| Bourke |
01-26-2014 12:59 AM |
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
(Post 19956913)
"Empowerment" does not play into it where a normal human being is concerned. Feeling empowered in itself does not allow a sane person to cross the line to murdering innocent people psychologically.
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The Milgram Experiment shows without a shadow of doubt that empowerment does exactly that. While it is very interesting to note people's willingness to harm another once empowered by an authority, the most interesting thing I find about this experiment ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment) is that NOT ONE participant went to check on the actor who was, they were led to believe, either extremely injured or killed by what they had done. Not one.
All that being said, I agree that it is not going to be the empowerment which is the cause. It is possibly a triggering factor though. Personally I believe the removal of the chance to explore issue of violence, domination, submission, social hierachy etc in early youth through rough play, rough sport etc is to blame for a lot of violence, bullying and outbursts such as this. Kids, boys especially, need controlled outlets to explore these notions as they are growing up. I believe that kids need to play rough sports like football and rugby and should be being taught some form of martial art in primary school and early high school. |
