>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Rasmussen <[email protected]> writes:

>> Dude.  This is called the "Stockholm Syndrome".
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
>> 
>> "In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical
>> psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have
>> positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of
>> defending them."

Michael> Does that sound like what made traditional marriages work?

The wikipedia page does suggest there is may be an evolutionary basis
for the behavior.

PS: minus-minus for hijacking my hate-unity thread ;-)
PPS: minus-minus me for hijacking whatever it was the thread started out as.


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