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Re:Inside the Mind of Thru-Hiking's Devious Con Man by wu-ikkyu on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @04:27PM (#15596255)
>con-men like this guy that are so far off the scale it is hard to identify with them as human

We should be very careful when labeling humans as subhuman. Not only is it a psychoanalytical cop out but it is the age old excuse for some of the most atrocious human rights abuses.

This is a man is a small time thief with social issues who manipulates people. What is so inhuman about that? Are social problems, thievery, and manipulation not common phenomenon in human societies?

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Re:Inside the Mind of Thru-Hiking's Devious Con Man by valuearb on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @12:18AM (#15598762)
“This is a man is a small time thief with social issues who manipulates people. What is so inhuman about that? Are social problems, thievery, and manipulation not common phenomenon in human societies?”

Saying it that way doesn’t allow you to write 2 pages of pseudo-psychological “analysis” of a person we’ve never met.

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