Michael,
Putting on my experimental psychologist hat here, any attitudinal or
personality change via coercive methods do not last. One study I remember
that looked at it in depth found that attitude changes via sensory
deprivation lasted only a few hours at the most. Even less given any
exposure to other stimuli.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:11 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Interesting punishment
>
>
> Actually, as a past student of psychology I'd say that
> sensory deprivation
> is an excellent form of punishment. Add to that a few very
> nice 'features'
> of sensory deprivation makes is even better. A person has a
> deep seated
> need for sensory input. If we don't have it, we will seek it to the
> extreme. A person in a sensory deprivation situation (Reduced
> Enviromental
> Stimuli) will have an 'open' mind. If you tell them to "farm
> the land and
> not harm anyone" then they will pay their utmost attention to that
> 'command' and after a little time it will be their primary
> motivation. And
> I'm not talking years. The average person can be days. Yes,
> we're talking
> natural brainwashing. Might not be something we want to do for noise
> pollution but for murder or other offenses, hell yes.
> Punishment and the
> modification of the offender. If controlled and not abused.....
>
> At 04:00 PM 9/20/01, you wrote:
> > From the Philadelphia Metro paper:
> >
> >"A young man convicted of disorderly conduct for blasting
> his car stereo
> >was sentenced to three hours of silence. Kenyata Reid, 22, served the
> >sentence this week, when a park ranger dropped him off more
> than a mile
> >inside a forested stretch of parkland in Painesville, Ohio."
> >
> >"Reid had gotten in hot water by blasting his car stereo in
> front of a
> >police officer. Municipal judge Michael Cicconetti offered Reid a
> >choice: two days in jail or three hours alone in the woods."
> >
> >Maybe this is the punishment we should give to terrorists...
> Then napalm
> >the woods.
> >
> >
>
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