Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)
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Booty said:
Would that be Melville Barracks between Chatham and Gillingham?
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aesop081
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Booty said:
I'll do my best. i will give you the benefit of the doubt but pring proof. I dont have any exciting service to talk about so i wont bring anything.
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Booty said:
Still dont want to answer what years you were in the "Canadian Airborne Forces" ?
Sounds like a simple question to me. I'm puzzled as to why you wont answer that ?
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Folks, Booty probably cannot and will not back down.
Though I am not a clinician, I have had occasion to be in contact with mentally ill individuals and psych patients, including those who are in a delusional state, and have been briefed on what to expect (signs/symptoms etc).
A patient may have spent years 'reading-in' and researching for his current role. Making mistakes/factual errors is also quite common in this state, yet to the patient, he speaks the gospel truth. When pressed, they will hide behind other fantastical details. Through the info they gather, they can come close to describing 'reality' in terms of places, names, even events. But, not having been there, there will continue to be inconsistencies that cannot be settled. They can be highly adept and manipulative at dragging info out from those they interact with to use later.
They may not even be aware that they are in this state, to them, every bit of it may well be as real as our realities.
I've seen a person accurately describe certain weapons systems, and their useage and effects, even how the CF employs them, to a stunning degree. But, sentences latter, it all became part of a plot or conspiracy....
I've dealt with a teen who described in stunning detail how his brother was a CF-18 pilot. Really quite believable - the training, employment, etc. The kicker came when he said that the brother was shot down and killed in Gulf War I over Iraq.
Sadly, I've even had a few subordinates who have evidenced such illness.
Other than providing some sort of morbid entertainment, this cannot progress any further.
Though I am not a clinician, I have had occasion to be in contact with mentally ill individuals and psych patients, including those who are in a delusional state, and have been briefed on what to expect (signs/symptoms etc).
A patient may have spent years 'reading-in' and researching for his current role. Making mistakes/factual errors is also quite common in this state, yet to the patient, he speaks the gospel truth. When pressed, they will hide behind other fantastical details. Through the info they gather, they can come close to describing 'reality' in terms of places, names, even events. But, not having been there, there will continue to be inconsistencies that cannot be settled. They can be highly adept and manipulative at dragging info out from those they interact with to use later.
They may not even be aware that they are in this state, to them, every bit of it may well be as real as our realities.
I've seen a person accurately describe certain weapons systems, and their useage and effects, even how the CF employs them, to a stunning degree. But, sentences latter, it all became part of a plot or conspiracy....
I've dealt with a teen who described in stunning detail how his brother was a CF-18 pilot. Really quite believable - the training, employment, etc. The kicker came when he said that the brother was shot down and killed in Gulf War I over Iraq.
Sadly, I've even had a few subordinates who have evidenced such illness.
Other than providing some sort of morbid entertainment, this cannot progress any further.
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Booty said:
Satisfaction is not really how I would describe it. Â Bemusement may be a better term; it's like watching the villagers trying to convince the holder of a "certain village appointment" that he is actually the incumbent of that office.
As for more, since this thread started with your tale of derring-doo-doo which you claim is true and in which you identify yourself as in the Canadian Army perhaps you can enlighten us as which Canadian unit you served with in the Balkans. Â It is getting hard to follow the resume of your "military" service, with so many claims of moving back and forth between the RM and CF. Â
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Booty said:
Would that be Melville Barracks between Chatham and Gillingham?
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