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:[[Martin Niemöller]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Niemöller: "First They Came For The Socialists..." |publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |url=http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392 |accessdate=March 8, 2014}}</ref>|group=note}} When [[Neville Chamberlain]] returned to [[Great Britain]] after he signed, behind the back of [[Czechoslovakia|Czecho-Slovakia]], the Munich Agreement ordering it to cede i.a. the [[Sudetenland]] to the [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], he, while waving the paper of the 'peace' agreement, famously declared:
 
:[[Martin Niemöller]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Niemöller: "First They Came For The Socialists..." |publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |url=http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392 |accessdate=March 8, 2014}}</ref>|group=note}} When [[Neville Chamberlain]] returned to [[Great Britain]] after he signed, behind the back of [[Czechoslovakia|Czecho-Slovakia]], the Munich Agreement ordering it to cede i.a. the [[Sudetenland]] to the [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], he, while waving the paper of the 'peace' agreement, famously declared:
 
:''‘My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.’''<ref>{{cite web |title=Chamberlain and the Church |author=Jonathan Sarfati |publisher=creation.com |date=November 13, 2009 (last update)|url=http://creation.com/chamberlain-and-the-church |accessdate=January 1, 2014}}</ref>
 
:''‘My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.’''<ref>{{cite web |title=Chamberlain and the Church |author=Jonathan Sarfati |publisher=creation.com |date=November 13, 2009 (last update)|url=http://creation.com/chamberlain-and-the-church |accessdate=January 1, 2014}}</ref>
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Less than a half-year later, Hitler broke his promises, took all of Czechoslovakia and then invaded [[Poland]], thus starting the World War II.<ref name="Munich Pact Documentary">{{cite web |title=Rok 1938 - Mníchovská Zrada (The year of 1938 - Munich Betrayal)|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MOyTeUf1Qc |quote=The aim of this tremendous national effort was to preserve the freedom and democracy in Czechoslovakia, peace and order in Europe by standing firm against the threats of [[Fascism]]. On September the 23rd, there was hope that united democracies would save the peace and Czechoslovakia by forcing Hitler to abandon his invasion. Hitler summoned Chamberlain and Daladier to Munich on Thursday September the 29th. So long as the western democracies leaders had stood firm at many crisis, there was neither war nor surrender, but this time, they flew to obey. The [[Fascist]] powers did not win their battles by actual force, but by issuing the orders with confidence. ...president Beneš was forced to resign his office to make the way for a government that will take the orders from Berlin. The mass demonstration of brokenhearted people of Prague after the surrender of Munich showed that thousands still had the will to resist, but in vain. Leaderless and betrayed, they could not stand against the Munich powers. ... The western democracies have sacrificed their prestige, the human race itself is and humiliated by these events. ...These are the immediate consequences of yielding to Fascist threats of force and violence. The only hope to offer is that in the other lands there may still be men who do not tremble when Adolf Hitler cracks the whip. Peace and freedom and the right to live - they can only be possible in lands where men are determined that the [[swastika]] shall not be raised in triumph and where the pages of '[[Mein Kampf]]' can newer become our supreme law.|language=English (Czech subtitles)}}</ref> According to [[Winston Churchill]], who opposed the agreement and called it "a total and unmitigated defeat" and "a disaster of the first magnitude" right from the time when it was signed, "There was never a war in all history easier to prevent by timely action."<ref>{{cite web |title=Morally Paralyzed |author=Thomas Sowell |publisher=Townhall.com |date=Jul 24, 2007 |url=http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2007/07/24/morally_paralyzed |accessdate=January 1, 2014}}</ref> Today Czechs and Slovaks label the ''Munic Pact'' also as the ''Munich Dictate'' or the ''Munich Betrayal'' because the system of alliances in Central Europe guaranteed by [[France]] and [[Britain]] upon which [[Czechoslovakia]] had relied for her safety proved of no avail. Western democratic leaders did not manage to stand firm against the threats of [[Fascism]], representatives of which consequently gained confidence in the following their intentions openly described in the [[Mein Kampf]] as aiming at fascist mastery of Europe and eventual destruction of the world democracy.<ref name="Munich Pact Documentary"/>{{#tag:ref|cf. ''"Behind the Nazi party stands the German people, who elected [[Hitler]] after he had in his book and in his speeches made his shameful intentions clear beyond the possibility of misunderstanding."''<ref>{{cite book |title=Einstein. A life. |author=Denis Brian |publisher=J. Wiley |place=New York |year=1996 |pages=233 |isbn=9780471114598 |url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=plYcU56xENCv4QTG5YGoDg&hl=sk&id=jaXvAAAAMAAJ&dq=Brian+Einstein+A+life&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=speeches }}</ref>|group=note}} The case has become a byword for a failed act of [[appeasement]] toward a ruthless despot and/or [[totalitarian]] [[ideology]].  
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Less than a half-year later, Hitler broke his promises, took all of Czechoslovakia and then invaded [[Poland]], thus starting the World War II.<ref name="Munich Pact Documentary">{{cite web |title=Rok 1938 - Mníchovská Zrada (The year of 1938 - Munich Betrayal)|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MOyTeUf1Qc |quote=The aim of this tremendous national effort was to preserve the freedom and democracy in Czechoslovakia, peace and order in Europe by standing firm against the threats of [[Fascism]]. On September the 23rd, there was hope that united democracies would save the peace and Czechoslovakia by forcing Hitler to abandon his invasion. Hitler summoned Chamberlain and Daladier to Munich on Thursday September the 29th. So long as the western democracies leaders had stood firm at many crisis, there was neither war nor surrender, but this time, they flew to obey. The [[Fascist]] powers did not win their battles by actual force, but by issuing the orders with confidence. ...president Beneš was forced to resign his office to make the way for a government that will take the orders from Berlin. The mass demonstration of brokenhearted people of Prague after the surrender of Munich showed that thousands still had the will to resist, but in vain. Leaderless and betrayed, they could not stand against the Munich powers. ... The western democracies have sacrificed their prestige, the human race itself is and humiliated by these events. ...These are the immediate consequences of yielding to Fascist threats of force and violence. The only hope to offer is that in the other lands there may still be men who do not tremble when Adolf Hitler cracks the whip. Peace and freedom and the right to live - they can only be possible in lands where men are determined that the [[swastika]] shall not be raised in triumph and where the pages of '[[Mein Kampf]]' can newer become our supreme law.|language=English (Czech subtitles)}}</ref> According to [[Winston Churchill]], who opposed the agreement and called it "a total and unmitigated defeat" and "a disaster of the first magnitude" right from the time when it was signed, "There was never a war in all history easier to prevent by timely action."<ref>{{cite web |title=Morally Paralyzed |author=Thomas Sowell |publisher=Townhall.com |date=Jul 24, 2007 |url=http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2007/07/24/morally_paralyzed |accessdate=January 1, 2014}}</ref> Today Czechs and Slovaks label the ''Munic Pact'' also as the ''Munich Dictate'' or the ''Munich Betrayal'' because the system of alliances in Central Europe guaranteed by [[France]] and [[Britain]] upon which [[Czechoslovakia]] had relied for her safety proved of no avail. Western democratic leaders did not manage to stand firm against the threats of [[Fascism]], representatives of which consequently gained confidence in the following their intentions openly described in the [[Mein Kampf]] as aiming at fascist mastery of Europe and eventual destruction of the world democracy.<ref name="Munich Pact Documentary"/>{{#tag:ref|cf. *''"Behind the Nazi party stands the German people, who elected [[Hitler]] after he had in his book and in his speeches made his shameful intentions clear beyond the possibility of misunderstanding."''<ref>{{cite book |title=Einstein. A life. |author=Denis Brian |publisher=J. Wiley |place=New York |year=1996 |pages=233 |isbn=9780471114598 |url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=plYcU56xENCv4QTG5YGoDg&hl=sk&id=jaXvAAAAMAAJ&dq=Brian+Einstein+A+life&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=speeches }}</ref>
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*Hitler and other Nazi leaders repeatedly made clear their willingness to use force if necessary to achieve their purposes. They glorified war. Mein Kampf is replete with early evidence of such intentions, which subsequently were reaffirmed from time to time in the years preceding 1933
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*The Nazi leaders prior to 1933 had openly declared their intentions to subvert democratic processes as a means to achieve their purposes, and to this end to harass and embarrass democratic forces at every turn. Thus Hitler himself had declared that.
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*Frick, writing in the National Socialist Yearbook, declared:
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"''Our participation in the parliament does not indicate a support, but rather an undermining of the parliamentarian system. It does not indicate that we renounce our anti-parliamentarian attitude, but that we are fighting the enemy with his own weapons and that we are fighting for our National Socialist goal from the parliamentary platform."''<ref>{{cite web
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|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Papen.html }}</ref>|group=note}} The case has become a byword for a failed act of [[appeasement]] toward a ruthless despot and/or [[totalitarian]] [[ideology]].  
 
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Disturbed character is a personality type applied to people who are often unencumbered by qualms of conscience and passionately pursue their personal goals with indifference to - and often at expense of - the rights and needs of others, and cause all sorts of problems for others and society at large. Character-disordered personalities lack self-restraint when it comes to acting upon their primal urges. They have too little conscience or in extreme case no conscience at all. They typically resist making concessions to societal demands, may have some antisocial tendencies, and may have diminished capacities for experiencing genuine shame or guilt. Erroneous thinking patterns and attitudes underlie dysfunctional behaviors they display. These problematic behavior patterns may be habitual and automatic, but they also are conscious and deliberate. These distorted characters resist changing their attitudes and core beliefs despite having plenty of insight and awareness. What they need and can benefit from are:

Cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approaches are the most appropriate in this regard.

When dealing with disturbed characters, it is however also important to craft win-win scenarios so that they do not feel like they have to lose.[1][2]

Brief Summary of Problematic Patterns of Thinking of Disturbed Characters[1]

  • Self-focused/self-centered thinking
  • Possessive thinking
  • Extreme 'all-or-none' thinking
  • Egomaniacal thinking
  • Shameless thinking
  • Quick and easy thinking
  • Guiltless thinking

The aggressive personalities

Among the most character-disordered personalities are covert-aggressive personalities, the more extreme cases of which are[1]:

  • cult leaders,
  • political extremists,
  • Sunday night TV "success" peddlers and
  • militant social activists
They use the tactics of manipulation in their overall modus operandi and seek to rise to position of substantial power and influence. They gravitate toward and exploit the excellent opportunities for self-advancement and the wielding of considerable power under the guise of service available in such endeavors.

Examples

Politics: Peace for our time vs. The first foretaste of a bitter cup

The notorious example of complete failure of applying the proper confrontation and limits towards someone exhibiting the traits of disturbed character is the attitudes of so called Western powers towards gradually increasing aggressive demands of Adolf Hitler.[note 1] When Neville Chamberlain returned to Great Britain after he signed, behind the back of Czecho-Slovakia, the Munich Agreement ordering it to cede i.a. the Sudetenland to the Nazi Germany, he, while waving the paper of the 'peace' agreement, famously declared:

‘My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.’[5]

Less than a half-year later, Hitler broke his promises, took all of Czechoslovakia and then invaded Poland, thus starting the World War II.[6] According to Winston Churchill, who opposed the agreement and called it "a total and unmitigated defeat" and "a disaster of the first magnitude" right from the time when it was signed, "There was never a war in all history easier to prevent by timely action."[7] Today Czechs and Slovaks label the Munic Pact also as the Munich Dictate or the Munich Betrayal because the system of alliances in Central Europe guaranteed by France and Britain upon which Czechoslovakia had relied for her safety proved of no avail. Western democratic leaders did not manage to stand firm against the threats of Fascism, representatives of which consequently gained confidence in the following their intentions openly described in the Mein Kampf as aiming at fascist mastery of Europe and eventual destruction of the world democracy.[6][note 2] The case has become a byword for a failed act of appeasement toward a ruthless despot and/or totalitarian ideology.

W. Churchill's reaction to the Munich Agreement on October 5, 1938 in the House of Commons[10]
‘We have suffered a total and unmitigated defeat … you will find that in a period of time which may be measured by years, but may be measured by months, Czechoslovakia will be engulfed in the Nazi régime. We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude. Do not let us blind ourselves to that. Many people, no doubt, honestly believe that they are only giving away the interests of Czechoslovakia, whereas I fear we shall find that we have deeply compromised, and perhaps fatally endangered, the safety and even the independence of Great Britain and France. … we have sustained a defeat without a war, the consequences of which will travel far with us along our road … we have passed an awful milestone in our history, when the whole equilibrium of Europe has been deranged, and that the terrible words have for the time being been pronounced against the Western democracies: “Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting”. And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.’

Science vs. Evolutionism

In his historical lecture at Sorbonne University in 1864, Louis Pasteur denounced the doctrine of spontaneous generation, supported by evolutionists of his day[11][12], as error.[note 3] From that time on, Georges Clemenceau was among those who became Pasteur's fierce opponents, holding his scientific discoveries in disdain.[13] For twenty years Clemenceau, the future "Tiger"[14], waited for an opportunity to thwart Pasteur and his methods.[13] In 1886 Clemenceau joined the fiercest of Pasteur's adversaries who tried to discredit his method of antirabies vaccination whenever a death of patient occurred. They were ready to unleash hostile, passionate and skillful campaigns in the French press that was always looking for scandal, and also in the scientific press, that had gained an important position in society since the first half of the nineteenth century. What was at stake here was the very future of the vaccines. Their fallacious arguments were of two kinds[13]:

  • if the bitten patient who received the treatment did not develop rabies, the critics claimed that since the disease does not always become symptomatic, this was a spontaneous cure;
  • if patient died after vaccination, they attributed the death either to rabies, which thus had not been cured, or worse yet, to the inoculation itself.

The conclusion was always the same: Pasteur had not discovered anything, attributing the positive result to his method and harmful effect to external causes was not an option. Pasteur however had no doubts about the effectiveness of his vaccines. He made sure that every last hostile article based on manipulative, aggressive and false accusations, whether in the general press[note 4] or in specialized journals, received response either from him or his close associates such as Vulpian, in which they defended his findings and conclusions he had drawn from them. In the face of these attacks he sometimes became tired, unwell and worn out by perpetual controversies and battles that he had to fight day after day, consuming his time he could otherwise devote to scientific research. Instead of using the same underhand means he faced, Pasteur showed science in action and personified the march of progress. At the same time, Pasteur's aggressive adversaries were consumed by envy and "cast into the shadowy realm of the wicked", along with other archaic opponents of his method.[13]

Wikipedia

Although Wikipedia (WP) can be regarded as usable on very technical matters, on subjects with popular appeal it often requires a moderation by so called ArbCom (Arbitration Commission) which is however usually, despite the claims on neutrality, very biased when trying to solve the disputes of editors. It has been claimed that there are some rather disturbed individuals that run WP via this ArbCom and the cadre of Administrators so that the members of the American Psychological Society (lately renamed to The Association for Psychological Science) should step in and have a rather unique function to mitigate this major defect of WP which is expected to "raise its head".[15] The editors and administrators who are supported by ArbCom often exhibit antisocial tendencies such as breaking the civility rules ("No one gives a shit about bible verses, Convervapedia is that way") when dealing with people who differ in opinions compared to their own.[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ cf.
    • “The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice, and ideals.” N.A. Whitehead, February 17, 1938, shortly after the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany.[3]
    • First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
    Because I was not a Socialist.
    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
    Because I was not a Jew.
    Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.
    Martin Niemöller[4]
  2. ↑ cf. *"Behind the Nazi party stands the German people, who elected Hitler after he had in his book and in his speeches made his shameful intentions clear beyond the possibility of misunderstanding."[8]
    • Hitler and other Nazi leaders repeatedly made clear their willingness to use force if necessary to achieve their purposes. They glorified war. Mein Kampf is replete with early evidence of such intentions, which subsequently were reaffirmed from time to time in the years preceding 1933
    • The Nazi leaders prior to 1933 had openly declared their intentions to subvert democratic processes as a means to achieve their purposes, and to this end to harass and embarrass democratic forces at every turn. Thus Hitler himself had declared that.
    • Frick, writing in the National Socialist Yearbook, declared:
    "Our participation in the parliament does not indicate a support, but rather an undermining of the parliamentarian system. It does not indicate that we renounce our anti-parliamentarian attitude, but that we are fighting the enemy with his own weapons and that we are fighting for our National Socialist goal from the parliamentary platform."[9]
  3. ↑ cf.Experimental science: Notable examples
  4. ↑ For example, the famous satirical periodical La Lanterne published a carefully crafted savaging of Pasteur under the title "Rabies Attacks Medical Systems," and La Figaro a violent diatribe against Pasteur's followers.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 George Simon (1996, 2010). "8 The Manipulative Child", In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and dealing with Manipulative People. Little Rock, USA: Parkurst Brothers, 34-35, 55, 66. ISBN 978-1-935166-30-6. 
  2. ↑ George K. Simon. Dealing with manipulative people: Disturbed character. Retrieved on December 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ Lucien Price (2001). Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead. David R. Godine, 93. ISBN 9781567921298. 
  4. ↑ Martin Niemöller: "First They Came For The Socialists...". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved on March 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ Jonathan Sarfati (November 13, 2009 (last update)). Chamberlain and the Church. creation.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rok 1938 - Mníchovská Zrada (The year of 1938 - Munich Betrayal) (English (Czech subtitles)). “The aim of this tremendous national effort was to preserve the freedom and democracy in Czechoslovakia, peace and order in Europe by standing firm against the threats of Fascism. On September the 23rd, there was hope that united democracies would save the peace and Czechoslovakia by forcing Hitler to abandon his invasion. Hitler summoned Chamberlain and Daladier to Munich on Thursday September the 29th. So long as the western democracies leaders had stood firm at many crisis, there was neither war nor surrender, but this time, they flew to obey. The Fascist powers did not win their battles by actual force, but by issuing the orders with confidence. ...president Beneš was forced to resign his office to make the way for a government that will take the orders from Berlin. The mass demonstration of brokenhearted people of Prague after the surrender of Munich showed that thousands still had the will to resist, but in vain. Leaderless and betrayed, they could not stand against the Munich powers. ... The western democracies have sacrificed their prestige, the human race itself is and humiliated by these events. ...These are the immediate consequences of yielding to Fascist threats of force and violence. The only hope to offer is that in the other lands there may still be men who do not tremble when Adolf Hitler cracks the whip. Peace and freedom and the right to live - they can only be possible in lands where men are determined that the swastika shall not be raised in triumph and where the pages of 'Mein Kampf' can newer become our supreme law.”
  7. ↑ Thomas Sowell (Jul 24, 2007). Morally Paralyzed. Townhall.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ Denis Brian (1996). Einstein. A life.. J. Wiley, 233. ISBN 9780471114598. 
  9. ↑ Nuremberg Trial Defendants: Franz Von Papen. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on August 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ W. Churchill. Speeches of Winston Churchill: The Munich Agreement. The Churchill Centre. Retrieved on January 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ Comte de Buffon. Retrieved on December 17, 2013. “The Comte de Buffon was a French evolutionist and one of the best-known scientists of the 18th century. He served as director of the Royal Zoological gardens in Paris for more than 50 years. To a large extent Darwin based his theory on the works of de Buffon. One can see most of the teachings that Darwin employed in de Buffon’s wide-ranging 44-volume study Histoire Naturelle. In his Histoire Naturelle, Buffon reveals himself as an exponent of the doctrine of the Great Chain of Being, with man being placed at the top of the Chain. ... Moreover, new creatures were constantly appearing at the bottom of the Chain, arising from inorganic matter through spontaneous generation...From that point of view, the concept we refer to as the theory of evolution was actually born with the ancient Greek myth of the Great Chain. There were many evolutionists before Darwin, and the most of their original ideas and so-called proofs were already to be found in the Great Chain of Being. With de Buffon and Lamarck the Great Chain of Being was presented to the scientific world in a new guise, whereupon it came to influence Darwin.”
  12. ↑ H.M. Hyndman. Clemenceau The Man And His Time. Retrieved on December 17, 2013. “Early Life: 1851. Liberty in every shape was, in fact, an essential part of this stalwart old Jacobin's political creed, while in the domain of physiology and general science he was a convinced evolutionist long before that conception of the inevitable development of the universe became part of the common thought of the time. ...Clemenceau, entering upon his father's profession, with the benefit of the paternal knowledge and full of the inculcated readiness to probe all the facts of life to the bottom, took up his medical studies as a serious business, after having gone through the ordinary curriculum of a school at Nantes.”
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Patrice Debré (1998). Louis Pasteur. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 447-456. ISBN 978-0801-865299. “...two other witnesses, both hostile to Pasteur method. ...and a little doctor in a black frock coat by the name of Georges Clemenceau. The future Tiger was indeed a fierce opponent of Pasteur. ...” 
  14. ↑ (1930) The Tiger: Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929. Jonathan Cape. 
  15. ↑ john brews (August 5, 2011). Wikipedia is the Encyclopedia that Anybody Can Edit. But Have You?: Comments. The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society). Retrieved on 2012-20-28. “As a professor of electrical engineering who contributed a great deal to WP, I would like to suggest that the members of the APS have a rather unique function to play there. My experience with WP has been fine on very technical matters, but on subjects with popular appeal there are very active and peculiar Talk page discussions that in my case led to eventual expulsion from WP. My take is that there are some rather disturbed individuals that run WP via ArbCom and the cadre of Administrators. I wonder if possibly APS members will be able to devise a useful method to deal with this major defect of WP, which I suspect indeed will raise its head.”
  16. ↑ Noformation (December 12, 2011 20:38 (UTC)). Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Retrieved on December 22, 2013.

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