Dictator who ruled Chile with an iron fist from 1973 to 1990. Pinochet headed the military junta that controlled the country after a coup that deposed the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. During his reign, Pinochet ordered the violent suppression of all political opposition to his government. A commission determined that his military and government were responsible for human rights violations, including more than 2,000 deaths and untold numbers of disappearances.
All opposition parties were banned, the press was censored and dissidents up and down the country were abducted and executed without trial. The notorious Caravan of Death, an Army death squad flew the length of the country by helicopter in October 1973, extinguishing 97 influential opposition figures. Even dissidents that had fled the country were not out of Pinochet’s reach. Operation Condor, tracked the numerous Chileans that had fled into exile. No-one was safe from Pinochet’s paranoid anti-communist drive. General Prats, Augusto Pinochet’s predecessor in the role of Commander in Chief, was killed in Buenos Aires in 1974.
Pinochet is pronounced Pino – Chay. The t is silent.
Pinochet is pronounced Pino – Chay. The t is silent.
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The phenomenon of people condemning vices they have indulged in themselves already, and since given up. Inspired by the _Confessions_ of Augustine (417 CE), in which Augustine describes his career path and then denouces the things he did to get to where he is.
WHY IT'S BAD
With SAS, the perpetrator has received the BENEFITS of a particular vice. It could consist of sleeping one's way to the top, or lying a lot, or getting divorced, or indulging a vice until it gets tiresome. At that point the perpetrator makes a big display out of quitting the vice and condemning it publicly. It's like climbing a ladder out of a ditch and then pulling the ladder up so others can't get out of the ditch; and to add insult to injury, the perpetrator ridicules the desire to use the ladder.
Like other forms of hypocrisy, it's destructive because it enforces stupid social codes. If the social codes were right all along, then the perpetrator should not get off the hook for violating them, but, in effect, he gets praise for having done so (and having "kicked the habit"). If the codes were wrong, then they should be confronted . And finally, it's bad because it creates a meritocracy of bullshit.
WHY IT'S BAD
With SAS, the perpetrator has received the BENEFITS of a particular vice. It could consist of sleeping one's way to the top, or lying a lot, or getting divorced, or indulging a vice until it gets tiresome. At that point the perpetrator makes a big display out of quitting the vice and condemning it publicly. It's like climbing a ladder out of a ditch and then pulling the ladder up so others can't get out of the ditch; and to add insult to injury, the perpetrator ridicules the desire to use the ladder.
Like other forms of hypocrisy, it's destructive because it enforces stupid social codes. If the social codes were right all along, then the perpetrator should not get off the hook for violating them, but, in effect, he gets praise for having done so (and having "kicked the habit"). If the codes were wrong, then they should be confronted . And finally, it's bad because it creates a meritocracy of bullshit.
A good example of St Augustine's Syndrome is Doctor Laura Schlessinger, the evangelical talk radio host who climbed her way to the top, divorced, and then renounced feminism. Many putative sages are famous for having had, earlier in their lives, immense amounts of sex with numerous partners, only to renounce the ways of the flesh and denounced materialistic society.
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Augusto's kind, the kindest person you'll ever meet, without distinction from anyone else. He looks with his heart at everything and everyone, in a way so sweet it seems unbelievable.
And he's beautiful, of course. That kind of beauty that overflows from the inside out, added to a unique charisma and authentic personality. It's that fun, friendly company that knows how to listen. But he also loves to be listened to, and in the midst of many jokes (perhaps in dubious humour) that can get out of there, when he gets carried away, it's a sight to watch him think. It's like you can see the gears working, you can feel how smart he is, curious and deep, paradoxically complex and simple at the same time. And suddenly It makes you feel happy to be there, living at the same time as this work of art.
If you're lucky enough to meet an Augusto, you won't want to forget him.
Augusto's kind, the kindest person you'll ever meet, without distinction from anyone else. He looks with his heart at everything and everyone, in a way so sweet it seems unbelievable.
And he's beautiful, of course. That kind of beauty that overflows from the inside out, added to a unique charisma and authentic personality. It's that fun, friendly company that knows how to listen. But he also loves to be listened to, and in the midst of many jokes (perhaps in dubious humour) that can get out of there, when he gets carried away, it's a sight to watch him think. It's like you can see the gears working, you can feel how smart he is, curious and deep, paradoxically complex and simple at the same time. And suddenly It makes you feel happy to be there, living at the same time as this work of art.
If you're lucky enough to meet an Augusto, you won't want to forget him.
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The way that Gomez Addams gets off on Tish speaking french would be an example of acousticophilia. Or people who find arousal from certain accents. Or even general sounds.
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