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Again, for those who base their judgmental opinions on a limited cache of experience and information: *if* the behavior is due to bipolar mania, then one's ability to control unhealthy impulses is severely compromised, and can only be sustained through the use of medication.
There is, indeed, a degree of culpability on the part of the actor, but it is of a different nature: in realizing that (a) the behavior is self-destructive, and (b) that he or she is unable to control it, the actor's culpability is in failing to seek out the appropriate help (in this case, a competent psychiatrist) to prevent the disorder from having a much greater impact on his or her life than it would otherwise. However, someone with bipolar disorder has no more control over symptoms of mania than a paranoid schizophrenic has over hallucinations and delusions.
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why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
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