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honey!oh sugar sugar.
Jo wrote: honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote: I am glad that one of them is a convicted murderer because it reminds us that there is good in everyone.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that there's a correlation between psychopathy (or was it just committing serious crime? can't remember...) and bravery. Google google... found this:
"people with a history of antisocial behavior are more likely to engage in heroic acts to help others"
Thanks for this, Jo. It is absolutely fascinating.
I think you have to be hearing the beat of a different drum to take action in a crisis.
I'd have wrestled him down without hesitation. What about everyone else?
Jo
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote: I am glad that one of them is a convicted murderer because it reminds us that there is good in everyone.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that there's a correlation between psychopathy (or was it just committing serious crime? can't remember...) and bravery. Google google... found this:
"people with a history of antisocial behavior are more likely to engage in heroic acts to help others"
hedda
Green Man wrote: Does that include Australia ?
I abhor Australia's ghastly way they jail refugees on a God forsaken island.
What amazing talents do we miss out on?
Such as this-Professor Al Muderis who fled Iraq and has become a pioneering surgeon in artificial limbs.
Or perhaps Sir Frank Lowy deemed a terrorist by the British in Israel as a Haganah member..fled to Oz and created the giant Westfield shopping complexes.
JK2006 wrote: Yes this is the problem; the system has been so damaged by stupid laws ("credible and true") and incompetent junior staff that it gets everything wrong. And the result is numerous deaths until or unless the ordinary people take matters into their own hands. I reckon the courage of ordinary people (several convicted criminals) saved dozens of lives.
Well said.
JK2006
Yes this is the problem; the system has been so damaged by stupid laws ("credible and true") and incompetent junior staff that it gets everything wrong. And the result is numerous deaths until or unless the ordinary people take matters into their own hands. I reckon the courage of ordinary people (several convicted criminals) saved dozens of lives.