YOUR MOST DANGEROUS ADVERSARY

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Dear Friends (...wherever you happen to be hiding):

Your most dangerous adversary can be characterized by the following traits. It is best to recognize this type of adversary (or potential adversary) as early as possible, because you will need to make preparations. There will be no negotiations, no compromises, no intimidation. Neither will there be any Rules Of Engagement. Your very life, and every thing that you value and person you care for, will be at risk. This type of adversary will not only get what he wants from you -- he will dispatch you to the afterlife as well, just in the interest of being thorough.

Beware these characteristics, each alone, but especially in combination:

1. He has no fear of death -- he views life from a distance, as if an amusement or an abstraction;

2. He has nothing to lose -- he does not fear loss at all. He lives to get whatever it is that he desires, but what he desires is only an object of the moment. His hunger cannot be satisfied;

3. He has no attachments to any persons or objects -- he is devoid of love, detached and disconnected from the mainstream of Humanity. He doesn't care about anyone's feelings or opinions. He might not even care about his own reputation. Other people are mere impediments standing between him and what he wants;

4. He is utterly focused on what he wants to accomplish at any given moment and cannot be distracted or diverted;

5. He is intelligent;

6. He is undyingly tenacious;

7. He trusts no one, and believes in nothing but what he desires at that moment;

8. He is intuitive and anticipates events -- a sociopath may not identify with typical human behavior, but he knows it very, very well;

9. He will use any means whatsoever to achieve his objective, without any constraints or restraint;

10. He knows a great deal about you.

These are the personal characteristics of your most dangerous adversary. He is a cagey animal on the hunt. Take caution. He is the sort who will hack your hand off in order to steal your ring.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle