On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't have to stick the guy into a room and "reprogram" him, that > sort does it to themselves. isolate the person (or have them isolate > themselves)
Largely a personal decision. > then restrict information resources and opinions to a very > limited set, Personal decision. > and reinforce those opinions continually via newsgroups > the web etc., Personal decisions. > will have the same effect. In the recent cases like this > one, and the shooting in upper New York state last April, the perp was > isolated, limited themselves to mostly right wing and similar > information sources. Decisions. > In other words the brainwashing happened in the > open and in the full view of everyone, and frequently with the willing > cooperation of the person. There's a lot more involved than the very > limited sketch I've given, but the mechanisms are known and to some > extent understood. Yes they are. They are called life decisions. If I make a decision to hang out with criminals all the time, I will eventually get into some sort of trouble as a result. Over time they will have modified my perception of normal acceptable behavior. This is why I do not hang out with criminals. This is called personal responsibility. -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:312421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
