24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:15 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the
diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and
self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with
narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and
inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and
pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the
achievements and accomplishments of others.

Often the narcissist will fraudulently claim to have qualifications or
experience or affiliations or associations which they don't have or
aren't entitled to. Belief in superiority, inflating their self-esteem
to match that of senior or important people with whom they associate
or identify, insisting on having the "top" professionals or being
affiliated with the "best" institutions, but criticising the same
people who disappoint them are also common features of narcissistic
personality disorder.

Narcissists react angrily to criticism and when rejected, the
narcissist will often denounce the profession which has rejected them
(usually for lack of competence or misdeed) but simultaneously and
paradoxically represent themselves as belonging to the profession they
are vilifying.

Fragile self-esteem, a need for constant attention and admiration,
fishing for compliments (often with great charm), an expectation of
superior entitlement, expecting others to defer to them, and a lack of
sensitivity especially when others do not react in the expected
manner, are also hallmarks of the disorder. Greed, expecting to
receive before and above the needs of others, overworking those around
them, and forming romantic (sic) or sexual relationships for the
purpose of advancing their purpose or career, abusing special
privileges and squandering extra resources also feature.

People with narcissistic personality disorder also have difficulty
recognizing the needs and feelings of others, and are dismissive,
contemptuous and impatient when others share or discuss their concerns
or problems. They are also oblivious to the hurtfulness of their
behaviour or remarks, show an emotional coldness and a lack of
reciprocal interest, exhibit envy (especially when others are accorded
recognition), have an arrogant, disdainful and patronizing attitude,
and are quick to blame and criticise others when their needs and
expectations are not met.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder
are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by,
or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or
institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of
especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or
her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to
achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the
feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of
him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
>
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:rtp1f3doaa5r4j54pp16qghegf8o6ps3ki@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>
>>

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:23 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the
diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and
self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with
narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and
inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and
pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the
achievements and accomplishments of others.

Often the narcissist will fraudulently claim to have qualifications or
experience or affiliations or associations which they don't have or
aren't entitled to. Belief in superiority, inflating their self-esteem
to match that of senior or important people with whom they associate
or identify, insisting on having the "top" professionals or being
affiliated with the "best" institutions, but criticising the same
people who disappoint them are also common features of narcissistic
personality disorder.

Narcissists react angrily to criticism and when rejected, the
narcissist will often denounce the profession which has rejected them
(usually for lack of competence or misdeed) but simultaneously and
paradoxically represent themselves as belonging to the profession they
are vilifying.

Fragile self-esteem, a need for constant attention and admiration,
fishing for compliments (often with great charm), an expectation of
superior entitlement, expecting others to defer to them, and a lack of
sensitivity especially when others do not react in the expected
manner, are also hallmarks of the disorder. Greed, expecting to
receive before and above the needs of others, overworking those around
them, and forming romantic (sic) or sexual relationships for the
purpose of advancing their purpose or career, abusing special
privileges and squandering extra resources also feature.

People with narcissistic personality disorder also have difficulty
recognizing the needs and feelings of others, and are dismissive,
contemptuous and impatient when others share or discuss their concerns
or problems. They are also oblivious to the hurtfulness of their
behaviour or remarks, show an emotional coldness and a lack of
reciprocal interest, exhibit envy (especially when others are accorded
recognition), have an arrogant, disdainful and patronizing attitude,
and are quick to blame and criticise others when their needs and
expectations are not met.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder
are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by,
or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or
institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of
especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or
her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to
achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the
feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of
him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:nvp1f35t7tgmddhoo9obn55fjt9msrgc39@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>
>>

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:23 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the
diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and
self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with
narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and
inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and
pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the
achievements and accomplishments of others.

Often the narcissist will fraudulently claim to have qualifications or
experience or affiliations or associations which they don't have or
aren't entitled to. Belief in superiority, inflating their self-esteem
to match that of senior or important people with whom they associate
or identify, insisting on having the "top" professionals or being
affiliated with the "best" institutions, but criticising the same
people who disappoint them are also common features of narcissistic
personality disorder.

Narcissists react angrily to criticism and when rejected, the
narcissist will often denounce the profession which has rejected them
(usually for lack of competence or misdeed) but simultaneously and
paradoxically represent themselves as belonging to the profession they
are vilifying.

Fragile self-esteem, a need for constant attention and admiration,
fishing for compliments (often with great charm), an expectation of
superior entitlement, expecting others to defer to them, and a lack of
sensitivity especially when others do not react in the expected
manner, are also hallmarks of the disorder. Greed, expecting to
receive before and above the needs of others, overworking those around
them, and forming romantic (sic) or sexual relationships for the
purpose of advancing their purpose or career, abusing special
privileges and squandering extra resources also feature.

People with narcissistic personality disorder also have difficulty
recognizing the needs and feelings of others, and are dismissive,
contemptuous and impatient when others share or discuss their concerns
or problems. They are also oblivious to the hurtfulness of their
behaviour or remarks, show an emotional coldness and a lack of
reciprocal interest, exhibit envy (especially when others are accorded
recognition), have an arrogant, disdainful and patronizing attitude,
and are quick to blame and criticise others when their needs and
expectations are not met.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder
are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by,
or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or
institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of
especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or
her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to
achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the
feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of
him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:nvp1f35t7tgmddhoo9obn55fjt9msrgc39@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>
>>

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:23 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the
diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and
self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with
narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and
inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and
pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the
achievements and accomplishments of others.

Often the narcissist will fraudulently claim to have qualifications or
experience or affiliations or associations which they don't have or
aren't entitled to. Belief in superiority, inflating their self-esteem
to match that of senior or important people with whom they associate
or identify, insisting on having the "top" professionals or being
affiliated with the "best" institutions, but criticising the same
people who disappoint them are also common features of narcissistic
personality disorder.

Narcissists react angrily to criticism and when rejected, the
narcissist will often denounce the profession which has rejected them
(usually for lack of competence or misdeed) but simultaneously and
paradoxically represent themselves as belonging to the profession they
are vilifying.

Fragile self-esteem, a need for constant attention and admiration,
fishing for compliments (often with great charm), an expectation of
superior entitlement, expecting others to defer to them, and a lack of
sensitivity especially when others do not react in the expected
manner, are also hallmarks of the disorder. Greed, expecting to
receive before and above the needs of others, overworking those around
them, and forming romantic (sic) or sexual relationships for the
purpose of advancing their purpose or career, abusing special
privileges and squandering extra resources also feature.

People with narcissistic personality disorder also have difficulty
recognizing the needs and feelings of others, and are dismissive,
contemptuous and impatient when others share or discuss their concerns
or problems. They are also oblivious to the hurtfulness of their
behaviour or remarks, show an emotional coldness and a lack of
reciprocal interest, exhibit envy (especially when others are accorded
recognition), have an arrogant, disdainful and patronizing attitude,
and are quick to blame and criticise others when their needs and
expectations are not met.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder
are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by,
or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or
institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of
especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or
her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to
achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the
feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of
him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:nvp1f35t7tgmddhoo9obn55fjt9msrgc39@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>
>>

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:23 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the
diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and
self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with
narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and
inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and
pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the
achievements and accomplishments of others.

Often the narcissist will fraudulently claim to have qualifications or
experience or affiliations or associations which they don't have or
aren't entitled to. Belief in superiority, inflating their self-esteem
to match that of senior or important people with whom they associate
or identify, insisting on having the "top" professionals or being
affiliated with the "best" institutions, but criticising the same
people who disappoint them are also common features of narcissistic
personality disorder.

Narcissists react angrily to criticism and when rejected, the
narcissist will often denounce the profession which has rejected them
(usually for lack of competence or misdeed) but simultaneously and
paradoxically represent themselves as belonging to the profession they
are vilifying.

Fragile self-esteem, a need for constant attention and admiration,
fishing for compliments (often with great charm), an expectation of
superior entitlement, expecting others to defer to them, and a lack of
sensitivity especially when others do not react in the expected
manner, are also hallmarks of the disorder. Greed, expecting to
receive before and above the needs of others, overworking those around
them, and forming romantic (sic) or sexual relationships for the
purpose of advancing their purpose or career, abusing special
privileges and squandering extra resources also feature.

People with narcissistic personality disorder also have difficulty
recognizing the needs and feelings of others, and are dismissive,
contemptuous and impatient when others share or discuss their concerns
or problems. They are also oblivious to the hurtfulness of their
behaviour or remarks, show an emotional coldness and a lack of
reciprocal interest, exhibit envy (especially when others are accorded
recognition), have an arrogant, disdainful and patronizing attitude,
and are quick to blame and criticise others when their needs and
expectations are not met.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder
are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by,
or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or
institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of
especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or
her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to
achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the
feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of
him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:nvp1f35t7tgmddhoo9obn55fjt9msrgc39@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>
>>

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:08 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:srp1f3h62vbvk8h87dmfoddg75tjrgju9c@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>


PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

AN ENDEMIC SOCIAL DISEASE, A MASK OF SANITY

This introduction to "alien reaction machines" in human form describes
individuals with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (APD), Sociopaths,
and Psychopaths.

(In referring to these entities below, I use "that" instead of "who"
to reinforce the distinction between machine-like reactions and normal
human behavior.)

There is considerable overlap of symptoms as medical researchers have
refined the classifications. One of the links below provides detailed
distinctions among these definitions. It also includes an extensive
bibliography. In this essay, next, however, the older, generic term
"psychopath" is used.

A psychopath is a person who appears normal on the surface, until
he/she performs some outrageous criminal act. At that point it has
been customary to label the behavior as temporary "insanity", but that
is a legal term, not a medical one. The prison psychiatric hospital
environment greatly reduces the options for the new patient to make
the kind of independent decisions that caused the original trouble in
open society. In this controlled environment he/she appears normal,
shows no overt signs of psychosis, passes all probing tests with
flying colors, and is discharged as "cured". On the street again, more
crimes are committed, and the cycle repeats. Thus, these individuals
fall through the cracks between law and medicine.

Most people, including judges and juries, are still unable to make the
distinction that not all prison inmates are psychopaths and not all
antisocial individuals are convicted criminals. The links below can be
confusing unless one is aware that the label "psychopathic
personality" was the original descriptive term for today's aggressive
"antisocial personality". The new euphemism is an obfuscation of an
unpleasant truth about people we are forced to deal with on a daily
basis. It is difficult for all of us, especially when associating with
disruptive school children, whose unearned "self esteem" must be
protected at all costs. In the literature one can expect to see both
the new and the old terms, without much distinction between them.

Western industrial civilization has developed a complex set of rules
of behavior for its citizens. These rules have evolved from the need
for cooperative organization in order to produce the goods and
services actually needed by society for minimum survival as a group,
and also to produce the intangible benefits that make that survival
tolerable for the individual. It makes most sense to reserve the
greatest rewards to those individuals who produce the most goods and
services of the highest quality. Most people understand they need
specialized training for any role above some minimum level, and they
must compete for that training, and later compete on the job itself.
They understand that the need for group survival dictates the rules of
the game, and they must not disrupt the group process by
uncooperative, dishonest, unethical, or violent behavior, or flagrant
violation of the rules.

Psychopaths believe they are "entitled" to the lifestyle benefits of
Western Civilization that most people only hope for as a potential
reward for outstanding job performance, organizational loyalty, and
smooth cooperation with other members of a team. Psychopaths can't or
won't work at the high performance level that might logically provide
upscale benefits. At a lower level where they might be more qualified,
they feel that any menial, boring, dirty, or disgusting WORK is
"beneath" them. Thus, whether at a high level or low level, any
meaningful, honest "work" is a dirty word to a psychopath.

With extraordinary assistance from motivated parents, some more
intelligent, but still antisocial people can and do gravitate to
higher-paid management, politics, or the professions, where power and
prestige can be significant ego enhancers. However, they are always
"close to the edge" emotionally, and are likely to abuse ---, drugs,
and alcohol. Also, they may tend to "seek out" excuses to deliberately
over-indulge, in order to remove temporarily the stifling "mask of
sanity" that never quite fits. Then, when "under the influence" they
are more likely to exhibit aggressive, violent, and/or bizarre
behavior in inappropriate public places. This odd behavior is the key
classic sign of acute dysfunction. Some reference books provide
fascinating case histories describing typical incidents.

When one realizes that the antisocial syndrome is pervasive in today's
society, what protection is available to the average adult citizen?
How can one know the alien body snatcher before any actual overt
criminal act? There are two simple test tools available to any
perceptive, educated adult: The tools are contrived casual
conversation and unobtrusive observation. With these tools one can
make a simple first screening test to possibly rule out psychopathic
personality in public officials or others:

The psychopath is a dangerously clever "alien reaction machine" that
has practiced giving all the correct answers. However, much of that
verbal practice will have taken place in institutions or in
dysfunctional families in lower-class neighborhoods. When those same
answers are given in upscale surroundings, they come out as contrived
falsehoods.

Another clue is that the alien machine will not take responsibility,
but will tend to "blame others" for misfortunes with drugs, sexual
partners, bosses, co- workers, authorities, or whatever. Also, the
full-blown psychopath is NEVER altruistic or ethical (except by
accident), but may be shrewd enough to pretend altruism as sham
behavior (to attract votes). By accepting a psychopath's statements at
face value, without cross- checking public records or other sources, a
careless or inattentive interviewer can fail to pick up on the
frequent lies. For example, to trip up corrupt politicians or
self-described "experts", sometimes it is only necessary to compare
two different answers to the same or similar questions repeated on two
or more different occasions, without involving external sources at
all. Any pattern of lies will stand out as outside the norm of ethical
conduct. By itself, this discrepancy is insufficient to classify the
individual as antisocial, but it is an indication that other tests
should be made.
* * * * *

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:08 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:srp1f3h62vbvk8h87dmfoddg75tjrgju9c@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>


PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

AN ENDEMIC SOCIAL DISEASE, A MASK OF SANITY

This introduction to "alien reaction machines" in human form describes
individuals with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (APD), Sociopaths,
and Psychopaths.

(In referring to these entities below, I use "that" instead of "who"
to reinforce the distinction between machine-like reactions and normal
human behavior.)

There is considerable overlap of symptoms as medical researchers have
refined the classifications. One of the links below provides detailed
distinctions among these definitions. It also includes an extensive
bibliography. In this essay, next, however, the older, generic term
"psychopath" is used.

A psychopath is a person who appears normal on the surface, until
he/she performs some outrageous criminal act. At that point it has
been customary to label the behavior as temporary "insanity", but that
is a legal term, not a medical one. The prison psychiatric hospital
environment greatly reduces the options for the new patient to make
the kind of independent decisions that caused the original trouble in
open society. In this controlled environment he/she appears normal,
shows no overt signs of psychosis, passes all probing tests with
flying colors, and is discharged as "cured". On the street again, more
crimes are committed, and the cycle repeats. Thus, these individuals
fall through the cracks between law and medicine.

Most people, including judges and juries, are still unable to make the
distinction that not all prison inmates are psychopaths and not all
antisocial individuals are convicted criminals. The links below can be
confusing unless one is aware that the label "psychopathic
personality" was the original descriptive term for today's aggressive
"antisocial personality". The new euphemism is an obfuscation of an
unpleasant truth about people we are forced to deal with on a daily
basis. It is difficult for all of us, especially when associating with
disruptive school children, whose unearned "self esteem" must be
protected at all costs. In the literature one can expect to see both
the new and the old terms, without much distinction between them.

Western industrial civilization has developed a complex set of rules
of behavior for its citizens. These rules have evolved from the need
for cooperative organization in order to produce the goods and
services actually needed by society for minimum survival as a group,
and also to produce the intangible benefits that make that survival
tolerable for the individual. It makes most sense to reserve the
greatest rewards to those individuals who produce the most goods and
services of the highest quality. Most people understand they need
specialized training for any role above some minimum level, and they
must compete for that training, and later compete on the job itself.
They understand that the need for group survival dictates the rules of
the game, and they must not disrupt the group process by
uncooperative, dishonest, unethical, or violent behavior, or flagrant
violation of the rules.

Psychopaths believe they are "entitled" to the lifestyle benefits of
Western Civilization that most people only hope for as a potential
reward for outstanding job performance, organizational loyalty, and
smooth cooperation with other members of a team. Psychopaths can't or
won't work at the high performance level that might logically provide
upscale benefits. At a lower level where they might be more qualified,
they feel that any menial, boring, dirty, or disgusting WORK is
"beneath" them. Thus, whether at a high level or low level, any
meaningful, honest "work" is a dirty word to a psychopath.

With extraordinary assistance from motivated parents, some more
intelligent, but still antisocial people can and do gravitate to
higher-paid management, politics, or the professions, where power and
prestige can be significant ego enhancers. However, they are always
"close to the edge" emotionally, and are likely to abuse ---, drugs,
and alcohol. Also, they may tend to "seek out" excuses to deliberately
over-indulge, in order to remove temporarily the stifling "mask of
sanity" that never quite fits. Then, when "under the influence" they
are more likely to exhibit aggressive, violent, and/or bizarre
behavior in inappropriate public places. This odd behavior is the key
classic sign of acute dysfunction. Some reference books provide
fascinating case histories describing typical incidents.

When one realizes that the antisocial syndrome is pervasive in today's
society, what protection is available to the average adult citizen?
How can one know the alien body snatcher before any actual overt
criminal act? There are two simple test tools available to any
perceptive, educated adult: The tools are contrived casual
conversation and unobtrusive observation. With these tools one can
make a simple first screening test to possibly rule out psychopathic
personality in public officials or others:

The psychopath is a dangerously clever "alien reaction machine" that
has practiced giving all the correct answers. However, much of that
verbal practice will have taken place in institutions or in
dysfunctional families in lower-class neighborhoods. When those same
answers are given in upscale surroundings, they come out as contrived
falsehoods.

Another clue is that the alien machine will not take responsibility,
but will tend to "blame others" for misfortunes with drugs, sexual
partners, bosses, co- workers, authorities, or whatever. Also, the
full-blown psychopath is NEVER altruistic or ethical (except by
accident), but may be shrewd enough to pretend altruism as sham
behavior (to attract votes). By accepting a psychopath's statements at
face value, without cross- checking public records or other sources, a
careless or inattentive interviewer can fail to pick up on the
frequent lies. For example, to trip up corrupt politicians or
self-described "experts", sometimes it is only necessary to compare
two different answers to the same or similar questions repeated on two
or more different occasions, without involving external sources at
all. Any pattern of lies will stand out as outside the norm of ethical
conduct. By itself, this discrepancy is insufficient to classify the
individual as antisocial, but it is an indication that other tests
should be made.
* * * * *

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:08 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:srp1f3h62vbvk8h87dmfoddg75tjrgju9c@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>


PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

AN ENDEMIC SOCIAL DISEASE, A MASK OF SANITY

This introduction to "alien reaction machines" in human form describes
individuals with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (APD), Sociopaths,
and Psychopaths.

(In referring to these entities below, I use "that" instead of "who"
to reinforce the distinction between machine-like reactions and normal
human behavior.)

There is considerable overlap of symptoms as medical researchers have
refined the classifications. One of the links below provides detailed
distinctions among these definitions. It also includes an extensive
bibliography. In this essay, next, however, the older, generic term
"psychopath" is used.

A psychopath is a person who appears normal on the surface, until
he/she performs some outrageous criminal act. At that point it has
been customary to label the behavior as temporary "insanity", but that
is a legal term, not a medical one. The prison psychiatric hospital
environment greatly reduces the options for the new patient to make
the kind of independent decisions that caused the original trouble in
open society. In this controlled environment he/she appears normal,
shows no overt signs of psychosis, passes all probing tests with
flying colors, and is discharged as "cured". On the street again, more
crimes are committed, and the cycle repeats. Thus, these individuals
fall through the cracks between law and medicine.

Most people, including judges and juries, are still unable to make the
distinction that not all prison inmates are psychopaths and not all
antisocial individuals are convicted criminals. The links below can be
confusing unless one is aware that the label "psychopathic
personality" was the original descriptive term for today's aggressive
"antisocial personality". The new euphemism is an obfuscation of an
unpleasant truth about people we are forced to deal with on a daily
basis. It is difficult for all of us, especially when associating with
disruptive school children, whose unearned "self esteem" must be
protected at all costs. In the literature one can expect to see both
the new and the old terms, without much distinction between them.

Western industrial civilization has developed a complex set of rules
of behavior for its citizens. These rules have evolved from the need
for cooperative organization in order to produce the goods and
services actually needed by society for minimum survival as a group,
and also to produce the intangible benefits that make that survival
tolerable for the individual. It makes most sense to reserve the
greatest rewards to those individuals who produce the most goods and
services of the highest quality. Most people understand they need
specialized training for any role above some minimum level, and they
must compete for that training, and later compete on the job itself.
They understand that the need for group survival dictates the rules of
the game, and they must not disrupt the group process by
uncooperative, dishonest, unethical, or violent behavior, or flagrant
violation of the rules.

Psychopaths believe they are "entitled" to the lifestyle benefits of
Western Civilization that most people only hope for as a potential
reward for outstanding job performance, organizational loyalty, and
smooth cooperation with other members of a team. Psychopaths can't or
won't work at the high performance level that might logically provide
upscale benefits. At a lower level where they might be more qualified,
they feel that any menial, boring, dirty, or disgusting WORK is
"beneath" them. Thus, whether at a high level or low level, any
meaningful, honest "work" is a dirty word to a psychopath.

With extraordinary assistance from motivated parents, some more
intelligent, but still antisocial people can and do gravitate to
higher-paid management, politics, or the professions, where power and
prestige can be significant ego enhancers. However, they are always
"close to the edge" emotionally, and are likely to abuse ---, drugs,
and alcohol. Also, they may tend to "seek out" excuses to deliberately
over-indulge, in order to remove temporarily the stifling "mask of
sanity" that never quite fits. Then, when "under the influence" they
are more likely to exhibit aggressive, violent, and/or bizarre
behavior in inappropriate public places. This odd behavior is the key
classic sign of acute dysfunction. Some reference books provide
fascinating case histories describing typical incidents.

When one realizes that the antisocial syndrome is pervasive in today's
society, what protection is available to the average adult citizen?
How can one know the alien body snatcher before any actual overt
criminal act? There are two simple test tools available to any
perceptive, educated adult: The tools are contrived casual
conversation and unobtrusive observation. With these tools one can
make a simple first screening test to possibly rule out psychopathic
personality in public officials or others:

The psychopath is a dangerously clever "alien reaction machine" that
has practiced giving all the correct answers. However, much of that
verbal practice will have taken place in institutions or in
dysfunctional families in lower-class neighborhoods. When those same
answers are given in upscale surroundings, they come out as contrived
falsehoods.

Another clue is that the alien machine will not take responsibility,
but will tend to "blame others" for misfortunes with drugs, sexual
partners, bosses, co- workers, authorities, or whatever. Also, the
full-blown psychopath is NEVER altruistic or ethical (except by
accident), but may be shrewd enough to pretend altruism as sham
behavior (to attract votes). By accepting a psychopath's statements at
face value, without cross- checking public records or other sources, a
careless or inattentive interviewer can fail to pick up on the
frequent lies. For example, to trip up corrupt politicians or
self-described "experts", sometimes it is only necessary to compare
two different answers to the same or similar questions repeated on two
or more different occasions, without involving external sources at
all. Any pattern of lies will stand out as outside the norm of ethical
conduct. By itself, this discrepancy is insufficient to classify the
individual as antisocial, but it is an indication that other tests
should be made.
* * * * *

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:08 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:srp1f3h62vbvk8h87dmfoddg75tjrgju9c@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>


PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

AN ENDEMIC SOCIAL DISEASE, A MASK OF SANITY

This introduction to "alien reaction machines" in human form describes
individuals with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (APD), Sociopaths,
and Psychopaths.

(In referring to these entities below, I use "that" instead of "who"
to reinforce the distinction between machine-like reactions and normal
human behavior.)

There is considerable overlap of symptoms as medical researchers have
refined the classifications. One of the links below provides detailed
distinctions among these definitions. It also includes an extensive
bibliography. In this essay, next, however, the older, generic term
"psychopath" is used.

A psychopath is a person who appears normal on the surface, until
he/she performs some outrageous criminal act. At that point it has
been customary to label the behavior as temporary "insanity", but that
is a legal term, not a medical one. The prison psychiatric hospital
environment greatly reduces the options for the new patient to make
the kind of independent decisions that caused the original trouble in
open society. In this controlled environment he/she appears normal,
shows no overt signs of psychosis, passes all probing tests with
flying colors, and is discharged as "cured". On the street again, more
crimes are committed, and the cycle repeats. Thus, these individuals
fall through the cracks between law and medicine.

Most people, including judges and juries, are still unable to make the
distinction that not all prison inmates are psychopaths and not all
antisocial individuals are convicted criminals. The links below can be
confusing unless one is aware that the label "psychopathic
personality" was the original descriptive term for today's aggressive
"antisocial personality". The new euphemism is an obfuscation of an
unpleasant truth about people we are forced to deal with on a daily
basis. It is difficult for all of us, especially when associating with
disruptive school children, whose unearned "self esteem" must be
protected at all costs. In the literature one can expect to see both
the new and the old terms, without much distinction between them.

Western industrial civilization has developed a complex set of rules
of behavior for its citizens. These rules have evolved from the need
for cooperative organization in order to produce the goods and
services actually needed by society for minimum survival as a group,
and also to produce the intangible benefits that make that survival
tolerable for the individual. It makes most sense to reserve the
greatest rewards to those individuals who produce the most goods and
services of the highest quality. Most people understand they need
specialized training for any role above some minimum level, and they
must compete for that training, and later compete on the job itself.
They understand that the need for group survival dictates the rules of
the game, and they must not disrupt the group process by
uncooperative, dishonest, unethical, or violent behavior, or flagrant
violation of the rules.

Psychopaths believe they are "entitled" to the lifestyle benefits of
Western Civilization that most people only hope for as a potential
reward for outstanding job performance, organizational loyalty, and
smooth cooperation with other members of a team. Psychopaths can't or
won't work at the high performance level that might logically provide
upscale benefits. At a lower level where they might be more qualified,
they feel that any menial, boring, dirty, or disgusting WORK is
"beneath" them. Thus, whether at a high level or low level, any
meaningful, honest "work" is a dirty word to a psychopath.

With extraordinary assistance from motivated parents, some more
intelligent, but still antisocial people can and do gravitate to
higher-paid management, politics, or the professions, where power and
prestige can be significant ego enhancers. However, they are always
"close to the edge" emotionally, and are likely to abuse ---, drugs,
and alcohol. Also, they may tend to "seek out" excuses to deliberately
over-indulge, in order to remove temporarily the stifling "mask of
sanity" that never quite fits. Then, when "under the influence" they
are more likely to exhibit aggressive, violent, and/or bizarre
behavior in inappropriate public places. This odd behavior is the key
classic sign of acute dysfunction. Some reference books provide
fascinating case histories describing typical incidents.

When one realizes that the antisocial syndrome is pervasive in today's
society, what protection is available to the average adult citizen?
How can one know the alien body snatcher before any actual overt
criminal act? There are two simple test tools available to any
perceptive, educated adult: The tools are contrived casual
conversation and unobtrusive observation. With these tools one can
make a simple first screening test to possibly rule out psychopathic
personality in public officials or others:

The psychopath is a dangerously clever "alien reaction machine" that
has practiced giving all the correct answers. However, much of that
verbal practice will have taken place in institutions or in
dysfunctional families in lower-class neighborhoods. When those same
answers are given in upscale surroundings, they come out as contrived
falsehoods.

Another clue is that the alien machine will not take responsibility,
but will tend to "blame others" for misfortunes with drugs, sexual
partners, bosses, co- workers, authorities, or whatever. Also, the
full-blown psychopath is NEVER altruistic or ethical (except by
accident), but may be shrewd enough to pretend altruism as sham
behavior (to attract votes). By accepting a psychopath's statements at
face value, without cross- checking public records or other sources, a
careless or inattentive interviewer can fail to pick up on the
frequent lies. For example, to trip up corrupt politicians or
self-described "experts", sometimes it is only necessary to compare
two different answers to the same or similar questions repeated on two
or more different occasions, without involving external sources at
all. Any pattern of lies will stand out as outside the norm of ethical
conduct. By itself, this discrepancy is insufficient to classify the
individual as antisocial, but it is an indication that other tests
should be made.
* * * * *

24Bit®

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:15 -0700, "L.W. \(Bill\) ------ III"
<LWBill------@------.net> wrote:

> There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
>over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
>possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
>Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
>coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
>Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
>course, doesn't have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that.
>Who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat
>obsession/fetish, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like
>when the other kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in
>elementary school play grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to
>remember what he last wrote, like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a
>little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with its senseless barking it's rabid
>head off, me too, me too. And is too afraid to use your name, address, or
>even sign your statement as any man would, totally worthless!
> Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
>As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
> But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
>fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@***.net,
>abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
> I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
>passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
>stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
>all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
>each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
>It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
> Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
>other accusations would be thrown out of court.
> When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
>man??????????
> People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
>hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
>Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
>groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
>Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
>Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
> You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
>suggest!!!!!
> If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
>Sheriffs Department.
> I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
>man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
>I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
>contradicts it's self.
> You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
> I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
>participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
>life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
> I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
>S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
>24bit:
>12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
>will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
>LW------@------.net
> Sincerely,
> Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
> You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
>before you hurt yourself or someone else.
>
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
>"24Bit®" <24Bit@Ur.Asylm.org> wrote in message
>news:rtp1f3doaa5r4j54pp16qghegf8o6ps3ki@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little
>> risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or
>> that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than
>> that they have broken the law. But it also provides a detailed picture
>> of the disordered personalities of the psychopaths among us. In this
>> chapter and the next, I bring that picture into focus by describing
>> the more salient features one by one. This chapter looks at the
>> emotional and interpersonal traits of this complex personality
>> disorder; chapter 4 examines the unstable, characteristically
>> antisocial lifestyle of the psychopath.
>>
>>
>> Emotional/Interpersonal
>> glib and superficial
>> egocentric and grandiose
>> lack of remorse or guilt
>> lack of empathy
>> deceitful and manipulative
>> shallow emotions
>> Social Deviance
>> impulsive
>> poor behavior controls
>> need for excitement
>> lack of responsibility
>> early behavior problems
>> adult antisocial behavior
>>
>>
>> A cautionary note: The Psychopathy Checklist is a complex clinical
>> tool for professional use.[1] What follows is a general summary of the
>> key traits and behaviors of psychopaths. Do not use these symptoms to
>> diagnose yourself or others. A diagnosis requires explicit training
>> and access to the formal scoring manual. If you suspect that someone
>> you know conforms to the profile described here and in the next
>> chapter, and if it is important to you to obtain an expert opinion,
>> seek the services of a qualified (registered) forensic psychologist or
>> psychiatrist.
>> Also, be aware that people who are not psychopaths may have some of
>> the symptoms described here. Many people are impulsive, or glib, or
>> cold and unfeeling, or antisocial, but this does not mean they are
>> psychopaths. Psychopathy is a syndrome--a cluster of related symptoms.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
>> entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever
>> comeback, and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast
>> themselves in a good light. They can be very effective in presenting
>> themselves well and are often very likable and charming. To some
>> people, however, they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously
>> insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression
>> that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically "reading their lines."
>>
>>
>> One of my raters described an interview she did with a prisoner: "I
>> sat down and took out my clipboard, and the first thing this guy told
>> me was what beautiful eyes I had. He managed to work quite a few
>> compliments on my appearance into the interview -- couldn't get over
>> my hair. So by the time I wrapped things up I was feeling
>> unusually...well, pretty. I'm a wary person, especially on the job,
>> and can usually spot a phony. When I got back outside, I couldn't
>> believe I'd fallen for a line like that."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths may ramble and tell stories that seem unlikely in light of
>> what is known about them. Typically, they attempt to appear familiar
>> with sociology, psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry,
>> literature, art, or law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth
>> lack of concern at being found out. One of our prison files describes
>> a psychopathic inmate claiming to have advanced degrees in sociology
>> and psychology, when in fact he did not even complete high school. He
>> maintained the fiction during an interview with one of my students, a
>> Ph.D. candidate in psychology; she commented that the inmate was so
>> confident in his use of technical jargon and concepts that those not
>> familiar with the field of psychology might well have been impressed.
>> Variations on this sort of "expert" theme are common among
>> psychopaths....
>>
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
>> self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense
>> of entitlement, and see themselves as the center of the universe, as
>> superior beings who are justified in living according to their own
>> rules. "It's not that I don't follow the law," said one of our
>> subjects. "I follow my own laws. I never violate my own rules." She
>> then described these rules in terms of "looking out for number one."
>>
>>
>> When another psychopath, in prison for a variety of crimes including
>> robbery, rape, and fraud, was asked if he had any weaknesses, he
>> replied, "I don't have any weaknesses, except maybe I'm too caring."
>> On a 10-point scale he rated himself "an all-round 10. I would have
>> said 12, but that would be bragging. If I had a better education I'd
>> be brilliant."
>>
>>
>> The grandiosity and pomposity of some psychopaths often emerges in
>> dramatic fashion in the courtroom. For example, it is not unusual for
>> them to criticize or fire their lawyers and to take over their own
>> defense, usually with disastrous results. "My partner got a year. I
>> got two because of a ******** lawyer," said one of our subjects. He
>> later handled his own appeal and saw his sentence increased to three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths often come across as arrogant, shameless braggarts --
>> self-assured, opinionated, domineering, and cocky. They love to have
>> power and control over others and seem unable to believe that other
>> people have valid opinions different from theirs. They appear
>> charismatic or "electrifying" to some people.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial, or
>> personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
>> results of bad luck, unfaithful friends, or an unfair and incompetent
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Although psychopaths often claim to have specific goals, they show
>> little understanding of the qualifications required -- they have no
>> idea how to achieve their goals and little or no chance of attaining
>> them, given their track record and lack of sustained interest in
>> education. The psychopathic inmate thinking about parole might outline
>> vague plans to become a property tycoon or a lawyer for the poor. One
>> inmate, not particularly literate, managed to copyright the title of a
>> book he was planning to write about himself and was already counting
>> the fortune his bestseller would bring....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating
>> effects their actions have on others. Often they are completely
>> forthright about the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of
>> guilt, are not sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused,
>> and that there is no reason for them to be concerned.
>>
>>
>> When asked if he had any regrets about stabbing a robbery victim who
>> subsequently spent three months in the hospital as a result of his
>> wounds, one of our subjects replied, "Get real! He spends a few months
>> in a hospital and I rot here. I cut him up a bit, but if I wanted to
>> kill him I would have slit his throat. That's the kind of guy I am; I
>> gave him a break." Asked if he regretted any of his crimes, he said,
>> "I don't regret nothing. What's done is done. There must have been a
>> reason why I did it at the time, and that is why it was done...."
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, psychopaths sometimes verbalize remorse but then
>> contradict themselves in words or actions. Criminals in prison quickly
>> learn that remorse is an important word. When asked if he experienced
>> remorse over a murder he'd committed, one young inmate told us, "Yeah,
>> sure, I feel remorse." Pressed further, he said that he didn't "feel
>> bad inside about it."
>>
>>
>> I was once dumbfounded by the logic of an inmate who described his
>> murder victim as having benefited from the crime by learning "a hard
>> lesson about life."
>>
>>
>> "The guy only had himself to blame," another inmate said of the man
>> he'd murdered in an argument about paying a bar tab. "Anybody could
>> have seen I was in a rotten mood that night. What did he want to go
>> and bother me for?" He continued, "Anyway, the guy never suffered.
>> Knife wounds to an artery are the easiest way to go."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
>> ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
>> responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
>> family, friends, associates, and others who have played by the rules.
>> Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
>> they deny that it happened at all....
>>
>>
>> Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths -- especially
>> their egocentricity, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, and
>> deceitfulness are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy
>> (an inability to construct a mental and emotional "facsimile" of
>> another person). They seem unable to "get into the skin" or to "walk
>> in the shoes" of others, except in a purely intellectual sense. The
>> feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
>>
>>
>> In some respects they are like the emotionless androids depicted in
>> science fiction, unable to imagine what real humans experience. One
>> rapist, high on the Psychopathy Checklist, commented that he found it
>> hard to empathize with his victims. "They are frightened, right? But,
>> you see, I don't really understand it. I've been scared myself, and it
>> wasn't unpleasant."
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for
>> their own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable -- whom they
>> mock, rather than pity--are favorite targets. "There is no such thing,
>> in the psychopathic universe, as the merely weak," wrote psychologist
>> Robert Rieber. "Whoever is weak is also a sucker; that is, someone who
>> demands to be exploited....
>>
>>
>> Lying, deceiving, and manipulation are natural talents for
>> psychopaths.
>>
>> With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves,
>> psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility -- or even by
>> the certainty -- of being found out. When caught in a lie or
>> challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed --
>> they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so
>> that they appear to be consistent with the lie. The results are a
>> series of contradictory statements and a thoroughly confused listener.
>> Much of the lying seems to have no motivation other than what
>> psychologist Paul Ekman refers to as a "duping delight....
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem proud of their ability to lie. When asked if she lied
>> easily, one woman with a high score on the Psychopathy Checklist
>> laughed and replied, "I'm the best. I'm really good at it, I think
>> because I sometimes admit to something bad about myself. They'd think,
>> well, if she's admitting to that she must be telling the truth about
>> the rest." She also said that she sometimes "salts the mine" with a
>> nugget of truth." If they think some of what you say is true, they
>> usually think it's all true."
>>
>>
>> Many observers get the impression that psychopaths sometimes are
>> unaware that they're lying; it is as if the words take on a life of
>> their own, unfettered by the speaker's knowledge that the observer is
>> aware of the facts. The psychopath's indifference to being identified
>> as a liar is truly extraordinary; it causes the listener to wonder
>> about the speaker's sanity. More often, though, the listener is taken
>> in....
>>
>>
>> "I'm the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you'll ever meet. So
>> Ted Bundy described himself to the police following his final arrest.
>>
>>
>> Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
>> range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
>> unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow, and short-lived
>> displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression
>> that they are play-acting and that little is going on below the
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes they claim to experience strong emotions but are unable to
>> describe the subtleties of various affective states. For example, they
>> equate love with sexual arousal, sadness with frustration, and anger
>> with irritability. "I believe in emotions: hate, anger, lust, and
>> greed," said Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker....
>>
>>
>> The apparent lack of normal affect and emotional depth led
>> psychologists J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay to say that the psychopath
>> "knows the words but not the music.For example, in a rambling book
>> about hate, violence, and rationalizations for his behavior, Jack
>> Abbott made this revealing comment: "There are emotions -- a whole
>> spectrum of them -- that I know only through words, through reading
>> and in my immature imagination. I can imagine I feel these emotions
>> (know, therefore, what they are), but I do not. At age thirty-seven I
>> am barely a precocious child. My passions are those of a boy....
>>
>>

PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

AN ENDEMIC SOCIAL DISEASE, A MASK OF SANITY

This introduction to "alien reaction machines" in human form describes
individuals with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (APD), Sociopaths,
and Psychopaths.

(In referring to these entities below, I use "that" instead of "who"
to reinforce the distinction between machine-like reactions and normal
human behavior.)

There is considerable overlap of symptoms as medical researchers have
refined the classifications. One of the links below provides detailed
distinctions among these definitions. It also includes an extensive
bibliography. In this essay, next, however, the older, generic term
"psychopath" is used.

A psychopath is a person who appears normal on the surface, until
he/she performs some outrageous criminal act. At that point it has
been customary to label the behavior as temporary "insanity", but that
is a legal term, not a medical one. The prison psychiatric hospital
environment greatly reduces the options for the new patient to make
the kind of independent decisions that caused the original trouble in
open society. In this controlled environment he/she appears normal,
shows no overt signs of psychosis, passes all probing tests with
flying colors, and is discharged as "cured". On the street again, more
crimes are committed, and the cycle repeats. Thus, these individuals
fall through the cracks between law and medicine.

Most people, including judges and juries, are still unable to make the
distinction that not all prison inmates are psychopaths and not all
antisocial individuals are convicted criminals. The links below can be
confusing unless one is aware that the label "psychopathic
personality" was the original descriptive term for today's aggressive
"antisocial personality". The new euphemism is an obfuscation of an
unpleasant truth about people we are forced to deal with on a daily
basis. It is difficult for all of us, especially when associating with
disruptive school children, whose unearned "self esteem" must be
protected at all costs. In the literature one can expect to see both
the new and the old terms, without much distinction between them.

Western industrial civilization has developed a complex set of rules
of behavior for its citizens. These rules have evolved from the need
for cooperative organization in order to produce the goods and
services actually needed by society for minimum survival as a group,
and also to produce the intangible benefits that make that survival
tolerable for the individual. It makes most sense to reserve the
greatest rewards to those individuals who produce the most goods and
services of the highest quality. Most people understand they need
specialized training for any role above some minimum level, and they
must compete for that training, and later compete on the job itself.
They understand that the need for group survival dictates the rules of
the game, and they must not disrupt the group process by
uncooperative, dishonest, unethical, or violent behavior, or flagrant
violation of the rules.

Psychopaths believe they are "entitled" to the lifestyle benefits of
Western Civilization that most people only hope for as a potential
reward for outstanding job performance, organizational loyalty, and
smooth cooperation with other members of a team. Psychopaths can't or
won't work at the high performance level that might logically provide
upscale benefits. At a lower level where they might be more qualified,
they feel that any menial, boring, dirty, or disgusting WORK is
"beneath" them. Thus, whether at a high level or low level, any
meaningful, honest "work" is a dirty word to a psychopath.

With extraordinary assistance from motivated parents, some more
intelligent, but still antisocial people can and do gravitate to
higher-paid management, politics, or the professions, where power and
prestige can be significant ego enhancers. However, they are always
"close to the edge" emotionally, and are likely to abuse ---, drugs,
and alcohol. Also, they may tend to "seek out" excuses to deliberately
over-indulge, in order to remove temporarily the stifling "mask of
sanity" that never quite fits. Then, when "under the influence" they
are more likely to exhibit aggressive, violent, and/or bizarre
behavior in inappropriate public places. This odd behavior is the key
classic sign of acute dysfunction. Some reference books provide
fascinating case histories describing typical incidents.

When one realizes that the antisocial syndrome is pervasive in today's
society, what protection is available to the average adult citizen?
How can one know the alien body snatcher before any actual overt
criminal act? There are two simple test tools available to any
perceptive, educated adult: The tools are contrived casual
conversation and unobtrusive observation. With these tools one can
make a simple first screening test to possibly rule out psychopathic
personality in public officials or others:

The psychopath is a dangerously clever "alien reaction machine" that
has practiced giving all the correct answers. However, much of that
verbal practice will have taken place in institutions or in
dysfunctional families in lower-class neighborhoods. When those same
answers are given in upscale surroundings, they come out as contrived
falsehoods.

Another clue is that the alien machine will not take responsibility,
but will tend to "blame others" for misfortunes with drugs, sexual
partners, bosses, co- workers, authorities, or whatever. Also, the
full-blown psychopath is NEVER altruistic or ethical (except by
accident), but may be shrewd enough to pretend altruism as sham
behavior (to attract votes). By accepting a psychopath's statements at
face value, without cross- checking public records or other sources, a
careless or inattentive interviewer can fail to pick up on the
frequent lies. For example, to trip up corrupt politicians or
self-described "experts", sometimes it is only necessary to compare
two different answers to the same or similar questions repeated on two
or more different occasions, without involving external sources at
all. Any pattern of lies will stand out as outside the norm of ethical
conduct. By itself, this discrepancy is insufficient to classify the
individual as antisocial, but it is an indication that other tests
should be made.
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