This was sent by Jim Andrews to the Buffalo:
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In Vancouver there's a man on trial for murdering many women. He was a pig
farmer and is accused of grinding the women up and feeding them to the pigs;
their DNA has been found around the farm. And there's a serial killer loose
on one of the highways in BC.
There's a lot of murderous crazy anger in Canada/BC too, George, as I'm sure
you know. It isn't a specifically USAmerican thing. The details may be
marked with circumstances specific to the nation where it festered, but the
disease does not acknowledge national boundaries.
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Plenty in Italy, France, Germany, plenty all around here, from what I know.
On 4/19/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You say 'serving prison sentences'. Were they tested before or during
> their stay inside? A lengthy stay inside would undermine any 'normal'
> person's equilibrium. I take it that 60% on remand would be
> anxiety-based problems.
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> Andrew
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> On 19/04/07, Christopher Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > Statistically, mentally ill people are far less likely to commit violent
> > crimes than the
> > population at large.
> > <snip>
> >
> > Are you confident of that? In the UK something like 40% of those serving
> > prison sentences are said to have mental health problems, and 60% of those
> > on remand. Though, of course, the categories *mentally ill* and *normal* are
> > still remarkably labile.
> >
> > CW
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > "To write and eat at the same table' is harder than it sounds.
> > (J H Prynne)
> >
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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