Uglysasquatch, Mercenary Major wrote:
RunawayFive wrote:
I was mostly referring to:
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Why can't I Adblock posters?
Then you misquoted as I said that, not Belkira. And when a poster is posting something as asinine as saying its ok for a 40 year old man to have sex with a 15 year old, I'm not ignoring people who disagree with me, I'm ignoring sick individuals who should be seeking help with a doctor. If you want, I can easily pay attention to you and recommend some people worth speaking to.
You'd be singing a different tune real quick if it were your sister/daughter that was having sex with a 40 year old dirtbag.
I was mostly entertaining the notion of unconditional love, but then again with ideas as old-fashioned as these I must seem as crazy as Ptolemy.
The earth is the center of the universe, you know.
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I'm ignoring sick individuals who should be seeking help with a doctor.
Yup, no condemnation or Judgment there.
Symptoms of groupthink
In order to make groupthink testable, Irving Janis devised eight symptoms that are indicative of groupthink (1977).
1. Illusions of invulnerability creating excessive optimism and encouraging risk taking.
2. Rationalising warnings that might challenge the group's assumptions.
3. Unquestioned belief in the morality of the group, causing members to ignore the consequences of their actions.
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. Stereotyping those who are opposed to the group as weak, evil or stupid. 5. Direct pressure to conform placed on any member who questions the group, couched in terms of "disloyalty".
6. Self censorship of ideas that deviate from the apparent group consensus.
7. Illusions of unanimity among group members, silence is viewed as agreement.
8. Mindguards — self-appointed members who shield the group from dissenting information.
Edited, Nov 7th 2007 11:37am by RunawayFive