From: garys@bluemoon.rn.com (Gary Stollman)
Subject: Re: INVASION!!!
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 02:49:11 EDT

sheaffer@netcom.com (Robert Sheaffer) writes:

> I sent a copy of some of Gary Stollman's postings to a friend who is
> knowledgeable about such things. He replies,
>   
>    "I really enjoyed the Stollman material. When Horowitz said, "Fight
>     Back!" I don't think he meant with toy guns. He is a prize catch.
>     The presence of Capgras' syndrome makes him a rara avis. Genital
>     mutilation is a familiar theme in the literature on psychosis...
> 
> By way of explanation, he included the following:
> 
>     "The Capgras Syndrome and its Psychopathology" by B. Frank Vogel,
>     M.D. (Am J Psychiatry 131:8, August 1974):
> 
>     ABSTRACT: Five case reports indicate that the Capgras syndrome, a
>     condition in which the patient believes that a person closely
>     related to him is actually an impostor, is far less rare than has
>     been commonly accepted. The author discusses the psychodynamics,
>     suggests that the syndrome itself is a massive defense system
>     against disintegrative intrapsychic conflicts, and examines the
>     clear-cut ego defense mechanisms employed.
> 
>     TEXT: Since it was first described in 1923, the Capgras syndrome has
>     been accorded unusual respect and treatment because of its
>     supposed rarity. From time to time, single cases have been
>     reported as if each were a rara avis....
>   
>     Before going into the clinical material, it may be useful to
>     recall the salient elements of Capgras syndrome. It has been
>     found in schizophrenia and, infrequently, by itself or in
>     affective psychoses. It has been described as a rare, colorful
>     syndrome in which the patient believes that a person, usually
>     closely related to him, has been replaced by an exact double....
>     in all the cases I have studied, perception remained unimpaired,
>     memory was intact, and there was no disorder of attention or
>     concentration or any clouding of consciousness. In none of my
>     patients was there any perceptible diminution of intellectual
>     grasp....
> 
> So you see, Gary is a *very special* individual, and we should listen
> to him with the kind of respect that such a person deserves!
>     
> -- 
>   
>         Robert Sheaffer - Scepticus Maximus - sheaffer@netcom.com
>   
>  Past Chairman, The Bay Area Skeptics - for whom I speak only when authorized
> 
>      "In the 1970's the world will undergo famines - hundreds of millions
>      of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs 
>      embarked upon now ... in 1985, when it is calculated [under the most
>      optimistic scenario] that the major die-back will be over, ..."
>        
>                        Dr. Paul Ehrlich, "The Population Bomb," 1968

*****
You will see in my message from Freenet that I am quite a character, way 
beyond that which you could scarely imagine...I will post on here soon my 
wanderings among the world of the old Arpanet, of which I used up around 
$1,000,000 in REAL money of the U.S. governments...Interesting, no??

        Gary

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