During WW II, the Americans repatriated their great fighter pilots back to the U.S. to train others to be great fighter pilots. The Germans and the Japaneses left their great fighter pilots in theatre where almost all of them were killed.
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Unlike their German and Japanese counterparst in WW II, American aces never racked up large kill numbers because they were repatriated back to the U.S. to train new pilots. Some German aces inflated their kill numbers by shooting down lesser Russian pilots early in the Great Patriotic War. German pilots not so tough when faced with the Americans in their P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs. Japanese pilots also ran up some large kill numbers early in WW II until the Americans countered with the P-38.
Seems to me like you were talking about a great unnamed fighter pilot who wasn't an American.
By the end of WW II American fighters were able to escort American bombers deep into Germany and back. German pilots found it a lot tougher tangling with American fighters than shooting at big slower moving bombers.
Do you find it hard to believe that there were "great" pilots that weren't American? I don't for a minute underestimate the American contribution But you seem to think none of the "great pilots" were Canadian
Was there a Canadian fighter pilot who lost both his legs in action and returned to active duty?
You have to love that OPP interviewer. The guy knew going in that they had their man, but he had to play it just right in order to extact a confession. He was perfect. He took the information he had and played it perfectly.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2010-2011/theconfession/
blackrock, I concur with your list here, though I don't see that printed in my DSM so I am assuming you have constructed that on your own. What you have presented and most seem to forget are the specific and necessary qualifiers to be able to make any diagnoses. As per the DSM IV, there is no diagnosis of Sociopath. What is there is Anti-Social Personality Disorder. As such, one must meet certain criteria for diagnosis of Personality Disorder first, and then move to the specific type, and all have specific and necessary requirements.
It is also important to understand that the DSM IV's section on PD's is woefully inadequate and is undergoing a major rewrite for the DSM V.
Anyone on TV or in the media proclaiming this guy was one thing or another are spouting nonsense, and appealing to general publics need for hysterical hype.
Your points are well taken and your right about it properly being termed ASPD. Anyone professional commenting on his condition/mindset/diagnoses does so with many disclaimers. It tends to be the media that shortens things to fit the 15 second sound bite and dramatic affect.
I always look at references like the DSM as a guideline and not a definitive answer, but it's a good one. A quick look through and one gets the idea that every breathing human has a mental disorder. There are some doozies that make you shake your head. Sociopath and Psychopath often get used incorrectly interchangeably.
The DSM V is making the change to "Antisocial/Psychopathic", as psychopathy(psychopathic) is considered a sub-type of anti-social personality.
"Every abnormal behaviour is just normal behaviour exaggerated.", so that yes everyone is in there somewhere but not to a pathological level.
The woman designated as a "Profiler" on CBC Newsworld last week made the gleeful proclamation that "oh yes this guy is a psychopath" but from the look in her eyes she was more concerned about her happiness being on national TV rather than on what she was qualified to claim.
