Schizoscaria
Dec 17th, 2007 by Stephen
Mat Writes:If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill themselves, is it considered a hostage situation or a murder?
The answer to this question is fairly simple. You write that the person “threatens”, meaning there has been no killing. Obviously this excludes murder as a possibility. But sometimes hostage situations evolve into murder.
You state “personalities”, which I’m inclined to believe is an indication of a third (possibly more) personality lurking about somewhere in the example.
This means it is potentially a conspiracy. Normally when an individual is afflicted (or gifted depending on your point of view) with multiple personalities, these personalities are not conscious of the other personalities*.
How is it that they are now working together to kill the host? More importantly, why would they be trying to kill their host?
These thoughts bring me back to believe that this may indeed be suicide. Which is the generic reference for standard single personality individuals who exhibit intent to kill themselves. Only in this case, it is the actual personality commiting suicide (by way of executing the host).
What do you guys think? Is this a hostage situation, murder, or a suicide threat?
*unfounded speculation
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