Southwest PA Self-defense Network Blog

This is an editorial that crossed my path while researching pacifism and self-defense. My words are in red.   https://ndcatholic.org/yourresources/editorials/column0319/ About Take Action Resources Deadly Force Can Rarely be Justified by Christopher Dodson Executive Director North Dakota Catholic Conference March 2019 For the second consecutive legislative session, the North      Dakota Legislative Assembly has considered legislation to expand when a person can use deadly force against another. Proponents call these proposals “stand your ground” laws. Some law enforcement officials call them “shoot to kill” bills. ( Sure, maybe some liberal police chief somewhere stated this but d oubtful this is true representation of most law enforcement.)   As in 2017, the latest bill was defeated, but the margin was narrow. Both bills would have allowed the use of deadly force to protect theft of property, even if no life was threatened. (Not a fan of using deadly ...

  Review of Guilty by Reason of Insanity by Dorothy Otnow 338pg , c1998 This was a very hard book to read. The author does a good job of recounting her interactions with really sick people. She does the usual telling of her history of getting into psychiatry and what changed and how it affected her outlook, etc.  She doesn't give solid dates of this or that but you get the sense this was during the 70's and beyond because she referenced the rise of Sybil and 3 Faces of Eve.  She intertwines her personal growth and life, the persons she interviews, the courts and the state of belief in multiple personality disorder. Although heavily accepted today split personality or DID was disregarded back then and it's adoption was slow in coming. Even the author was skeptical until she came face to face with some one who had alters.  The author has 4 or 5 case studies that highlight the points and experiences she had with them. The hard part to read was the horrific abuse that th...