Posted in: Man arrested over murders of wife, 2 children to undergo psychiatric evaluation See in context
It absolutely matters whether he was mentally ill or not. If, for example, he had developed paranoid schizophrenia and was hearing voices telling to kill his family that does actually matter. There are innumerable neurological conditions that can cause irrationally violent behavior; brain tumors in critical areas of the brain concerned with inhibition control, a person’s flight or fight mechanism etc. Brain abnormalities can be utterly critical in causing such behavior. It really does matter.
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Posted in: Some people, opposed to the Tokyo Olympics, are directing their frustration at athletes for not speaking out against the Games, one example being swimming star Rikako Ikee. What do you expect the athletes to do? See in context
What I hope the athletes do is inform themselves of the opinions of virologists, epidemiologists, the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association and others who actually know the dangers of holding this Olympics (you know, like everyone else should if they want to come to an objective opinion). Then come to the rational conclusion that holding them is wrong and refuse to take part.
Unfortunately what I expect them to do is not "commit professional suicide" as someone above put it by going against the wishes of the IOC.
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This is a tough one for me. I have lived both in France and Japan. To begin with, these are…
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