The further we move into absurdity, the more things are branded a mental illness and therefore people who commit those acts cannot be held responsible for their actions.There needs to be a point where you draw the line and say that, regardless of mental illness, certain acts are unacceptable and have drastic, mortal, consequences. If you keep defining down deviance, pretty soon simple murder will be the product of "mental illness" and will therefore be excused by law.
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