The question of Appropriateness

[isis]

to paraphrase a quote - there is no right and wrong, but only what is appropriate.

i like that Garry

what is 'acting out of mental illness' and why is there an assured lack of choice? unless you're going thru some sort of psychosis that severely impairs your judgment, your ability to reason, your 'reality testing' you are still making a choice in what you are doing...

i think it's obvious they were referring to "some sort of psychosis that severely impairs your judgment." after all, psychosis is defined as "a severe" mental illness in which thought/emotions are impaired to the point where contact is entirely lost with external reality

if some1 is perceiving that god is telling them to kill their children & then they do it they feel they've done what's appropriate while the rest of us, those burdened with sanity & choice, kno this probably isn't the case. but like Garry wrote...despite the circumstances everything is likely, ultimately, appropriate

i like to think of it this way: there is no right and wrong but only what is necessary. bc it's impossible for me to presently consider some things appropriate but i remain open to the fact that at some point in the future i very well may discover all is appropriate always

And if one acts out of schizophrenia or other mental illness, perhaps appropriateness is more likely assured.

i agree

Acting out of mental illness would assure a lack of choice and will and thus an act without true polarity, only confusion.

i agree

You missed the point. People perhaps do not chose the mental illness as such but the issue is that your whole life quite quickly becomes overridden by the OCD identity and takes up your whole mental sphere. 'Triggered scenarios' are often things like 'Waking up in the morning' or 'Going outside'. My point is that these situations are, for many cases, always.

i agree w/ u. & i also agree w/ u that he missed the point. he doesn't sound harsh thru text - he sounds hungry...& like he needs to be in a house where he's permitted to be horizontal whenever he wants to be