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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't love calling it a mental illness. They could choose not to be angry, IMO. It's in their control. Refusing to process your emotions or take several deep breaths is a choice, not an illness. And when they kill somebody in a rage, that's also not out of their control or excused by mental illness. [/quote] In most cases, mental illnesses do not excuse bad/dangerous behaviors. Obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and borderline personality disorder are mental illnesses, but you wouldn’t excuse behaviors like assault or shoplifting because of them. Given the number of people who cannot control their sudden explosive rage in a car for relatively minor annoyances, I think there is something there. Most of these road ragers wouldn’t scream at or flip off a person who bumped into them on a sidewalk or temporarily blocked the aisle with a shopping cart. But put them in a car, and they go absolutely mental. [/quote]
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