Not all mental conditions are as cut and dried as that. The fact is, some mental conditions mean you do not actually realise you have a mental condition, so why would you seek help?
Benoit was a 40 year old man and showed no signs up to this point, and if he did, why did those closest to him not see it or help him?
The only way this would truly be evil is if he didnt have a mental condition and just did this for whatever reason he came up with!
Okay, I don't want to turn this thread into an argument, and I've mostly made my position known (which is as far as things go, on the internet). Just a few quick comments before I let this be:
Most cereal killers are sociopathic and are able to function as good or better than typical people in society. Take, for example, Ted Bundy. When he was caught, people were shocked and aghast, "but he was such a nice guy!" People with that sort of mental illness don't care about other people, don't give them the respect of treating them equal to how the sociopath feels about them. They lie and cajol and play the people like meat puppets to achieve whatever goal they have in mind.
Being a sociopath is a mental disorder (and is, in fact, one of the ones I got diagnosed with). That doesn't mean I wouldn't classify Ted Bundy or Manson or any of the thousands of others as "evil," just because they were born with an invisable handicap.
And, if what you (I think) posted in a thread following this quote is true, that he had been showing symptoms for the past year of paranoia and stuff, he had ample time to go get help, out of love for his wife and kid -- even if he didn't believe he had a problem. Like a decent human should do.
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