Since we are talking of conformity and other sociological bents of man...my thoughts went to collective guilt...i have never really understood that term .... does guilt remain guilt in its true essesnce if it is collective...i do not speak about a small group...i mean...perhaps a tribe...rather vague...but do tell me what you think....
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:41 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought fish were entranced by shiny objects. > > It's just an adaptation of modern culture- no different really from > being kidnapped, bartered or dragged off to a cave when you think > about it. > > On May 9, 9:34 pm, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > As a general rule to winning over someone you just find the need and > > fill it, but the more enterprising among us (the low) will create a need > > where there is none by mesmerizing. Like a bird entranced by a shiny > > object, 'Ooh, gotta have it!' An interesting effect in pop culture is > > glamour, men and women alike. > > > > On 5/9/2011 9:16 AM, rigsy03 wrote: > > > > > > > > > Actually, I have thought the chief way a boy/man/society reins a girl/ > > > woman is by getting her tipsy. She can cry sober tears later. > > > > > On May 9, 6:07 am, "[email protected]"<[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> Ahh yes indeed, I think that we are all capable of bowing to peer > > >> presure, and m,y experiances ofmy own youth showed me that such peer > > >> pressure is presure inded. > > > > >> On May 7, 3:24 am, the taoist shaman<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> you know , i probably see things that way because im 25 and the youth > > >>> around me seems easily influenced which is probably typical , > > >>> [email protected] wrote: > > >>>> No I disagree with that. Most people think for themselves, perhaps > not > > >>>> too many think deeply enough(whatever the hell that means), I think > > >>>> most people question before following, and that very few indeed > follow > > >>>> blindly. > > >>>> On May 6, 2:22 am, the taoist shaman<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> i think what i ment with the original sheepole quote is that most > > >>>>> people dont think for themselves , let media/gov. do it for them . > > >>>>> Ash wrote: > > >>>>>> Well, I think we are a part of the animal kingdom, last time I > checked > > >>>>>> we were mammals in the sapien family. But I think the mentality of > the > > >>>>>> herd is a natural behavior to social creatures, that and our > talented > > >>>>>> rhetoric for negative reinforcement of behaviors that go against > the > > >>>>>> norm while the norm is reinforced with confirmation bias. > > >>>>>> On 5/5/2011 3:17 PM, the taoist shaman wrote: > > >>>>>>> your statments contradict each other , besides we are not animals > , > > >>>>>>> well....... i can be a bit of an animal from time to time but > ..... > > >>>>>>> On May 4, 10:02 pm, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>> How can you expect governance unless you can control the > population? > > >>>>>>>> What else is new? :-) > > >>>>>>>> Even a family needs order and control, doesn't it? > > >>>>>>>> Don't you observe the order of nature? The routines of the > natural > > >>>>>>>> world serve a definite purpose. Eat or be eaten. :-) > > >>>>>>>> On May 3, 12:50 pm, the taoist shaman<[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> are most people really sheepole ? can i get a ya or nay- Hide > quoted text - > > >>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- \--/ Peace
