There are many places where a sociopath can find inspiration. Case in point. While Jules is fictional, the human element is real.

?The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ?

What.... No way... It's completely insane.

Power comes from within... If you are happy, people can see it. This gives anyone a great power, it can over come any dark side.

Those that need to control other people are so weak & so evil :2 cents:

And people who think that this is what the book should be used for don't deserve to read it. Hence why it's not allowed in prisons.

I guess we know the kind of mentality you have now. Enjoy your half empty glass. :thumbsup

Love It Thanks Aaron

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I agree.

It's a fantastic book. If you choose to use the knowledge for evil purposes, that's on you.

The funny thing is, people who get into this kind of shit don't realize they are being manipulated into playing someone else's game, or their "perception" of the game.

"A sociopath knows the difference between right and wrong, they just don't care."

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You often talk about others being manipulated and being sheep. Have you ever thought that you are a manipulated sheep as well, just a different color?

And your premise is wrong. You basically just described everything in life. People read books, take courses, attend seminars to learn a skill that somebody else knows based on what that person has learned. If you go to be a doctor, you are being "manipulated" by someone else's knowledge.

This book is essentially a psychology book based on experiences, tests, and history. Nowhere does it say "do this and this to get that." Instead, it shares anecdotes on how one person accomplished one thing, it broke down the path of the accomplishment, and encouraged the reader to create a similar goal but the reader would still need to find their own path.

No premise here, just a fact. The reason this book is not allowed in prisons (and rightfully so) is that it nurtures and enables sociopathic criminal behavior.

You understand this is the reason, right?

After all, it is called "The 48 LAWS Of Power." Doesn't leave much room for interpretation does it?

At the end of a day it's just another so called "empowerment" book, but in my opinion, and an opinion shared by many, this book is more proof as to how geniuinely fucked up society is right now.

The ends justify the means, do whatever it takes, fuck your friends if that's what it takes.

The message is pretty twisted.

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Did you read the book? That's not even what the book is about.

But after the Statesman reviewed five years' worth of publications — about 5,000 titles — whose rejections were appealed by inmates to the agency's headquarters in Huntsville and obtained through open records requests, one thing is clear: Texas prisoners are missing out on some fine reading.

Novels by National Book Award winners Pete Dexter, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx and William T. Vollmann have been banned in recent years. Award finalists Katherine Dunn and Barry Hannah are on the Texas no-read list, too, as are Pulitzer Prize winners Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren and John Updike.

Prisoners can't peruse certain books by Pablo Neruda and Andre Gide, both Nobel laureates. "Krik? Krak!" by Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, who last year won a MacArthur "genius" grant, is prohibited behind Lone Star bars. Books of paintings by some of the world's greatest artists — da Vinci, Picasso, Botticelli, Michelangelo — have been ordered out of state correctional facilities.

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-...at-203986.html

The Art Of Neckbeard

are you a ninja in your dreams?

I've read enough of it, and it's pretty obvious that's what it is.

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lol @ the book enabling sociopaths. Whatever guy.

Based on the following statement alone, I'd say you haven't read any of it.

And this part...Well, like Sly said, that's not what the book is about.

Dude it's just not that complicated.
It's a bathroom dump read like most of those so called "self help" dime store pubs.

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Your severe hatred for a book is funny, but it's honestly only causing more attention to it here.

Edit: lol and your post in the other thread(s) just makes me think you're the only sociopath in here..

You are all sociopathic sheep.

I have not read the book.

It's another "self-help" piece of garbage.

That's like saying that the person who originally taught the drivers ed class that the getaway driver for a bank robbery is responsible for what they did.