1 in 25 people

in America do not have a conscience...freaky.

I watched Oprah today, it was about Scott Peterson...some scary stuff. The psychiatrist was talking about how he believed that Scott is a Sociopath and sex addict. I feel sick everytime I hear anything about that case...it's disgusting. But it's so weird how everyone is so drawn to it -- everyone wants to know why, or how he could have done it. I think it's because it's hard for people to admit that someone who looked so perfect could have done something so horrible.

I couldn't believe it when the psychiatrist said that about people's conscience. 1 in 25 --- that's a lot of people! But what struck me the most was the reason he gave for people to not have a conscience. He said it was from some tragedy that forced them as a child to not be able to empathize. He said in Scott's case it was his mother's ability to detach emotionally, but still refer to him as the 'perfect golden boy'. Making him in some way 'unhuman'.
I am a firm believer in the equal blame of nurture and nature. I think that our upbringing has just as much of a role as our genetics. And it scares me to hear them blame her son's behaviour on her parenting style -- even if it was messed up. I think people raised in a horrific family life are able to be great people and conversely some people raised in wonderful family life settings can turn out to be horrible people. But this got me thinking (and like Oprah, I'm tired of all the press that Scott P. has been getting) and so on a different (but related) note;