The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
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The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
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Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#2The 'print' button opens a very readable version: http://harpers.org/print/?pid=243068
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#3I remember this article when if first came out. Of all the weirdness outlined, one item, which wasn't even part of the main story and added as a bit of color detail, stated:
"Sullivan first worked with Singer in the early Nineties. One case involved a woman posing as a psychologist, who had persuaded several of her male clients to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. (The men later alleged that they had been brainwashed.)"
That is a level of brainwashing that I wouldn't have even believed was possible.
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#4This ends at a climatic moment prompting you to spend 40$ to continue reading. Fuck everything about this dishonest baiting. It's a shame because I enjoyed reading this up to that point.
Don't waste your time with this cliffhanger.
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#5This ends at a climatic moment prompting you to spend 40$ to continue reading. Fuck everything about this dishonest baiting. It's a shame because I enjoyed reading this up to that point. Don't waste your time with this cliffhanger.
I was invited to support the publication, or click a button to continue reading. Clicking 'continue reading' revealed the rest of the article with no further prompts.
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#6This ends at a climatic moment prompting you to spend 40$ to continue reading. Fuck everything about this dishonest baiting. It's a shame because I enjoyed reading this up to that point. Don't waste your time with this cliffhanger.
Just disable Javascript, works perfectly.
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#7"The FBI hired him because he claimed to be a Vietnam veteran, but Sullivan discovered that this was a lie — during the war Nivette had been a student at UCLA."
This baffles me and lets me question the sincerity of the article. Can this possibly be the case?
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#8"The FBI hired him because he claimed to be a Vietnam veteran, but Sullivan discovered that this was a lie — during the war Nivette had been a student at UCLA." This baffles me and lets me question the sincerity of the article. Can this possibly be the case?
UCLA as an ROTC student? 'Veteran' implies in the popular mind 'served in theatre' but couldn't it also mean 'was a soldier'?
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#9"The FBI hired him because he claimed to be a Vietnam veteran, but Sullivan discovered that this was a lie — during the war Nivette had been a student at UCLA." This baffles me and lets me question the sincerity of the article. Can this possibly be the case?
This happens all the time. There's a whole bunch of people who lead VA boards and testify in congress and things who later get discovered to have never served.
Then they move off and make up a new story and start it all over again.
Re: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)
#10"Get it wrong, and we call it a cult. Get it right, in the right time and the right place, and maybe, for the next few millennia, people won't have to go to work on your birthday."
- Dr. Robert Sapolsky