Posted by special_k on March 29, 2006, at 18:49:19
In reply to Re: Freedom » Sobriquet Style, posted by wildcard11 on March 29, 2006, at 18:08:44
Yes. You can't replicate the Milgram experiment because now it is considered unethical.
The participants were American (though to be fair I expect you would get similar results from people in most countries)
They did the shocking (most of 'em) then afterwards they were informed they were trying to see whether American's follow orders just like the Nazi's did.
Yeah... That's gotta be a little traumatic (more than a little).
I don't support the troops.
I feel sad for them.That was a tragedy (one of the tragedies) of Vietnam... The soliders come home (after being traumatised fighting) only to find that people had been PROTESTING the war and didn't support it.
I personally think the lesson to take from this is that if you go kill people...
You might be popular for a bit but eventually... People might well change their mind and conclude that it wasn't okay for you to have done that.
And we have to live with ourselves :-(
I feel sad for the troops.
Real sad. But personally... I don't support them if supporting them means supporting the killing of more Iraq citizens...
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