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Yes.
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Would he be inclined to think
that people were hostile to him?
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That's part of the picture, yes.
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And if criticized, would he feel
he was being unjustly persecuted?
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It's all one pattern
stemming from one premise.
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He must try to be perfect.
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You testified the following symptoms
exist in Commander Queeg's behavior :
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rigidity of personality,
feelings of persecution...
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unreasonable suspicion,
a mania for perfection...
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and a neurotic certainty
that's he's always right.
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Isn't there one psychiatric term
for this illness?
1:39:34
I never said there was illness!
1:39:35
Thank you for the correction, sir.
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What would you call a personality
that had these symptoms?
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A paranoid personality,
but that's not a disabling illness.
1:39:47
What kind of personality?
1:39:51
-Paranoid.
-Thank you, sir.
1:39:54
If I may speak.
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I'd tike to protest the council's
twisting of words.
1:39:58
There's a difference between mental
illness and minor mental disturbances.
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Let me put it this way :
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Could Captain Queeg have been disabled
by the severe strain of command?
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That's absurdly hypothetical.
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Is it?
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Have you ever had sea duty?
1:40:16
-No.
-Have you ever been at sea?
1:40:18
-No.
-How long have you been in the navy?
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Five months.
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Have you had dealings with
ship captains before this?
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I suggest you can't be an authority
on the strain of command...
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and thus, you may be completely wrong
about Captain Queeg.
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-Your witness.
-One minute, Doctor.
1:40:40
Council for defense
has raised an interesting point.
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In private practice,
did you ever have patients...
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who had to deal
with complicated command decisions--
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men such as plant managers,
industrialists, et cetera?
1:40:52
Yes. Quite a few.
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Including flyers who have to decide
questions of life and death every day.
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I've written a book on the subject.