Is it normal that I sometimes fantasize being a serial killer?

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  • I agree. Intelligence is difficult to pin down. A more diverse system needs to be created.

    I had imagined not as well. As for my view of the concept -- I believe it's static at best. I have an interest in both. I've always seen myself as being strongly justice-oriented, however the fascination has been there. Perhaps it will always remain just a thought that will never be acted out on. A favorite quote of mine is one by Friedrich Nietzshe: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

    Thanks for the input. It was thought provoking.

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    • Yeah, Profiler Robert Ressler used that quote in his book "whoever fights monsters"

      Here is a very interesting one from the now executed serial killer David Gore;

      "All of a sudden I realized that I had just done something that separated me from the human race and it was something that could never be undone, I realized that from that point on I could never be like normal people. I must have stood there in that state for 20 minutes. I have never felt an emptiness of self like I did right then and I never will forget that feeling. It was like I crossed over into a realm I could never come back from."

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      • That sounds like a very harrowing realization -- being separated from what you are from the extent of what you've done. I imagine the most horrid thing that was plaguing his mind was guilt -- unmatched guilt and sorrow. If I was afflicted with those feelings, I would probably no longer wish to live.

        Thanks, tommy.

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    • that's an excellent quote.! And no problem. Glad I could provide some thought.

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