Kuntar and Psychopathology

Submitted by Clifton Chadwick (United Arab Emirates), Jul 24, 2008 at 03:32

With all due respect to Livnat, Kuntar IS a psychopath.

The primary distinguishing characteristic of pyschopathology is the absent of guilt about what one has done. To suggest that in Kuntar's case the lack of guilt is promoted by the socierty in which he lives, does not change the situation of guilt. He feels no guilt, therefore he is a psychopath.

The issue of the reaction of Hezbollah and the society it forms, in which Kuntar lives, may suggest that it is also a pathological society.

Cheers

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