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To: JohnM who wrote (23736)7/12/2006 11:28:40 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541299
 
I actually spend quite a bit of time in divorce court. The type of person who kills lawyers or judges or destroys his own property typically has a very fragile but oversized ego, grandiose, much like a balloon.

Losing is an intolerable ego blow that has to be compensated with grandiose action.

It's not just divorce, by the way, you see it in general civil litigation but more often in will contests.

Something about the loss of love or respect in a family situation seems to bring out the worst. Money=love, including self-love.

Similarly men (and women) who kill their partners rather than let them go, and ghetto teens who kill people who "dis" them.

Weak, grandiose egos that cannot tolerate rejection or loss.



To: JohnM who wrote (23736)7/12/2006 12:55:36 PM
From: Jim S  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541299
 
You think it's a justification? That's really sad, John. I just said it was a motivation.