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  • S Sava Savanovic

    What does KFOR stand for?

    Posle devedeset godina.

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    Oakman
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    Sava Savanovic wrote:

    What does KFOR stand for?

    It's a radio station in Oklahoma.

    Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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      Sava Savanovic wrote:

      What does KFOR stand for?

      It's a radio station in Oklahoma.

      Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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      Sava Savanovic
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      Ah, OK, this[^] got me confused for a moment.

      Posle devedeset godina.

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      • C Christian Graus

        Have you read a book called 'The Lucifer Effect' ? Written by the guy behind the Standford experiment.

        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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        Christian Graus wrote:

        Have you read a book called 'The Lucifer Effect' ? Written by the guy behind the Standford experiment.

        I did read a book where some guys role played in a Dungeons and Dragons game and then became fairies. The whole idea that a college student role-playing a position like prison guard sheds light on how people act in real life would be funny if it weren't taken seriously by so many. They acted in a sadistic manner because that's what they think is expected of them. They get their idea of what a prison guard is from movies and TV shows about noble prisoners being put upon by hulking Neaderthals.

        Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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          Christian Graus wrote:

          Have you read a book called 'The Lucifer Effect' ? Written by the guy behind the Standford experiment.

          I did read a book where some guys role played in a Dungeons and Dragons game and then became fairies. The whole idea that a college student role-playing a position like prison guard sheds light on how people act in real life would be funny if it weren't taken seriously by so many. They acted in a sadistic manner because that's what they think is expected of them. They get their idea of what a prison guard is from movies and TV shows about noble prisoners being put upon by hulking Neaderthals.

          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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          Oakman wrote:

          They acted in a sadistic manner because that's what they think is expected of them. They get their idea of what a prison guard is from movies and TV shows about noble prisoners being put upon by hulking Neaderthals.

          That's the point. Do you understand what the experiment claims to have illustrated ? It's that people will act in the way they think is expected of them, and they will pass the moral responsibility for their actions on to those who they believe have preapproved and requested those actions.

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            Oakman wrote:

            They acted in a sadistic manner because that's what they think is expected of them. They get their idea of what a prison guard is from movies and TV shows about noble prisoners being put upon by hulking Neaderthals.

            That's the point. Do you understand what the experiment claims to have illustrated ? It's that people will act in the way they think is expected of them, and they will pass the moral responsibility for their actions on to those who they believe have preapproved and requested those actions.

            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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            Christian Graus wrote:

            Do you understand what the experiment claims to have illustrated

            Perhaps I didn't. I shall have to think about what you wrote.

            Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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            • O Oakman

              Christian Graus wrote:

              Do you understand what the experiment claims to have illustrated

              Perhaps I didn't. I shall have to think about what you wrote.

              Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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              The book I mentioned actually goes through three stages 1 - talks about evil in general, questions like, why did the people in Hitlers army all follow their orders, but often show no signs of being psychopathic in general ( how do you kill children at work all day, and go home to hug your own ? ) 2 - goes over the Standford experiment in detail 3 - talks about the Abu Graib torture case, from the perspective of the fact that the author was asked to testify based on his experience, and to suggest that some blame for what happened laid with those who created a system within the prison which made such actions more likely to take place. I should point out, he does not suggest that those who tortured were free of guilt, but that there was a lesson to be learned in how to make such instances less likely to happen.

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                Oakman wrote:

                They acted in a sadistic manner because that's what they think is expected of them. They get their idea of what a prison guard is from movies and TV shows about noble prisoners being put upon by hulking Neaderthals.

                That's the point. Do you understand what the experiment claims to have illustrated ? It's that people will act in the way they think is expected of them, and they will pass the moral responsibility for their actions on to those who they believe have preapproved and requested those actions.

                Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                Christian Graus wrote:

                It's that people will act in the way they think is expected of them, and they will pass the moral responsibility for their actions on to those who they believe have preapproved and requested those actions.

                That certainly does a lot to explain liberalism...

                Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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                  It might pay you to learn about the Stanford experiment then look at what KFOR are doing.

                  Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                  Trollslayer wrote:

                  look at what KFOR are doing

                  Legitimizing the theft of Serbian land. :~

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                    Trollslayer wrote:

                    look at what KFOR are doing

                    Legitimizing the theft of Serbian land. :~

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                    Replacing feuds and snipers with law that allows defence.

                    Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                      Replacing feuds and snipers with law that allows defence.

                      Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                      JimmyRopes
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                      Trollslayer wrote:

                      Replacing feuds and snipers with law that allows defence.

                      It will take more than KFOR before there are no more Albanian feuds regardless of what the laws say. The law that allows defense only makes the snipers legal.

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