Do we conform out of necessity?
On May 10, 1:38 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
