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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (93371)	8/12/2012 8:38:33 PM
From: Robin Plunder	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219540

"what a "real" statesman is. I don't. Any judgement would be subjective. No amount of information would suffice to help one make the distinction between real and unreal." Perhaps this gets to the heart of the matter....are we really victims of some charming unscrupulous folks, who somehow dupe us into destroying ourselves...or are these folks just cashing in on the fact that 1) we really dont know how to discover the truth and 2) we are often guided by our own short term interests into making choices that are destructive of our long term interests? (and the psychopaths use these short term interests to aid them in accomplishing their goals?) Does objectivity arise from intuition of a supernatural world, and do 'truths' derived from observation of this world lead to relativism? Can any of us describe how truth is achieved, based on facts observed from this world? We take food stamps, social security disability payments, medicaid programs...because they help us achieve our short term goals....even tho in the long run they create a tyrannical government which destroys our rights to life, liberty, and property, rather than protect them. rp

To: Joseph Silent who wrote (93371)	8/12/2012 9:05:56 PM
From: bart13	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219540

There we go again, the failure to be able to consistently even identify a real psychopath... Does anyone have a clue what I'm talking about, other than thinking I'm some eeeeeeeeeevil ID 10 T trying to do thought or behavior control or similar? Is there really no difference between a slimy used car salesman and Blankfein? Can no one tell the difference between the best and worst US presidents per the average or general definition of a statesman? nowandfutures.com deep sigh By the way JS, I agree that many (most?) probably do have at least one psychotic episode during their life. But I think you know that's not what I'm posting about.