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1. 0mbre+(OP)[view] [source] 2015-11-14 09:29:53
Well obvioysly to someone irrational every of his action seem rational.

The point is that for a phycologicaly healthy and balanced human being these actions can not be called rational by any stretch of logic

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2. eivarv+G6[view] [source] 2015-11-14 12:57:21
>>0mbre+(OP)
I think you'll find that psychological health has little to do with what people can convince themselves of, or convince themselves to do - i.e. you can't explain away Daesh (or WWII nazis, etc.) with mental illness.

Their actions could absolutely be called rational and logical if you were to accept their premise - which is what I'd argue is irrational.

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3. mercur+Ca[view] [source] [discussion] 2015-11-14 14:19:22
>>eivarv+G6
You don't even need a Godwin point for that. Nobody was calling Air Marshall Harris, well-known for his strategy of carpet-bombing civilians with incendiaries during WWII, "insane" or "irrational". Instead, they gave him a bunch of medals and made him a baronet.
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