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It did work for Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, a self-professed sex addict who rehabilitated himself politically after a drug conviction by declaring his powerlessness over drugs and sex, repenting, and entering a program.
The Times of India said in an editorial Monday that the United States, the "world's self-professed conscience keeper which claims to be committed to non-proliferation of nuclear and missile technology," has turned a blind eye to the fact that Beijing has long been arming Pakistan with conventional weapons as well as "nuclear and missile technology while issuing public denials and pledging itself to improving relations with New Delhi."
Yes, yes, I understand that self-confessed follows the path laid down by perfectly acceptable terms like self-professed and self-avowed ; I still hate it.