Uh....

[conuly]

Right. I'm not sure I buy the "serial killers tend to be on the spectrum" argument. In fact, I think I find it outright insulting.

And with only three minutes left to leave the house in, I'll leave it at that.

Comments

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

This article inspires me to go on a series of killings. But wait, I don't have "an intense, out-of-control fantasy life that involves sex". I do have an intense fantasy life because, duh, I need material to write and I need to write because my editor would kill me otherwise. At least this is my excuse! It is not out-of-control for the very same reason. However, fairly little of it seems to be devoted to sex. *scratches head*

But then again, I am told by my friends that I have the mentality of a military interrogator, does that count? (oh please make it so! I've been called many things before, but not a potential serial killer. I want to claim this trophy!!)

Ooh, I can even create a ticker box kind of list based on the article.
* cruelty to animals - yep
* fire-setting - nope
* bed- wetting in later childhood - nope

Lovely!

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

In the technical sense, which surely was not the intent of that article, everyone is on the spectrum, serial killers as well as anyone else.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

great, now more parents will feel justified in killing their autistic children because they just saved society from a potential serial killer.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

I have not deigned to look at this article in the least, BUT I will say EVEN IF statistically it was proven that more convicted serial killers are "on the spectrum" (and I doubt that *very* much), then one could argue simply that, not having the "social skills" of NT people, they simply get caught more frequently. :-p

[conuly]

That's my phrasing. Their phrasing was "autistic or borderline", which I loosely defined as "on the spectrum"

[conuly]

Yes. After all, we all know that autistics are prone to, say, locking their children in their rooms while setting the house on fire.

[hopefulnebula]

For what it's worth... this response to that article was printed today in the editorial section.

[hopefulnebula]

And ooops. I just now realized that I posted this comment in the wrong place. *blush* It's meant as a reply to conuly's top-level post.

[conuly]

Thankies!

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

This article inspires me to go on a series of killings. But wait, I don't have "an intense, out-of-control fantasy life that involves sex". I do have an intense fantasy life because, duh, I need material to write and I need to write because my editor would kill me otherwise. At least this is my excuse! It is not out-of-control for the very same reason. However, fairly little of it seems to be devoted to sex. *scratches head*

But then again, I am told by my friends that I have the mentality of a military interrogator, does that count? (oh please make it so! I've been called many things before, but not a potential serial killer. I want to claim this trophy!!)

Ooh, I can even create a ticker box kind of list based on the article.
* cruelty to animals - yep
* fire-setting - nope
* bed- wetting in later childhood - nope

Lovely!

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

In the technical sense, which surely was not the intent of that article, everyone is on the spectrum, serial killers as well as anyone else.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

great, now more parents will feel justified in killing their autistic children because they just saved society from a potential serial killer.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

I have not deigned to look at this article in the least, BUT I will say EVEN IF statistically it was proven that more convicted serial killers are "on the spectrum" (and I doubt that *very* much), then one could argue simply that, not having the "social skills" of NT people, they simply get caught more frequently. :-p

[conuly]

That's my phrasing. Their phrasing was "autistic or borderline", which I loosely defined as "on the spectrum"

[conuly]

Yes. After all, we all know that autistics are prone to, say, locking their children in their rooms while setting the house on fire.

[hopefulnebula]

For what it's worth... this response to that article was printed today in the editorial section.

[hopefulnebula]

And ooops. I just now realized that I posted this comment in the wrong place. *blush* It's meant as a reply to conuly's top-level post.

[conuly]

Thankies!