[Am-info] Re: Billie takes the stand

[Erick Andrews]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:36:35 -0400, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:

>In <200204232002.g3NK2W0n005534@silver.ttlc.net>, on 04/23/02 at 04:02 PM,
>   "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net> said:
>
>>I guess when you get away with growing up being a spoiled brat, it's
>>becomes insanity, or at least a serious personality disorder.  Billie may
>> think himself very smart, but he's really just a rich twerp with little
>>or no character.
>
>Perhaps the insanity term fits.  Gates obviously has some neurotic
>problems, but maybe they go even deeper then we know.  Maybe he actually
>believes the tripe he speaks, either because he is sociopathic and has no
>moral compass, or he is just so full of himself and lauded by his toadies,
>how can he be wrong.  

I mentioned before that a friend of mine (a speech pathologist) told me
that Gates has some kind of P.D.D., pervasive developmental disorder, 
which is a form of autism.  However, I could not substantiate this and
my friend could not attribute it, either.

>
>I've never quite understood how reasonably intelligent people could
>constantly fall for the same lies over and over again.   Perhaps it is his
>own "belief of the unbelievable" that makes the masses actually believe
>all the lies microsoft has spread since the beginning. 

Well, for one thing, I know it's still true what P.T Barnum once said:  
"There's a sucker born every minute".

For another thing, many people worship monetary success above all else.

-- 
Erick Andrews