Peter Sutcliffe dead.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Thats the answer I was looking for. Hope he had a painful demise . People like him , Jeffrey Dharmer etc are indeed bad , not mad .

It's not a simple line that can be drawn in the sand though.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

It's not a simple line that can be drawn in the sand though.

On the whole I agree , I am certainly not one of the hang em high brigade

Clearly Dharmer was abused and bullied as a child as was levi bellfield who murdered millie downer and several other women

The thing is many people are abused as children and don't go round killing people . Or murdering vulnerable prostitutes .

Psychopathology tries to determine if someone is ill or just horrible and of course it does always get it right

A bloke who walks around with a gun shooting people who has been under the mental health services hearing voices since he was 17 is clearly unwell and needs to be in a secure hospital . I wouldn't wish any harm to come to him .

[OurManFlint II]

It's not a simple line that can be drawn in the sand though.

Just finished reading the Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson, it seems it is.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Just finished reading the Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson, it seems it is.

Surely psychopathy is just one component of the bad v mad proposition though.