Going to put on a guy on trial who believes the government spies on people through TV sets

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-homelessmanslain,0,7931260.story

Attorney: Killing of homeless man was self-defense

Associated Press

7:18 AM CST, February 11, 2009

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - A man who thought the federal government spies on people through television sets killed a fellow homeless man in southwestern Illinois in self-defense.

That's what James Batey's public defender says in a recent court filing he plans to argue when the 33-year-old man's Madison County murder trial gets under way next week in Edwardsville.

[Junkdrawer]

1. Winston Smith?? n/t

[panader0]

2. You mean they don't?

So I can stop mooning the TV?

[Tab]

3. Classic schizophrenic

if true (his belief, I mean).

This is a common paranoia, similar to that something has been implanted in their brain (this is where tin-foil hats come in - as protection) or something's being broadcast to them, or whatever.

I knew someone who believed the FBI and CIA were communicating to him through jet contrails. Before he made any decision, he had to look to the sky and evaluate the contrails for a signal.

If he's not faking it, it should be easy to prove he's not in his right mind.

[Javaman]

4. Before TV's, radios, or any other electronic media, what did these people claim?

"the books are spying on me!!! Those smoke signals are watching me!!!"

[Belial]

5. They cannot see you if you have one of these!