Syringe attack: A sick Mindset It was quite a normal evening for me in my dorm as I was busy folding the clothes, until the notification bell rang from Hamro Patro news, claiming four girls were attacked near Dallu area. It brought a cold chill down my spine. Worried me, immediately phoned my near ones who would use the same route almost daily. I should have worried them even more–a reflex­­­­ to my worried tone and the news. Specifically, these attacks on the person as an attempt to transmit blood borne disease such as HIV are called pin prick attack. But what causes one to do such weird and antisocial things? Biological Psychiatry says that human beings have a social disposition of sharing feelings. In case of hatred, anger or violence the emotion is often so grim and strong that the person feeling it wants to get rid of it, and since the emotion is so vaporous, the expression of it tends to be instantaneous as well. Although on moral grounds, the person knows hurting others is n...