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Rule -> RE: Mother Teresa's dark night of the soul (8/26/2007 2:08:56 AM)
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Fast reply:
At first I thought the vulture of Calcutta to be a psychopath. (See quotes below.) But then I stumbled across this description of Sadistic Personality Disorder (http://samvak.tripod.com/personalitydisorders31.html): "Sadists like to inflict pain because they find suffering, both corporeal and psychological, amusing. They torture animals and people because, to them, the sights and sounds of a creature writhing in agony are hilarious and pleasurable. Sadists go to great lengths to hurt others: they lie, deceive, commit crimes, and even make personal sacrifices merely so as to enjoy the cathartic moment of witnessing someone else's misery.
Sadists are masters of abuse by proxy and ambient abuse. They terrorize and intimidate even their nearest and dearest into doing their bidding. They create an aura and atmosphere of unmitigated yet diffuse dread and consternation. This they achieve by promulgating complex "rules of the house" that restrict the autonomy of their dependants (spouses, children, employees, patients, clients, etc.). They have the final word and are the ultimate law. They must be obeyed, no matter how arbitrary and senseless are their rulings and decisions.
Most sadists are fascinated by gore and violence. They are vicarious serial killers: they channel their homicidal urges in socially acceptable ways by "studying" and admiring historical figures such as Hitler, for instance. They love guns and other weapons, are fascinated by death, torture, and martial arts in all their forms".
Psychopath quotes from wikipedia: "The prototypical psychopath has deficits or deviances in several areas: interpersonal relationships, emotion, and self-control. Psychopaths lack a sense of guilt or remorse for any harm they may have caused others, instead rationalizing the behavior, blaming someone else, or denying it outright. Psychopaths also lack empathy towards others in general, resulting in tactlessness, insensitivity, and contemptuousness. All of this belies their tendency to make a good, likable first impression. Psychopaths have a superficial charm about them, enabled by their low self-consciousness, a willingness to say anything without concern for accuracy or truth. This extends into their pathological lying and willingness to con and manipulate others for personal gain or amusement. The prototypical psychopath's emotions are described as a shallow affect, meaning their overall way of relating is characterized by mere displays of friendliness and other emotion for personal gain; the displayed emotion need not correlate with felt emotion, in other words. Shallow affect also describes the psychopath's tendency for genuine emotion to be short lived and egocentric with an overall cold demeanor".
"psychopaths are also careless in the way they treat themselves. They frequently fail to alter their behavior in a way that would prevent them from enduring future discomfort".
"It is thought that any emotions which the primary psychopath exhibits are the fruits of watching and mimicking other people's emotions".
"They have no empathy, remorse, anxiety or guilt in relation to their behavior. In short, they truly are devoid of conscience. However, they understand that society expects them to behave in a conscientious manner, and therefore they mimic this behavior when it suits their needs".
Quote from another forum: "A few articles state that a highly intelligent/educated psychopath can be disciplined and achieve long-term goals, so as to fulfill his urges without resorting to crime. Such people might be overrepresented in criminal law, surgical medicine and business. This seems to indicate a conscious control on the affective dimension of his mind".
Quote from another website (http://www.human-nature.com/nibbs/01/psychopathy.html): "What is most outstanding about psychopaths is that they appear extremely at ease with themselves. They can be articulate, are often highly intelligent, and are regularly described as ‘charming’, and ‘convincing’".
Quote from another website (http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061209/bob9.asp): "The 34 men with high scores on a psychopathy test gave him a surprise. Despite many investigators' assumption that psychopathic criminals lack self-control and often act impulsively, most of the psychopathic Canadian killers had planned the ruthless, cold-blooded murders that they had committed".
Someone with Sadistic Personality Disorder does not become a good person when she dresses in the clothes of a nun and does not become a christian because she is a member of the catholic church. These were merely disguises that allowed the vulture of Calcutta to relish in and to contribute to the suffering of other people.
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