Not sure how cheating on a woman became analagous to slitting someones throat. Also not sure how using strategy to get what you want makes someone a coward.
No one said the poster was necessarily violent or likely to slit a throat.
A sociopath is someone who experiences life without a conscience, always. Not by choice, not by moral decision, they just do not have one in their operating system. A sociopath's choices are never about morality, except when acting a part, to manipulate another, in order to achieve their own desired goal.
Sociopaths are not limited to the violent and extreme, i.e. throat slitting or the extreme biographies or news stories shown. Sociopaths are usually the master manipulators among us. Chances are you have known some and may not have even known it. They can lead very outwardly successful lives while others choose to live more quiet parasitic lives. The chief distinguishing factor is a
complete lack of conscience. Certain professions have a higher percentage than others.
Great read if you want to make yourself more aware, know more about how they operate, choose their targets and make it less likely that you will ever unknowingly ever get taken by one.
The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout. Over 1300 reviews on Amazon if you are curious.
As far as answering
his inquiry and suggesting his actions are that of a coward, here is the definition of coward:
cow·ard
noun
1. a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things
adjective
1. excessively afraid of danger or pain
2. depicted with the tail between the hind legs
Someone choosing to be deceitful in an ongoing manner (not talking life and death scenarios),
in my perception, does so to avoid the pain or unpleasantry of actually dealing with whatever consequences they are attempting to bypass with their lies.
I can see someone piping up and saying the willingness to be deceitful requires that he not be afraid of pain or the danger of being caught, in order to do so. I see that too.
A courageous man,
in my opinion, willingly stands forward in who he is, what he believes and how he lives, regardless of others opinions. That's just the standard, I personally choose. To each their own.