All you hear in the media is guns and video games are to blame and need to be regulated
more. Nothing about these dangerous drugs.
All you hear in the media is guns and video games are to blame and need to be regulated
Sorry Machines, these two threads are almost interchangeable at times. Psychopathy is cropping up in both - what a coincidence.Machinesworking wrote:I would certainly call it aggressive narcissism to ignore my replies, and start dropping my name into your talking points.beatmunga wrote: Lets reference against Hare's Psychopathy Checklist (the accepted world standard - accepted by virtually everyone except Machinesworking that is) shall we?:
Factor 1: Personality "Aggressive narcissism"
In fact I couldn't think of a more plain example as far as internet based conversations go.
wiki:Hare receives royalties on licensed use of the test.
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Forge. wrote:seriously, what the hell does a regular citizen need to defend themselves against with a weapon like this;
Yeah I already posted that same picture. The UK and US governments are peas in a pod in this. NDAA hasn't gone away...etc etc etc... I guess the US government and it's massive propaganda network in the mainstream media just doesn't tell you anything about it. Maybe it's harder to hide the huge number of cameras in the UK though??LoopStationZebra wrote:Seriously. I can barely think of a more horrifying propaganda move in the States that even remotely compares to the GHASTLINESS of that poster.
wow. just..wow.
Aggressive narcissism at it's finest.beatmunga wrote: Therefore, as you have proven to be someone with whom it is increasingly obvious I have absolutely nothing in common, I shall simply resort to gently taking the piss out of you in snarky ways when opportunities present themselves.
But you don't have any faith in Hare's checklist, do you? So why use it in attack? Seems a bit hypocritical.Machinesworking wrote:Aggressive narcissism at it's finest.
It's not that it doesn't matter at all. It matters to you, obviously. I actually find your opinions matter a lot - I find them quite worrying. As you do mine. That is our prerogative.Machinesworking wrote:"I do not agree with someone, therefore their opinion doesn't matter."
You are still confusing the 'psychopath/empathy' thing. Not all lack of empathy is due to psychopathy. No-one has ever stated that. It's just that psychopaths don't tend to have any empathy. That is a big factor in their behavioural traits. If you refute this, and have evidence of empathy in clinical psychopaths, I'd be interested in any research, books, studies, whatever, to back up your 'facts'?Machinesworking wrote:Again there is an overwhelming majority of the psychiatric community that believes nurture is far more of a shaper of complex emotional states like empathy.
Plus the simple fact is genetic based research into things like an individuals emotional and intellectual capacity has consistently led to all kinds of abuse by authoritarian systems for thousands of years now. with that in mind any research into genetic based psychiatric abnormalities should be rigorously vetted scientifically before being presented as 'fact'. Your studies have not been, period.
Machinesworking wrote: A large part of the problem I have with your view is that like many people you've read a book or two and have decided that now your opinion is based on facts that are beyond discussion.
You can dress it up in as much high school debating language as you wish. Again, give me the counterpoint from people other than you. With all due respect, statements like the one you made below don't exactly endear you as the objective voice of reason:Machinesworking wrote:It's a very very short sighted view of the world and in my opinion it's a dangerously limited perspective. It's also a great example of why actually reading the counter point to any idea or study you think is relevant is almost a prerequisite to having an informed opinion about a subject as opposed to reactionary.
Actually, I'm lying about all due respect - statements like that, and many others of yours I've read, make it hard for me to respect your views. Got to be honest.Machinesworking wrote:"I've dealt with probably more dangerous violent criminals and the wreckage a damaged individual like that can leave behind than I'm almost 100% sure any of you have"
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Whilst I can see that this is far from good, CCTV is the least of my worries on the bus round our way.LoopStationZebra wrote:Forge. wrote:seriously, what the hell does a regular citizen need to defend themselves against with a weapon like this;
Dunno. But that weapon will surely come in handy when you have to overthrow a government that actually has the BALLS to use a poster like this:
O. M. F. G
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Admittedly, they should sack the marketing team on that one... someone, somewhere in the design department is having a right old chuckle.Forge. wrote: @beat - I think it's more about just how overtly fascist and orwellian the poster is... like they're not even trying to hide it!
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
beatmunga wrote:Admittedly, they should sack the marketing team on that one... someone, somewhere in the design department is having a right old chuckle.Forge. wrote: @beat - I think it's more about just how overtly fascist and orwellian the poster is... like they're not even trying to hide it!
Have any Cheeky Cockney types actually seen this poster in the field? Seems to good/bad to be true...
To be honest, if we feel like we are being watched, and our dissidence lip-read on the 85a to Tunstall, us UK freedom fighters can just take the cameras out with our gun things what we bought over The Pond. Problem solved, freedom restored!LoopStationZebra wrote:beatmunga wrote:Admittedly, they should sack the marketing team on that one... someone, somewhere in the design department is having a right old chuckle.Forge. wrote: @beat - I think it's more about just how overtly fascist and orwellian the poster is... like they're not even trying to hide it!
Have any Cheeky Cockney types actually seen this poster in the field? Seems to good/bad to be true...
I'm glad you think it's no big deal.
Call me when you start having to show ze papers when you want to cross from Wembley to Harrow.
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Turn in your guns everyone, we now have drones to protect us!