Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Government's 9/11 Story is Crazy
http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2007/05/psychiatrists-and-psychologists.html
Should people who question the government's version of the events of 9/11 have their heads examined?
Well, the following psychiatrists and psychologists have concluded that the official version of 9/11 is false. Moreover, many of these mental health experts have concluded that the government's account is so obviously false that people who believe the government's version are in psychological denial:
Psychiatrist Carol S. Wolman, MD
Psychiatrist E. Martin Schotz
Professor of Psychology at University of New Hampshire William Woodward
Professor of Psychology at University of Essex Philip Cozzolino
Professor of Psychology at Rhodes University Mike Earl-Taylor
Retired Professor of Psychology at Oxford University Graham Harris
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska and licensed Psychologist Ronald Feintech
Ph.D. Clinical Neuropsychologist Richard Welser
Clinical psychologist, Ed.D., Harvard University Gwendolyn Atwood,
Psychology researcher, M.A., Psychology Victoria Ashley
Psychotherapist, M.S. Clinical Psychology, Greg Henricks
M.S. in educational psychology, Roy Holcombe
M.A. in Counseling Psychology Tova Gabrielle
There are literally thousands of other mental health professionals who have reached the same conclusions. So who is out of touch with reality: those who question 9/11 or those who believe the government's version without question?
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this is brilliant.
this is brilliant.
Very nice
Very nice!
Finally Some Mental Support
I've been comparing those who deny 911 Truth to those families living in denial with incest. They are just too shocked to recognize the wrong deed to actually come to the defense of the victim. Total denial prevails. It also interesting to know that on average when people are faced with blatant contradictions they simply lie to themselves and stick to the belief prior to the contradiction; apparently it is a subconcious effort to prevent a short circuit effect in the brain.
This article is great, however I wish we had a solution for addressing the state of denial.
Great analogy
And historically speaking, it's the crime that is grossly neglected. The perpetrastor doesn't just share in the guilt, but also the bystanders who deny it.
America - and Bush for that matter - is the "daddy" who can never do us harm. For the Sheeple, this is chronic conditioning.
I guess that makes us like CPS (child protection services) - hopefully never to be as bureaucratic.
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Maybe we need to look to the denial literature, and the spousal abuse literature and so on, to come up with some strategies.
Any psychologists around to advise?
great idea
I'm gonna look into that right now
That's a great suggestion!!
Yes, that is thinking outside the box! Just don't tell the "patient" that you think he/she is in denial! Learn the techniques to bring someone out of denial, then apply them in a subtle manner.
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
Well I've already given my
Well I've already given my own personal advice on this but I'll repeat it(I'm not a licensed psychologist but I'm working on my masters of psychology with a specialization on cognitive processes...):
Everyone processes information differently. Some people look at the facts, some pick up on cues (central vs. peripheral). I would say almost 100% of people have a function that they have to deal with at one time or another: cognitive dissonance. In the case of 9/11 this is going to surface because the world that people thought they knew, one where the government worked in their best interests, turns out to be the exact opposite where the government is actually trying to terrorize them into submission.
Empathy is the key to winning people over. You may never have been as close minded as some to facts but with the world and life being as chaotic as it is, some people have found it easier to function by creating a black and white world. They will be the hardest to convert. They fall on both sides of the political spectrum so don't go pointing the finger at conservatives. Just try to find issues that people already believe in and work from that angle. There is nothing disingenuous about getting people to see the dangers of our current government. Calling people names or idiots is only going to intensify their hatred of us and our cause. Keep your emotions in check and go from there.
"... In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." (Galileo Galilei, 1564 - 1642)
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Well said, Whitey!
This is what I'm constantly telling everyone I do public outreach with.
We need to ask people what they think happened on 9/11 and listen carefully to their answers, draw them out slowly while addressing their concerns and fears. Having empathy and finding common ground on some issue (could be completely unrelated to 9/11) will allow you to begin a process of true communication that will lead to a breakthrough on 9/11 Truth.
9/11 Truth is NOT a partisan issue, it is a human issue. Every person is different and their understanding of 9/11 will be unique, so we need to approach it with that in mind. Let go of the truly useless left-right paradigm as you work to spread the truth. Always keep in mind that we really are all brothers and sisters on this planet, just trying to get by as best we can (granted, a very small part of our human family are seriously messed up).
We have overwhelming factual evidence on our side, as well as the laws of physics. Our greatest challenge now is overcoming the very real denial people have and helping them to look at the truth with an open heart and mind. This takes time, so please be patient.
We are winning, brothers and sisters. Spread the truth one person at a time and one day at a time; with love, not fear.
I hope that you and yours are well.
The truth shall set us free. Love is the only way forward.
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance:
http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/cognitive_dissonance.htm
Once it sets in en mass, then we'll know that the very shape of history itself will have been altered in favour of our paradigm or worldview, and away from the false OCT worldview.
It's the final barrier to the truth, and, even though the mind recoils away from it, the insatiable curiosity and need to know the truth, pulls them through.
"That which hurts, instructs."
~Benjamin Franklin
All manner of personal growth, at all levels, including on a national level, require by neccessity, a committment and dedictation to truth and reality, at all cost EXCEPT at the cost of truth and reality itself.
Dedication to truth is a primary discipline of mental wellness and growth.
This is very impressive..!
Are all these psychiatrists and psychologists really on record about 9/11 like this?
Amazing!
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Im no mental health expert
though after watching the debates last night ,its easy to put these politicians into context. The spectrum looks like this.
Ron Paul is :empathic and self actualized... to....Mccain,Romney and Guiliani being:murderous psychopaths.
Wow!
Three thumbs up!!!
Yes!!!
I've been waiting for a great Truth article for a couple weeks now. This satisfies me! I'm sending out by mass mailing the URL to people I'm about to delete from my mailing list because I've lost respect for them if they still ridicule 9/11 Truth after all the videos and articles I've sent them.
Am I getting elitist, that we Truthers are in a league of our own?
Sorry...
Jose Padilla
send a email to the jurors and the judge at the Jose Padilla trail .
Please don't email jurors
They are not allowed to read outside material, and would have to report to the judge that they were receiving emails. You should definitely get legal advice before you attempt to contact a juror - it could well constitute the crime of jury tampering.
I was just being sarcastic
I was just being sarcastic take a pill I know about FIJA Thats how you would do it
http://www.fija.org/
Juries protect society from dangerous individuals and also protect individuals from dangerous government. Jurors have a duty and responsibility to render a just verdict. They must take into account the facts of the case, mitigating circumstances, the merits of the law, and the fairness of its application in each case. The recognition of the authority and right of jurors to weigh the merits of the law and to render a verdict based on conscience, dates from before the writing of our Constitution, in cases such as those of William Penn and Peter Zenger. Should this right ever be suppressed, the people will retain the right to resist, having an unalienable right to veto or nullify bad and oppressive laws, and in fact then would be morally compelled to do so.
Take a pill?
What you said was stupid, and I don't see the sarcasm.
So now it is a discussion of jury nullification? You write eloquently about that -- why didn't you just say that in the first place, in the blog about the trial?
You told people to do something that sounds like jury tampering.
http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/2005/03/9th_circuit_hol.html
"Off-topic": has Virgin cancelled Loose Change?
See http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/03/virgin-atlantic-loose-change-update/.
Is this fake or real?
EDIT: nevermind... it's real, unfortunately. See Dylan Avery's blog.
Also, check out: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/05/one_of_the_72_v....
and
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/187679.php
and
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/187683.php
and
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/187698.php
and
http://lonestartimes.com/2007/05/02/a-loose-screw-over-at-virgin-atlanti...
To all:
This is hot off the press in Chico. Great article, shows the human side to the movement.
www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=318832
Hope that 9/11 Blogger posts this. It is the most honest articles I've seen in awhile.
I agree
I saw this article as well. We must both have Yahoo alerts :)
What occurred to me as I was reading this is that the local media's "constructive" approach of addressing 9/11 Truth is ultimately going to do more than any coverage - be it positive or negative - from the national media.
My reason is this. National media coverage seems to have a fleeting effect. People pay attention to it, but briefly. And this is because it usually is superficial or sugar-coated. Whereas the local media coverage is bound to be accepted by pockets of viewers because the audience here is more apt to believe it and accept it as reliable and genuine.
The stories covered by local media hist closer to home. So for Chico's coverage to show these otherwise "eduacted" and "normal" people waving the 9/11 Truth flag is productive and promising.
People may begin to think, "Hey, if my neighbor buys into it, so can I."
No
I live in Chico, don't know how I missed this dinner. The fame I could have had! I was lucky to catch the first meeting of this group in August during the first week that I moved here.
I just received one reply from sending out URLs to this article: "don't send me any more stuff".
It didn't hurt. Did I lose a friend? Not really. Wondering how many of my mailing list I'll delete tomorrow.
Structural Engineer Debunker
Sadly there is a strong debunking argument in the article near the end: the Structural Engineer Mr. Mills.
Where are the structural engineer debunker debunkers?
He's a Shill
Here's Mr. Shill's er, Mill's statement regarding WTC 7;
When asked about the collapse of WTC 7, which wasn't hit by a plane, Mills shrugged, shook his head and asserted simply, "Not controlled demolition." He offered no detailed explanation; the FEMA report Mills endorses attributes WTC 7's collapse "primarily to fire" and the likelihood of "debris impact damage" from the Twin Towers "in a number of locations."
That proves he's a f*cking shill. He should be horsewhipped.
Dr. Mills
has a very strong emotional attachment to the Twin Towers that he has to overcome before he can honestly evaluate the facts.
He also holds the NIST engineers in high regard and thus allows their corrupt pronouncements on WTC7 to obscure reality. I don't think he's a "shill". He just has some very serious denial to overcome. I'm hoping that a copy of Debunking 9/11 Debunking by David Ray Griffin will find its way to him and will assist him in realizing the truth about 9/11.
I would hope that we can avoid condemning anyone and everyone who disagrees with us out of hand and find a way to reach them. The vast majority of the American people are good at heart and just need to be disabused of their unquestioning faith in the elites that have taken over our country. Many others need to realize that their cynicism does them and their children absolutely no good and they need to demand integrity from themselves and the world around them if we are going to escape the downward spiral of greed, corruption and lies that now plague our society.
RJ, I understand your righteous anger, but I ask you to save it for those few who actually perpetrated the crimes of 9/11 and are now actively working to cover it up. I don't think that Dr. Mills is one of these people.
The truth shall set us free. Love is the only way forward.
I was asking that same question...
in another thread. Where are the structural engineer truthers? Then I got to thinking, maybe structual engineers actually AREN'T the best people to explain building collapses! These events represent a physical system that evolves over time. A building collapse is a PROCESS. Structural engineers would likely think more in terms of static forces and stress loads. I think physicists might actually be more qualified to talk about things like gravitational accelleration and conservation of angular momentum, no? It seems counterintuitive, but structural engineers aren't used to dealing with temporally evolving systems.
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
Good point
The structural engineers seem to take for granted that the building started moving and that this movement snowballed, then say that the dynamic loads were too much. They don't seem to address the viability of this snowballing theory given the resistance of the building below. They also seem to assume an initial movement at close to free fall speed of the entire top of the building, rather than a slower and asymmetrical partial collapse like occurred after much longer fires in the Madrid building.
And it's not really an
And it's not really an argument, more of an unfounded assertion.
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
News and Review is great
Here is a friendly article from the Sacramento edition:
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=oid%3A65238
The Eleventh Day of Every Month
Republican Debate - off
Republican Debate - off topic:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681
I think Ron Paul did a great job sticking to his principles and actually answering the questions he was asked. You can vote on the candidates at the above link.
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DHS
make this a blog entry and maybe John will post it front page so Ron Paul can get some more votes
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Done.
Here's the forum on the debates. Maybe some 9/11 truth should be injected.
http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?boardid=780&ThreadID=27582...
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Off-topic: Another live poll..
Another live poll about the Republican Debate.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18421356/
as of 11:30PM EST, Ron Paul
as of 11:30PM EST, Ron Paul has the highest positive rating in that poll, with 47%, way ahead of the pack!
How delusional am I to think that this guy might have woken some folks up, and might have a chance?
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Holy shit...
Most positive ratings AND least negative! Go Ron!! (Never thought I'd be saying that about a republican!)
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
And...
Ron also has the lowest number of "no-votes" or "no opinions".
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
WOW
This is almost too good to be true. its about 4 AM pst right now and Ron Paul still has the lead with 41% with over 18,000 votes placed so far.
This is amazing and makes me very hopeful.
If this momentum carries through to the elections, we may have the biggest upset in US politics.
Bias
Interesting video from last year that addresses this type of bias, and also in context of 911...
"They Want Your Soul":
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=209842906347732903
"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797
That video is scary as hell.
I love me some Drum n' Bass though. The original breaks version of that song is great too. I think the type of thing that video gets into is still way off in the future, but you can be sure that they want to implement a less drastic version of it right now.
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
scary as hell - yeup
When I first saw it - I thought it was nuts. But in the last year I see more and more of it coming to pass, and new articles that continue to support it claims. Just the other day this came along:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070429/mind-reading-toys
And there isn't a week that passes that doesn't report RFID advances continuing....I'm beginning to wonder if it is possible to buy anything for more than $25 that isn't already chipped:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907C.shtml
http://infowars.com/articles/bb/rfid_powder_hitachi_creates_new_technolo...
http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/rfid_a_generation_is_all_they_need.htm
That $3.2 TRILLION unaccounted for at the Pentagon is being spent on something, right?
Have you checked the supporting links to They Want Your Soul here? :
http://www.myspace.com/iibcrew
As the video asks - "....should it even be a question that evil men would do these things if they had the power to?"
"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797
I'm more scared of amoral science than immoral government...
I used to love science, and adavancing technology. 8 to 10 years ago, when cell phones first began to really shrink, and computers began to really speed up, and internet communicaiton began to evolve, I predicted that implants, memory upgrades, and a "hive-mind" would be in our future. (Of course, I'm not claiming to have been the first to think of these ideas.) I thought it would be really cool back then. Now I realize how dangerous these technologies are. When we combine amoral science with immoral government, we get things like nuclear weapons or, what I would argue are the more widespread and hidden threats we see today. Scientists should really think a little more about what they're doing before they develop things like artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, bioengineering... These things litterally threaten not only our extinction, but could possibly end all life on Earth. (Nanotech in particular.) If the next step in our evolution is some kind of cybernetic symbiosis, I don't think we should be taking that step until we have matured enough AS HUMANS to solve the problems we have now. And we CERTAINLY shouldn't be developing these technologies in the current political environment.
Scientists... WAKE THE FUCK UP!!! It isn't right to create any technological monster you dream up just because you can.
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
Start looking for countermeasures
RFID can be removed or disabled. Some applications might be more challenging to "de-bug" than others...
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
there are more
I know a few
who say 911 was done by the DC pols and the DC politicians are benefitting
by heaping more debt on the middle classes and looting the treasury
especially 2 certain american aristocratic familes
Bush Clinton Yale zoo rule since 1980
with the agenda of extending rule til 2016
Agreed, but...
Telling someone they're mentally ill is highly unlikely to sway their opinion in your favor. Yeah, we all know they're in denial. That's obvious. But honestly, can you see any constructive results from telling this to a "sheeple"?
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
I agree with you
But they are not talking about mental illness, and if someone calls you crazy for questioning 9/11, it would be a fair response to explain in the abstract why there is psychological resistance to questioning the government on 9/11.
The title of this blog is a bit misleading. My understanding is that these experts are describing the reasons for denial, and the effects of the trauma of 9/11, not mental illness.
Show 'em this:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3581743629558970050&q=overcoming...
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
Need to do better - need more to the point
That's 59 minutes long. 95% of Americans do not have that attention span, I watched 30 seconds of the guy at the podium and nearly lost consciousness and I like this stuff.
OUTSTANDING VIDEO!
Everyone needs to watch this - this covers the Psychology of the predators and the victims (us) in the most thorough manner I've ever seem.
Please disseminate this video widely !
WATCH THIS VIDEO
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3581743629558970050&q=overcoming...
This has nothing to do with
This has nothing to do with mental illness. This has everything to do with cognitive dissonance. This is a process which occurs in attitude formation. Google Leon Festinger for more info.
"... In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." (Galileo Galilei, 1564 - 1642)
OIL IS OBSOLETE - WAKE UP - YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO, AGAIN!
http://www.waterfuelcell.org/
Whoa!
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On the 11th day, of every month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q9nRs8cu5Y&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftruthaction...
7/7 in the news
Taped Conversation Between 7/7 Bombers Casts Doubt on MI5 Account
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=758&id=675792007
Blair Orders Review of MI5 Intelligence on Bombers
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2846489
MI5 'Had Six Photos of 7/7 Ringleader'
http://www.leedstoday.net/news?articleid=2845231
Please Add to your Debunking Post
Please add a link to "Psychiatrists" (this article) into this other blog of yours:
http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2006/09/911-fact-sheet.html
Done,
thanks Romill.
We need a message board/forum on this site!
I know this isn't the right place to be posting this, but I don't know where else and it's imperative for truth seekers to check this out. I just found this nifty little page and read through it, and have come to the conclusion that the gatekeeper movement is more subtle and indepth than I had previously though. The idea of this "advanced" gatekeeping method is to actually CRITICIZE gatekeepers. Truth IS stranger than fiction afterall. Read how 99% of what's said here is actually true, while muddying up the rest in an attempt to fool the most astute among us. Keep in mind at the very bottom 9/11 blogger is cited as being among the 9/11 truth gatekeepers. Amazing to watch what depths these sociopaths will sink to. I feel as if this information war is a game of chess.
http://911u.org/CoDR/
Did you actually read this?
Keep people from realizing that what became of the twin towers was truly supernatural. "Controlled demolition", using chemical explosives, is now being bandied about. While this does infer that we cannot blame the collapses on "airplanes", we already knew that, and it acts as a limited hangout by distracting people from the realization that something highly unconventional was involved in turning the towers to so much unnaturally fine powdery dust, generating the huge pyroclastic (very hot and dense) flows, and leaving behind enough energy to keep metal molten for weeks afterward and fires burning for 99 days despite constant dousing with water:
This is "Darth Vader Did It" disinfo. Kindly don't peddle this refuse around here.
Look, it's very simple. What is needed is REAL scientific analysis (which can ALSO DISPROVE DEATH-STARS, ETC.) THE CONTROLLED DEMOLITION HYPOTHESIS FITS ALL THE OBSERVED EFFECTS AND DATA. What is also needed is the same approach that would be taken in any 2-bit criminal investigation. Follow the procedures that we know have worked for a couple hundred years. Easy.
Most of these sites that try to get too smart or too complicated, advocating an infinite regression of COINTEL strategy and defense and counter-defense and counter-counter strategy, just look like disinfo. It's meant to waste your time, confuse you, and intimidate you into thinking that the spooks are smarter than they actually are.
MAN IN BLACK
But if there can be no arrangement, then we are at an impasse.
VIZZINI
I'm afraid so -- I can't compete with you physically. And you're no match for my brains.
MAN IN BLACK
You're that smart?
VIZZINI
Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
MAN IN BLACK
Yes.
VIZZINI
Morons.
MAN IN BLACK
Really? In that case, I challenge you to a battle of wits.
VIZZINI
For the Princess?
The Man In Black nods.
VIZZINI
To the death?
Another nod.
VIZZINI
I accept.
MAN IN BLACK
Good. Then pour the wine.
As Vizzini fills the goblets with the dark red liquid, the Man In Black pulls a small packet from his clothing, handing it to Fizzini.
MAN IN BLACK
Inhale this, but do not touch.
VIZZINI
(doing it)
I smell nothing.
MAN IN BLACK
(taking the packet back)
What you do not smell is called iocane powder. It is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is among the more deadlier poisons known to man.
VIZZINI
Hmm.
CUT TO:
VIZZINI,
watching excitedly as the Man In Black takes the goblets, turns his back. A moment later, he turns again, faces Vizzini, drops the iocane packet. It is now empty.
The Man In Black rotates the goblets in a little shell game maneuver then puts one glass in front of Vizzini, the other in front of himself.
MAN IN BLACK
All right: where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead.
VIZZINI
But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's?
He studies the Man In Black now.
VIZZINI
Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
MAN IN BLACK
(And now there's a trace of nervousness beginning)
You've made your decision then7
VIZZINI
Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows. And Australia is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
MAN IN BLACK
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
VIZZINI
Wait till I get going! Where was I?
MAN IN BLACK
Australia.
VIZZINI
Yes -- Australia, and you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
MAN IN BLACK
(very nervous)
You're just stalling now.
VIZZINI
(cackling)
You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?
(stares at the Man in Black)
You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong. So, you could have put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard which means you must have studied. And in studying, you must have learned that man is mortal so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
MAN IN BLACK
You're trying to trick me into giving away something -- it won't work --
VIZZINI
(triumphant)
It has worked -- you've given everything away -- I know where the poison is.
MAN IN BLACK
Then make your choice.
VIZZINI
I will. And I choose --
And suddenly he stops, points at something behind the Man In Black.
VIZZINI
-- what in the world can that be?
CUT TO:
THE MAN IN BLACK,
turning around, looking.
MAN IN BLACK
What? Where? I don't see anything.
CUT TO:
VIZZINI,
busily switching the goblets while the Man In Black has his head turned.
VIZZINI
Oh, well, I-I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.
The Man In Black turns to face him again. Vizzini starts to laugh.
MAN IN BLACK
What's so funny?
VIZZINI
I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink -- me from my glass, and you from yours.
And he picks up his goblet. The Man In Black picks up the one in front of him. As they both start to drink, Vizzini hesitates a moment.
Then, allowing the Man In Black to drink first, he swallows his wine.
MAN IN BLACK
You guessed wrong.
VIZZINI
(roaring with laughter)
You only think I guessed wrong --
(louder now)
-- that's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned. You fool.
CUT TO:
THE MAN IN BLACK.
There's nothing he can say. He just sits there.
CUT TO:
VIZZINI,
watching him.
VIZZINI
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line. HA HA HA HA!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! AAAAAAHA HA HA HA!!! H......................................"
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha
"What you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Gandhi
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth." - Thomas Paine
empathy
That's the reason I have made a large sign that reads:
"I Didn't Believe It At First Either."
I'm not a psychologist or anything. The idea was largely influenced by the work of Ken Jenkins. (Others have linked to videos of his lectures above.)
The Eleventh Day of Every Month
CONSCIOUSNESS -
Like dude, you left your italics tag open, man, so dude, zip it up before anyone else sees
OK, DUDE?
Cool maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Oh wow maaaaaaaaaan, that html stuff rocks major league, dude
Dave? Dave's not here man........
(Yes, ladies and gentlemen, living in CA for 46 years has taken its toll on LeftWright)
[This humorous interjection has been brought to you by the consumption of chocolate and lack of sleep, coming soon to a corner near you]
{dear, oh dear, the lad's clearly daft and the ward is all full up again}
[(Weeeee! I just love these soft purple walls! Eggplant ! They finally got the color right! Now if they would only make this jacket match Nurse, why do I suddenly feel so sleepy.... )]
[We have corrected our technical difficulties and we now return you to regular blogging]
DING!