How Sociopathic should Shadowrunners be?, Was just wondering what ya thought. Options

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With all of the scholarly theses on sociopathy and psychopathy I thought I might chime in from the other side. My father is almost a true sociopath, while I myself have been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic, which I belive is a type of psychopathy. Sorry about the run-on, but I digress. My father's behavioral attitudes and motivations I belive are very much in line with sociopathy, e.g. whatever my father does, he does with an ulterior motive. He never really emotionally evolved beyond the pain/pleasure decision making process. The only reason he will stop an otherwise antisocial and destructive behavior is if somehow it is viscerally connected to a negative response. I'm trying to come up with a suitable example, except it's really hard to come up with something that does not require far more typing than I am really up for. Let me just say that with the tendrils of manipulation he exudes, summing up anything about the man succintly is rather difficult.
On the other hand, I have a different view. It's rather interesting because while I am schizophrenic I can still recognize right and wrong. And I still have to control my impulses. That is partially what my disorder is about. My friends and family have likened my mood swings to flipping a light switch. One instant my emotional state is at even keel, then suddenly I become enraged, or morose, or ebullient, or even calm. No one has really been able to tell what my triggers are. Also, there are the sudden irrational, nearly uncontrollable impulses. Usually violent. Imagine riding a bus. Your mental state is at an even keel. Suddenly for no apparent reason you have the powerful impulse to hurt/maim/kill. You don't because it is wrong and you know this. In fact the mental images of grisly torture sicken you. Yet they persist. My entire personality is focused on control of myself. I am a nonviolent person. I don't like to hurt people. Quite the contrary, in fact. Yet actually causing pain to others is extremely pleasurable, yet at the same time sickening. By the way, I am in treatment, so no worries. I guess what I am getting at is that one can be an extremely moral person, like myself, and have a nearly debilitating mental illness. Trying to pigeonhole those of us in the disputed camps is not really helping anything. Bottom line, a sociopath or a psychopath is unstable true, however that does not necessarily make them immoral or evil. And thank you Scope for your attempts to shed light on the conditions.

BTW I really do talk like this :)