Tuesday, June 22, 2004

PSYCHOPATHY JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT NICER

A dry comment by Richard Lynn. He notes that psychopathy is now officially called "antisocial personality disorder" and adds: "This is an expression of the increasing sentimentality of the second half of the twentieth century, in which terms that had acquired negative associations were replaced by euphemisms. There are other examples. Mentally retarded children are now called "slow learners" or even "exceptional children;" aggressive children now have "externalizing behaviors;" prostitutes are "sex workers;" tramps are now "the homeless," as if their houses were destroyed by earthquake; and people on welfare are "clients" of social workers".

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