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...that he initially resisted examination by even his own doctors. This stance might be endorsed by the "Unabomber Manifesto," which denounces anyone who attempts to "control human behavior," but it could seriously jeopardize his attorneys' efforts to save his life. They had planned to argue that Kaczynski suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, which made him incapable of the intent necessary for him to be held legally responsible for the crimes. But now U.S. District Court Judge Garland Burrell Jr. is weighing a prosecution request to bar all expert psychiatric testimony, leaving his defense in tatters...
Historically, defendants who claim insanity or mental disease in federal trials rarely succeed. But if the jury in this case is allowed to hear details about paranoid schizophrenia, they may see some disturbing parallels with Kaczynski's life. For example, psychiatrists say true schizophrenics often resist diagnosis. "They don't like to think of themselves as mentally ill," says Dr. Ira Glick, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford. "They'd think something else caused their problems, like bad parenting or bad government or too many drugs--anything but being labeled crazy." Kaczynski has lashed out at both his parents...
Schizophrenia is an irreversible disease whose symptoms can be curbed but not cured by drugs, according to experts. Is it possible for someone to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia and function for 18 years? Says Glick: "If you pull yourself out of society, live alone and are not married or dating, you can go a long time...
...health-care field with its large female work force, I have often been privy to the frustration and disillusionment felt by many women toward their men. For that reason, I find bizarre the criticism directed at the Promise Keepers by some elements of the feminist movement. I suspect its paranoid diatribe has more to do with bitterness and failure to recognize the enrichment of the lives of ordinary women, children and men. TONY KAMPKES Christchurch, New Zealand
...what wit the characters do have. With the exception of Bryan W. Leach '00 as the staunchly paranoid Yossariar everyone in the cast exhudes two distinct talents: the ability to play a number of extremely different characters, and the ability to make each of them as delightfully absurd as possible. The script itself a tight-laced tango of double entendred and hysterically ironic scenarios, could only be mastered by a group of actor with impeccable comic timing and greaversatility. Particularly notable are Jame A. Carmichael '01 as the dry Lt. Co-Korn; Michael P. Davidson '00 as the stereotypical Italian...