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Originally Posted by Versus
Well what about Audie Murphy? He killed a metric fuck ton of people and hit his wife a lot, but he lead a very successful acting career. He even stared in a movie about himself and people thought he was pretty great.
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I would argue that his killing was rational, given the data we have to work with.
I would argue that his wife-beating was a separate incident of violence and was most assuredly irrational. It is probable, given what we know, that his wartime experiences might have damaged his mental faculties or inherent mental disorders were what made him so good at his job, or some combination of the two. We would need more data to figure this out and make a judgement on it.
I would also argue that Lanza's killing was irrational, given the data we have to work with.