Reply #101: Ok... [View All]

[Terran]

Forgive me if I've missed something here, but:

--What do your links about sociopaths and psychopaths have to do with this? If you're asserting that the "mean" property managers were sociopaths then I think that's an extremely unwarranted, or at least non-evidenced assumption. There could be a thousand reasons for their behavior, and mental illness is only one explanation. On the other hand, if you're calling *me* a sociopath for not expressing 200% support for the story as told, all I can say is, I'm not one. Quite the opposite.

--I'm also not getting the references to "malignant optimism"--I'm not malignantly optimistic, but I know how these programs work and they do work very well for a great many people; this is factual, it's not just my belief. The fact that this poster had some bad experiences doesn't change that.

--If you thought I was taking the "side" of the "perpetrators" in this story, then are you are very wrong.

--I have a great deal of empathy; but I talk to people several times a week whose lives are in far worse shape than this person's, so forgive me if I tend to apply a personal yardstick of suffering to the situation.