Look at the Milgram experiment. It's always touted as evidence of what people will do simply because an authority figure tells them to, but I see it equally as proof of what people are willing to do when absolved of responsibility. If the "victim" were hooked up to an EKG and flatlined, I have little doubt that most people would continue to shock him. We've been so heavily conditioned to follow the rules rather than think for ourselves that we have no sense of what's right unless our secular or religious leaders tell us so.
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Originally Posted by ring
If one hates and mistrusts mankind;
wouldn't it follow that you would hate and mistrust yourself ?
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I dislike people as a whole, but I give each individual a chance. That make sense?