Posted by SLS on January 8, 2011, at 13:49:41
In reply to Re: Truly disillusioned by this entire thread » SLS, posted by jane d on January 8, 2011, at 10:04:06
> Neither hurt nor fear excuse everything.
Are you merely looking to ascribe blame, or are you seeking understanding? Explanations are not excuses.
> The witch hunts in my allusion were carried out by people who were afraid.
Yes.
> And in some accounts people with personal grudges used the fear of others to settle those grudges.
Yes.
> Terrible things are done by people who are afraid.
This is EXACTLY why this thread deserves consideration. Allowing it to continue might produce discoveries for the individual regarding how their behaviors affect the group and how those of the group affect the individual. Understanding the dynamics of the interactions occurring on this website might yield change. Hopefully, these changes will enhance the lives of the individuals participating along threads like this one.
> Dog packs can be very scary. It may be a human tendency too but it's definitely humans at their worst.
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> I'm still disillusioned.If it has been your illusion in the past that human tendencies are those of pack animals, how can you possibly be disillusioned now? Have you placed all of us here upon separate pedestals? Why should you hold the posters of Psycho-Babble to a higher (different) standard than those who you witnessed in the past as being pack animals?
Instead of declaring yourself as being disillusioned, a phrase that to me seems pejorative, perhaps you can detail your observations and conclusions without assigning blame to humans for being human.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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