how much is it so. what personal responsibility is there in the following. I can use behavior modification techniques to increase the frequency and output of certain phrases, ways of categorizing things etc. And do this without the person's consent or notice. Where is the personal responsibility in that?
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here is my question for you: do you think that sustained media >> narratives have any effect on the people who are watching them? Do >> they have any effect at all on already unstable people prone to >> violence? > > Media exposure, violent video games, rap music, this is not a new > discussion. Your actions are your own responsibility. This guy > blamed his actions on the IRS, the recession, the government, GM > executives, the medical community, and many many more... > >> That is not about deflecting responsibility from the people who commit >> atrocities. It is a question about responsibility from all parties and >> it is an honest question. > > It's about deflecting responsibility. Period. > >> I saw plenty of people who claimed, in the >> previous administration, that criticism of the President emboldened >> terrorists. They are quite sure that the words of Obama and others on >> the Left make the terrorists more likely to attack. Do you think that >> is true? Do you think it is possibly true? > > I think that once the conversation turns in that direction I will stop > participating. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312296 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
