3:38:02
The main problem concerns
childhood inferiority feelings. -
3:38:06
- Aggravated by adult experiences.
3:38:10
- What were those adult experiences?
- He'd undergone a lot of strain.
3:38:15
Long, arduous combat duty.
That's all I can say.
3:38:19
- Would he easily admit mistakes?
- None of us do.
3:38:25
- Would he be a perfectionist?
- Yes.
3:38:29
Inclined to hound subordinates
about small details?
3:38:35
- Would he find people hostile?
- That's part of the picture.
3:38:41
If criticised,
would he feel unjustly persecuted?
3:38:45
It all stems from the premise
that he must try to be perfect.
3:38:50
You have testified that these
symptoms exist in Queeg's behaviour:
3:38:55
Rigidity of personality,
feelings of persecution. -
3:38:58
- And a neurotic certainty
he is always right.
3:39:02
Isn't there one psychiatric term
for this illness?
3:39:07
- I never mentioned any illness.
- Thank you for the correction.
3:39:11
What would you call a personality
with all these symptoms?
3:39:16
A paranoid personality.
But that is not a disabling illness.
3:39:20
- What kind of personality?
- Paranoid.
3:39:27
I would like to protest
the counsel's twisting of words.
3:39:32
There's a difference between mental
illness and mental disturbance.
3:39:36
Could Captain Queeg have been
disabled by the strain of command?
3:39:42
- That's absurdly hypothetical.
- Is it?
3:39:45
- Have you ever had any sea duty?
- No.
3:39:49
Have you ever been at sea?
How long have you been in the Navy?
3:39:54
Five months.
3:39:56
- Have you ever dealt with captains?
- No.