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Why has the U.S. been killing hundreds of thousands of civilians in the Middle East for the past 15 years? The sociopathic leaders of large organizations will

by woah 12y ago

Why has the U.S. been killing hundreds of thousands of civilians in the Middle East for the past 15 years? The sociopathic leaders of large organizations will do what is expedient, and the rank and file will do what they are told, or willfully ignore what is happening. It takes an invading force to come in and establish that something was evil and clearly the work of madmen. My guess is that the nazis had perfectly normal brains, much like our own. This exercise mostly just shows how foolish Rorschach tests are. I saw 2 dwarves high-fiving.

primroot 12y ago
As intellectuals "know" people with noble intentions commit strategical blunders, and irresponsible acts but no such things as atrocities. These psychiatrists were perhaps trying to find a method to objectively identify the defining characteristic of an atrocious act, that is, being carried out by ignoble people. Unfortunately they did not succeed, so when identifying the real international criminals we still have to deal with such distractions as hospital propaganda [1], naive young persons [2], and journalists with shady agendas [3]. Back to psychiatry, Dalí exposed the underlying philosophical matter very succinctly: "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." [1] "The offensive also shut down what officers said was a propaganda weapon for the militants: Falluja General Hospital, with its stream of reports of civilian casualties." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/politics/15military.html?pagewanted=print&position=&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/politics/15military.html?p... [2] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/07/cia-unaccountable-drone-war http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov... [3] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/yemen-journalist-us-drone-strike-released http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/yemen-journalis...
spcoll 12y ago
> I saw 2 dwarves high-fiving. The fact that you saw two dwarves is indicative of a psychopathic mind obsessed with belittling others in an attempt to convince itself of its own adequacy. The high-fiving is a sign of childhood trauma caused by a lack of meaningful friendships. This kind of "psychology" really is a pile of crap : (
- primroot 12y ago
  I saw two elephants. I'm afraid I may be a misanthropist. :(
green7ea 12y ago
> I saw 2 dwarves high-fiving. I see two bears high-fiving. Clearly this demonstrates that anyone not seeing a high five is crazy... right.

by woah 12y ago

primroot 12y ago

As intellectuals "know" people with noble intentions commit strategical blunders, and irresponsible acts but no such things as atrocities. These psychiatrists were perhaps trying to find a method to objectively identify the defining characteristic of an atrocious act, that is, being carried out by ignoble people. Unfortunately they did not succeed, so when identifying the real international criminals we still have to deal with such distractions as hospital propaganda [1], naive young persons [2], and journalists with shady agendas [3]. Back to psychiatry, Dalí exposed the underlying philosophical matter very succinctly: "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." [1] "The offensive also shut down what officers said was a propaganda weapon for the militants: Falluja General Hospital, with its stream of reports of civilian casualties." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/politics/15military.html?pagewanted=print&position=&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/politics/15military.html?p... [2] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/07/cia-unaccountable-drone-war http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov... [3] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/yemen-journalist-us-drone-strike-released http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/yemen-journalis...

spcoll 12y ago

> I saw 2 dwarves high-fiving. The fact that you saw two dwarves is indicative of a psychopathic mind obsessed with belittling others in an attempt to convince itself of its own adequacy. The high-fiving is a sign of childhood trauma caused by a lack of meaningful friendships. This kind of "psychology" really is a pile of crap : (

primroot 12y ago
I saw two elephants. I'm afraid I may be a misanthropist. :(

green7ea 12y ago

> I saw 2 dwarves high-fiving. I see two bears high-fiving. Clearly this demonstrates that anyone not seeing a high five is crazy... right.