"Empathy and understanding of a person's mindset and actions, while noble pursuits, do not provide an ability in relegating responsibility of such mindsets and actions to a certain party. Placing of blame and responsibility requires a…"
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Help!! Get Shawn to DAVOS!
Don't know who Shawn is? Watch this:
Further info about the voting, by Karen/xperpetualmotion:
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Comment by Feffi on January 13, 2011 at 3:32pm -
Have no idea what I voted for just now. Is it like TED? Hope he wins! :D
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Comment by Rocker01 on January 13, 2011 at 3:42pm -
For you Reese I will vote.
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Comment by Reese Leysen on January 13, 2011 at 5:35pm -
Thx guys, rock on!! We still have time and we can still make it.
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Comment by Manuel W. on January 13, 2011 at 6:25pm -
good idea, i hope he gets the seat
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Comment by Megan on January 13, 2011 at 6:27pm -
done & done !
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Comment by Fendisaoming on January 13, 2011 at 7:24pm -
yay fendi voted ^_^
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Comment by Priest They Called Me on January 13, 2011 at 8:09pm -
voted.. Shawn ftw!
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Comment by Michael Martinez on January 13, 2011 at 10:00pm -
voted!
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Comment by AlexG on January 13, 2011 at 10:55pm -
I've done this already(saw he's video first).
It's nice to see something related to the uncultured project on I Power again.
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Condemning others to validate ourselves.
Started by Lore in I Power: Self-Development Activism. Last reply by Aya 9 hours ago. 10 Replies 0 Likes
The ethical implications of "Temporal Isolation"
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Lexical argumentation and its merit
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Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Cognitive dissonance. One of the most irritating human traits."
Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Absolutely, I completely agree. The only way to solve the problem is to eliminate the cause.
Exactly, the shooter gains worldwide fame over night. Why would a resentful, friendless, lonely, insane young man who wanted to leave an impression on the…"
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Anthony D replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."An issue in the context of your reply is the so-called "mad/bad debate". And it very much plays into the perception of these rather extreme forms of criminal behavior.
From a legal and forensic psychological standpoint a…"
Lore replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Interesting. I think that just being aware that our behavior is not always justified and taking on some personal responsibility can go a long way."
Lore replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Maybe I take empathy and attempting to understand such actions by people to the extreme, but I think it is important to understand the causes of such behavior. You do bring up a good point about school shootings Nathaniel, in that the media makes…"
Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."I agree with the principle to an extent. However, in the case of school shooters, I don't think it can be justified. Same with rape. There's definitely a line, but like you said, those are the most extreme cases.
On the topic of mass…"
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