and better understand his pathologies.
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Just a guess, but abuse as a child seems to be a common thread in such cases. If not abuse, then at least some sort of neglect.