Sociopaths
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- garett_west0
if i may, i'd like to point out that the only real way to deal with a sociopath is a swift kick to the genitals.
- xenicon0
I'd smash Mark Rudd in the nose.
yawn
- Cactus0
The problem with these people is that they are often unaware of what they are doing and how they appear in other's eyes.
Why is an asshole an asshole?
Because he doesn't know it.
- Jaline0
Why is an asshole an asshole?
Because he doesn't know it.
Cactus
(May 30 06, 09:50)House would disagree with you.
- Cactus0
Who's House?
- pluto0
So basically what you're trying to say is that everyone here is a sociopath?
- Mimio0
"A Marxist or neo-Marxist view of what is a peculiar but quite common aspect of the human condition is a philosophical deadend."
Cactus, what makes you draw that conclusion?
- Cactus0
Who believes in that stuff anymore besides university professors?
- xenicon0
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=2…
Just as Oprah created a talk-show host named "Oprah," making that character her work, improvising on it and experimenting with it, so Frey created a character named "James Frey," and improvised on it and experimented with it. He didn't need to act on the Winfreyist principle of exchangeability by feeling someone else's pain. He imagined a new persona for himself, constructed out of pain he had actually felt, and then proceeded to play his new role. After all, a person is free to do whatever he wants with his own pain. In this sense, Frey was not lying about his life. He was making his life his work, and, since work is a process of development and life is always open-ended and fragile and provisional, it can take any form you want it to take as you proceed toward your goal. Frey was doing what he had to do in order to be who he knew he really was, and who he wanted to become.
Every person and every ideology has its countertendency.
- Jaline0
House = Gregory House from 'House'
"Dr. House is seemingly lacking in bedside manner and prefers to avoid direct contact with his patients whenever possible. Due to an infarction in his right thigh, House lost a substantial portion of the muscle in his upper leg and must use a cane to assist with walking. As a result, House is also forced to deal with constant physical pain, which he manages through a dependency on the prescription pain-medication Vicodin and, more recently, morphine. Although his behavior can border on antisocial or misanthropic, House is viewed as a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect and an unusual level of tolerance from his professional colleagues. He is very sarcastic and metaphorical and tries to get his staff to figure things out."
- winter0
Why is an asshole an asshole?
Because he doesn't know it.
Cactus
(May 30 06, 09:50)
------------------------------that's not true. people know there are things they cannot do.
i see where this is going. don't turn these people into justified sinners by turning them into ignorant of their own actions. they're not retards.
- xenicon0
sinners?
dude, they are entertainers.
- winter0
i didn't mean it literally. But in a broad way people are socialized into a common good sense.
- turosatano0
I'm thinking of the movie In the Company of Men, ;) heh oy u don't realize what a sociopath the blonde guy is till the veryend of the movie.