On 06/28/09 11:58, Warp wrote:
> in itself can be rather difficult), there's no law against it. There can't
> be law against it because mental problems cannot be illegal. So the only
> thing you can punish someone for is if he actually *does* something.

	Well, you can't punish someone, but can't you get them committed into 
an asylum if their mental problems were serious enough? I really don't 
know what the law says about this. Do people get committed because 
someone's mental problems make them "likely" to be, say, violent - even 
though they've never attacked anyone before?

	But getting back to what you're saying, I think what somebody and Jim 
are trying to say that yes, even if he didn't commit the crime, if it is 
*clear* that he had nasty predilections (albeit due to mental issues), 
then there is some room for judging him for it.


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