Amnesia Doesn't Scare Me...

[Cranky Old Man]

Killing someone with an axe is pretty grubby work. Depending on how hard and where you swing I guess it may not be instant gratification. Even if you enjoy killing people or even torturing people it is difficult work and I am fairly certain the majority wouldn't enjoy it. Just because you're a psycho doesn't mean you would be willing to decapitate someone with a spoon. I didn't mean to say EVERYBODY has an emotional response to it, but not all psychotic people are chaotic evil cardboard cutouts, most of them have their limits.

Also there are several recorded cases (none of which I can refer to or prove exist so don't bother) of people doing horrible deeds out of uncontrollable impulses and later, or even during, being deeply disturbed by them.

Psychopaths and psychotic people are two very different things. Psychotic people experiences things that aren't real, while psychopaths cannot respect human value. (I'm saying "cannot" instead of "will not" because psychopaths aren't capable of justification. You can ask a psychopath "Why did you do that?" and while he'd probably come up with something that sounds good (because he has seen that justification used before) it often won't make sense, or be good enough, because every justification seems equally just to a psychopath.)

While it's hard work to kill somebody, it won't ethically disturb a psychopath. He won't feel regret or guilt or shame over it. Some won't even fear getting caught.

While a psychopath can very much fake regret if he wants to, having uncontrollable impulses is a whole other matter. Psychopaths are in control when they kill, because they don't have the impulse to not do it.

Not every psychopath is a criminal. Some are even completely honest about being psychopaths, as they don't see any shame in it. I would classify psychopaths as evil, though. That's not my point with PDP, though, because I don't see psychopaths as enemies, but as handicapped people.