They know what they're doing. And they CAN stop themselves.
It's not that it's forogtten...it's that many of us rational people disagree.
Some MLCers are aware...while others are not. For those who are aware the pain may be even greater...like watching yourself go crazy and no it is happening.
As for being able to stop...if they could they would--particularly those who are aware.
None of that means they should not be held accoutnable for their actions. MLC is NOT legal insanity. But it is most certainly Dis-Ease. LBSs cannot prevent it...well neither can the MLCer once it has started.
What some of the 'rational' people forget is that we have many now rational former MLCers who have expressed how they were often so confused as to believe what they were doing and when they felt guilt and like they were crashing...they were unable to stop. Listen to AmyC, M Go Blue, Happy_Again for their stories.
We LBSs who have not had an MLC can really only specualte...and so taht is what I have donehere. But those who have gone through have a special experiential knowledge about the inner workings of MLC...I hope I never have that sort of knowledge.
