Michael, I am tired too, long day, but I wanted to agree with you on defining those in need from those who USE ILLNESS FOR POWER AND CONTROL. And I can see why you would spot that and respond to that truth that others either choose to ignore or are too ingnorant to see.

I did take into consideration that for those who cannot feel compassion and empathy it is not always fair to condem them for something they just do not have.

One thing that I have read is that those who lack the capacity to actually feel empathy, make up for it by being more intelligent. The intelligence is often (not always) used to learn that those with a lot of empathy can be easily tricked and manipulated. So basically the interactions that take place are mostly for trickery and personal gain, by the one lacking empathy.

The most intelligent option of all would be to use the intelligence to assist those with empathy that have issues that could be resolved by the increased intelligence of the one lacking in empathy. The gain could be more substancial and keep one safe from a lifetime behind lock and key.

LOL, now I am well aware that this is one of the operative skills of many politicians.
However greed often disrupts this process and social solutions from reaching a true fruition.

It is something I ponder about. Cant add any more at the moment, time to get some zzzz's

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