My choice of words was not accidental.
I see Puig as a self serving control freak / power monger who has zero regard for those around him. That, in my book, is a sociopath.
You see, Sociopaths care about nothing, save 'winning.' 12781:Charlie Sheen.gif]
They will do anything to achieve their aims, and will not lose a second's sleep if they have to throw someone (Hayden) under the bus. I think anyone with a conscience would recognize that Nicky got a raw deal at Honda. Such a person would not say the things Puig did about Hayden's tenure at HRC. And to say them in public (!), on MotoGP.com (!!) is almost beyond belief. (See 'grandiosity' below.)
Puig's actions at Sachsenring ended Dani's 2008 title hopes, and could well have ended his career or even life. Puig appears to have a complete disconnect between his act (the falsified pit board) and the consequences. This is textbook sociopathic behavior. Sociopaths are incapable of feeling remorse over their acts. When something they do generates bad results, they rationalize it away - what else can they do?
I'm no shrink, but over the last decade I have encountered a number of high powered Corporate ....... types who have opened my eyes to the fact that 'Functional Sociopaths' do exist in our society. The successful ones (and they do tend to be successful, since they have no sense of morality to hold them back) tend to wind up in positions of power, just like Uncle Albie. They wheel and deal and accumulate power and prestige, since this is all that matters to them. In their wake, they leave a tornado-like swath of damage.
Please watch:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Hon3AzMO6vs
Robert Hare lists these traits as being core components of sociopathic behavior.
Factor 1: Personality "Aggressive narcissism."
Glibness/superficial charm.
Grandiose sense of self-worth.
Pathological lying.
Cunning/manipulative.
Lack of remorse or guilt.
Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric).
Callousness; lack of empathy.
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions.
Sound familiar?
Hare goes on with a second list of behaviors that are blatantly anti-social. He seems to think that 'true sociopaths' need to be socially dysfuntional (Hannibal time!) to qualify. I'm inclined to see extreme narcissism (the first set of factors) as fully sociopathic. These people are fully capable of extraordinarily destructive yet 'legal' behavior. Fortunately, most extreme narcissists aren't into eating brains; but if they developed or discovered a latent taste, they would have ZERO problem indulging. Just because Puig isn't carving up people for dinner, doesn't mean he's not a real-world sociopath. Jumkie nailed it when saying, "[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]
I can only imagine the .... he's done outside of the public eye if he thought going public was going to 'set the record straight in his favor'." Like him, I have little doubt that <1% of Alberto's evil is publicly visible. It's the 99% unseen that represents the true damage this man has caused.[/font]
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IMO[/font], natch!