tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post7191937666961802374..comments2023-09-13T04:21:48.038-04:00Comments on My day and thoughts: About the last entryCelestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185860853151726676noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-17830439842778481152005-03-05T16:38:00.000-05:002005-03-05T16:38:00.000-05:00Yes we need to vote. I hate to hear people complai...Yes we need to vote. I hate to hear people complain and they never have cast a vote in their life. PaulaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-76371669183357927272005-03-05T17:52:00.000-05:002005-03-05T17:52:00.000-05:00Sad But True NJLBSad But True <br><br>NJLB<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-21438741802101387722005-03-05T20:26:00.000-05:002005-03-05T20:26:00.000-05:00I try not to think to long or too hard about thing...I try not to think to long or too hard about things that annoy me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-75007191272462911972005-03-05T21:10:00.000-05:002005-03-05T21:10:00.000-05:00I have always wondered why some of the dumbest peo...I have always wondered why some of the dumbest people end up with jobs that control us in one way or the other! lol<br>CarleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-19775931465111693242005-03-06T02:50:00.000-05:002005-03-06T02:50:00.000-05:00There are few things more dangerous than the group...There are few things more dangerous than the group mind. By coincidence, I was just reading about group minds tonight in a wonderful book by Ernest Becker called DENIAL OF DEATH (winner of a Pulitzer Prize!). The problem with groups is twofold: 1--people act out on the repressed desires within groups 2--people "follow the leader" and by doing so absolve themselves of guilt. I think it was Mark Twain who said something about the danger ouf groups (mobs, he called them). A great movie that shows the dangers of group minds is 12 ANGRY MEN. Great entry!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-57701128686201630842005-03-06T21:51:00.000-05:002005-03-06T21:51:00.000-05:00This is so true. Sociologists will tell you many ...This is so true. Sociologists will tell you many things about group mentality, and very few are positive. Logic and conscience are swept away in the rush of group action and emotion, and mobs are capable of great cruelty. Theresa is right, there is perceived absolution after the fact when one goes along with the crowd. In the moment, there is little rational thinking. And this applies to Congess in their "deliberations." There is nothing deliberate about it - it's all groupthink. <br><br>What a stimulating (and sad) entry. I have been meaning to check out your journal for a long time (from Theresa's) and am glad I did.<br><br>Vicky<br>http://www.livejournal.com/users/vxv789/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778915961948946252.post-58465002211942500992005-03-10T17:20:00.000-05:002005-03-10T17:20:00.000-05:00Very much like the mentality of a dog pack..... se...Very much like the mentality of a dog pack..... separate they are ok, as a group they are dangerous. judiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com