On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 05:56:24PM -0700, Russell Senior wrote:
> >>>>> "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.
PPPS: plus-plus for having the decency to redo the subject line.
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Some of us just go one god further.
~ Richard Dawkins
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