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Emailed Threats Less Crazy Than Snail Mail

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the well-on-the-whole-at-least dept.

SoyChemist writes "Psychologists at the University of Nebraska have read 300 threatening letters and 99 angry emails to members of Congress. They concluded that the authors of the electronic messages show less signs of serious mental illness, but they are more profane and disorganized. The report was published in the September issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences."

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  1. Re:Duh by Jarjarthejedi · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Think Adolph Hitler -- he might have been totally nuts"

    First, nice Godwin :P.

    Second...unlikely, I don't think any historians really think Hitler was completely insane, perhaps a small deviation from the norm, but it's quite difficult for a truly insane person to convince others to follow them. How many people in the loony bins were even decent leaders before getting there? Probably very few, course I'm neither a historian nor a psychologist so that's just my basic knowledge.

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