Someone made a comment in one of the other news threads that involved a woman killing her two daughters after hearing voices, that prompted my thinking on this. They made the statement that obviously a sane person couldn't kill their children. So this made me think about all the cases that get off on insanity. That led me to think (as I have before) that if someone is not insane, then are they truly "evil"? I find it hard to believe really.

I know there are some pretty mean people, but even most of them are that way due to some need they didn't get fulfilled as children or even in adult life, whether that need be affection, love, or just support. I really don't think any completely normally functioning person could go through with the act of killing short of necessity such as self defense, or survival. I don't call acts of revenge for the death or harm of a loved one completely "sane" or rational either. I don't care how the courts define it either. I know they determine it basically by whether it was thought out and planned as opposed to spontaneous and abrupt.

It just seems that people who are driven to kill, are typically not sane (even if only temporarily). I do think there are just some "bad" people but like I said, I bet if you had those people sit down with a qualified professional it wouldn't be long before they placed some sort of diagnosis on them leaning to my point.

I also don't buy the "devil made me do it" crap either. I'm not 100% sure I believe in the devil and his powers. I don't believe demons are among us either making us do bad things. In fact if I did believe in the devil and demons, I still just don't believe they wander around picking on humans and driving them to do terrible things. I just can't.

Anyway, what are your thoughts?