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In the course of his discussion of the journalists\u2019 revolt at the Washington Post<\/em>, Jeffrey Blehar<\/a> tells a priceless anecdote:<\/p>\n

During the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China (ca. 470 B.C.), the kingdom of Yue was ruled by one\u00a0Goujian<\/a>, whose infamy preceded him in combat, quite literally: Yue\u2019s most devoted warriors would march forward from the front ranks, stand before the opposing army on the battlefield, and demonstrate their implacable fearlessness by chopping off their own heads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such a good story that it deserves to be a cautionary tale, a critical analogy, or a sermon illustration.\u00a0 What would be some examples of this syndrome?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeffrey Blehar tells a story from ancient China: “Yue\u2019s most devoted warriors would march forward from the front ranks, stand before the opposing army on the battlefield, and demonstrate their implacable fearlessness by chopping off their own heads.” What would be some examples of this syndrome today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":59751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,37],"tags":[14871,14874],"class_list":["post-74919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-psychology","tag-goujian","tag-self-destructive-behavior"],"yoast_head":"\nDISCUSSION: Cutting Off Their Own Heads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jeffrey Blehar tells a story from ancient China: "Yue\u2019s most devoted warriors would march forward from the front ranks, stand before the opposing army on the battlefield, and demonstrate their implacable fearlessness by chopping off their own heads." 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