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jillayne (homepage, profile)  wrote on Thu, 2/4/2010 - 6:06 pm

Great book to buy. You could buy it used via amazon for under $10. "The Sociopath Next Door." Author says in some Native cultures, once the group identifies the sociopath, they plan a hunting trip, isolate the sociopath and then push him off a cliff. This might not work with the predatory lenders. Someone would notice 100,000 people at the bottom of a cliff.



Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 06:42:07 AM EST
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In the West we make them top dog, and they push everyone else over the cliff.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 07:39:48 AM EST
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We?

Didn't anyone ever pull you aside to ask, "TBG, if Suzie jumps off a bridge, does that mean you got to jump off the bridge, too?"

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 08:08:58 AM EST
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That sometimes depends on the price I've been able to get for it.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 08:13:15 AM EST
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Jump? I thought we were talking about being pushed. Or are you getting your story straight before questions get asked?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 08:26:43 AM EST
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I'm talking about generalizing, as a habit. Doesn't make sense of people, ordinarily, and especially during times like these.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 11:41:40 AM EST
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Thanks for the pointer!

Sociopaths are very destructive of basic, common, trust in/of the social order and need to be firmly sat upon.

Pushing them over a cliff hadn't occurred to me ... but it's worth careful consideration for implementing as fundamental Public Policy.  

;-)

by ATinNM on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 12:02:23 PM EST
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Is that what happens inside The Temple of Doom?  I was hoping someone could explain this new technical term for the stock markets.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 01:17:59 PM EST
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