2011-12-03

The Breivik diagnosis: ideology wrapped in a straitjacket

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by Neil Godfrey

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-02/tietze-the-breivik-diagnosis-ideology-straitjacket/3709600

I suppose it’s trite to remark that this reminds us of the political function of psychiatrists in the Stalinist Soviet Union. Presumably it would mean Hitler must be exonerated, too. And Baruch Goldstein. Mohamed Atta. Tip the scales of power and ditto for Bush, Obama, Blair, Howard.