"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 10:27 PM 3/9/01 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
> > I don't think I've ever
> >seen anything more convincing that these weapons have the power to get inside
> >a persons head and change the way he's* thinking.
>
> You don't think that guns have some kind of "mystical" property about them
> do you? I mean, how is it that these pieces of refined metal are
> "getting inside a person's head" and even "changing the way a person
> thinks?"
Did you watch the experiment? Are you asking if inanimate objects can affect
you mentally? Can a sunset or a thunderstorm invoke wonder? Can a muscle car
incite reckless driving? Can clothes make a person feel beautiful or
important? I don't know how mystical it is, but inanimate objects _can_
affect mental state, and in this case affect them in a dangerous way.
> If this experiment was conducted with African children, or Borneoan
> children, or European children, would we get the same result?
My guess is, yes.
Doug
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