In America, sociopaths have a competitive advantage.

If you believe you do not know at least one sociopath and/or are not impacted by sociopathic behavior, you're wrong.  This layman's guide is reprinted without permission from Hypocrisy Today, the official journal of the American Society of Sociopaths.  Have a read, and then re-examine the role sociopathy plays in your life. Sleep tight, we'll talk about it in the morning.

A sociopath is an individual whose behavior is socially acceptable, and in fact, who appears to be an ideal person. In reality, this individual sees no value in other people except as they may affect his/her own self-gratification.

We [A.S.S.] think sociopaths are grossly misunderstood by their fellowpersons, and are dedicated to correcting this abberation of human perspective. In keeping with current self-help, feel- good trends, we have gathered together, sociopathically, to

• create awareness of the problem,
• scold society for allowing it to continue unabated,
• whine about the trauma it has caused in our lives,
• seek justice (and perhaps a healthy class-action settlement),
• and to generally behave in sociopathically- acceptable ways.