I believe it has something to do with a person having no conscience and I believe it usually starts in childhood.
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There is a class of individuals who have been around forever and who are found in every race, culture, society, and walk of life. Everybody has met these people, been deceived and manipulated by them, and forced to live with or repair the damage they have wrought. These often charming -- but always deadly -- individuals have a clinical name: psychopaths. Their hallmark is a stunning lack of conscience; their game is self-gratification at the other person's expense. Many spend time in prison, but many do not. All take far more than they give. \n\nThe most obvious expressions of psychopathy -- but not the only ones -- involve the flagrant violation of society's rules. Not surprisingly, many psychopaths are criminals, but many others manage to remain out of prison, using their charm and chameleon-like coloration to cut a wide swathe through society and leaving a wake of ruined lives behind them.\n\nIf you want more info try searching for it. I got the above info from a search.
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they want to reinforce their identity, impress the opposite person with their choices, and want them to remember always about it. the roots of this emphtic way of  talking could be stressed in their childhood, when their overprotective parents will always refer and impress upon their vulnerable minds,  do's and don's, conditioning them to such an extent, that even as adults, they will go on repeating, Bob likes this, Bob should not look at those naughty girls, etc. as you say, it does sound odd, because normal people will boldly say , i like it, or i don't like it. have you seen the movie Psycho? the neurotic mother has created a monster out of her son, who hates young, beautiful girls due to her, and even after she is dead, goes on murdering them. so next time you come across this kind of Bob, better be careful!
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well first off we are taught certain morals by our parents, such as "do not steal" "obey your parents"  as you get older you develope a feeling called empathy which is your ability to feel anothers pain. though everyone has empathy to a different extent, (some murder and ignore it, others cry at the slightest thing and others can handle more). the thought that "i do not like pain why should i put another person in pain"  is quite a basis for morals. i do not wish to be stolen from, raped, abused, lied about, what is my motiviation to do that to someone else?\n\nwill people commit those without motivation?
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Frankly, I've never heard that term and I've worked in both education and law enforcement.\n\nMy guess would be that somebody made that up to get across the idea that the kid's truancy and delinquency reach sociopathic levels.
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I am a true believer as you are, the way I see it;\nWhen we are first born there are things that we do know, as we grow we lose certain abilities, example:  Have you ever notice how little babies look at things, we as adults can't see them, that's because we have closed our eyes & minds to them, and how children seem to have talks with people who are not there?\nWho's to say that there isn't no one there?\nWhen we adults hear our children talking to them selfves we tell them to stop, so they grow out of it, we close their minds off from it, because that is what we are taught as children becoming adults.\nThere is something bigger than us it's there all around us everyday, all the time, it's just that we are so closed minded that we think that this is it.\nWhat we can't explain we either ignore, or destory that is human nature, I agree with you in the future the people will look back on our time and see how shallow, self serving and closed minded we were as a people.\nHopefully by then someone will have figured out how to make those changes right.
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Everyone lies sometimes but some people lie a lot. I don't usually lie to people but I will omit telling someone something if I think it is none of their business. I think lying is learned behavior which starts in childhood and the more a child does it then it becomes part of their character when they are adult, especially if there is no incentive to be honest. It would take a lot of work for an adult who lies to become honest. It is easier to tell when a child is lying but not so easy to tell when an adult is lying unless you know them well. Since lying is subjective, I think some adults think they are telling the truth when in fact they are lying.
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my son had a benign form of epilpsy, it started when he was 4 and luckily he hasnt had one in several years, but i think it hurt him mentally, he has had some trouble in school.
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When you grow up in a Christian envioronment the conditioning is very strong, it takes a long while to stop believeing the Christian stuff long after you've rationalised it away...but eventually the brainwashing goes and you one day realise you are free and it's a great feeling of clearness and of having a clean head...but it really can take years.
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Maybe the morals you were taught growing up does affect your tolerance on this behavior. It's hard to love someone you know is hurting themselves and the people around them.
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i believe that is just a kind of a child
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Because they had very bad memories of their early childhood. Their mind is blocking them from remembering from their early childhood.
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working on the assumption you are speaking of a child in which case look for unexplained or suspicious bruising cuts or burns pay particular attention to parts of the body not normally prone to such injuries. unexplained behavioral changes for example a previously active and happy child suddenly becoming withdrawn and displaying bursts of temper.. inappropriate sexual awarness and engaging in sexually explicit behaviour. the child may also have difficulty making freinds and may also be prevented from making freinds. loses too much weight for no apparent reason and becomes dirty or unkempt-these are indications of abuse in children. it may also be worth asking if anyone else has spotted these or other symptoms.
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This man must not have enough children to bring him to his senses.  I got into this argument with my own husband when I was working in daycare my husband tried to say he worked harder than I did and was immediatly shut down by one of his co-workers (who has three little boys under the age of 5)  That man goes to work every day as a mini vacation and he's a police investigator so he deals with thieves and liars all day.  I can't think of any job on the planet other than day care or motherhood that requires you to feed, bathe, change, dress, teach, set a moral example for and occasionally get urinated on...so even if he feels his  co-workers have the comprehension skills of a two year old (which very well may be true) at least he dosent have to change their diapers.
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I think any child that commits an 'adult' crime should be tried as an adult. He is certainly old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.......... blimey, my kids are 9 and 8 and they have known the difference for years!!\nIf we were harder on the younger ones, as they get older hopefully they will grow into better people. After the age of 16 I think it is too late to change them.\n\nChildren know these days what the age limits are and I have seen that younger ones are pushing it to the limits because they know they won't get punished for it. Don't always blame the parents, it isn't always their fault. They didn't tell their children to commit crime (unless they are twisted) so any child that does so should face the consequences of their actions!!
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Your assuming he has a conscience.  I don't think he does.
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Empathy is showing concern and solidarity for someone else without expecting anything in return.\n\nA sociopath can be a product of his environment, of a troubled childhood, and/or a chemical imbalance in the brain as well as other factors. \n\nNormally children do exhibit empathy at a very young age. But I believe that empathy must be continously taught and reinforced by parents in order for it to become ingrained in childhood and eventually until adulthood.\n\nI once heard an expert state that when a toddler first sees that a doll's head is missing and then tries to reattach it - he/she is acting upon a sense of morality because he/she knows that something is wrong with the condition of the doll.  These are the first simple steps in distinguishing right from wrong.  \n\nThe article below relates an interesting study on babies and altruism.
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sounds like he soliceted a minor and he did something unanatural to them.