Mari333
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Sat May-16-09 10:46 PM
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| 6. I think all babies are born divine and beloved |
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something happens to people to make them self loathe and fearful. its sad.
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| -Do you believe that a person can just be genetically predisposed to be evil? |
marmar |
May-16-09 10:38 PM |
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I once asked a psychiatrist that exact question, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
May-16-09 10:41 PM |
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I've seen wonderful parents produce one kid who was a sociopath |
Warpy |
May-16-09 10:46 PM |
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Such types seem to gravitate to the top of the social hierarchy, so their evil is often masked as... |
Echo In Light |
May-17-09 06:49 AM |
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It depends on where they're born |
Warpy |
May-17-09 09:56 AM |
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Official Culture - A Natural State of Psychopathy? by Laura Knight |
Echo In Light |
May-17-09 02:29 PM |
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I believe there could be a genetic basis for selfishness, narcissism, insensitivity, |
Muttocracy |
May-16-09 10:43 PM |
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What if Cheney's parents, for some reason, had given him up for adoption? |
Quantess |
May-16-09 10:43 PM |
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Definitely n/t |
doc03 |
May-16-09 10:44 PM |
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I think all babies are born divine and beloved |
Mari333 |
May-16-09 10:46 PM |
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Nice sentiment, Mari333, but I doubt ALL are born divine and beloved. I think some are |
bertman |
May-16-09 11:09 PM |
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oh,i think all babies are perfect. people just forget how beautiful they are. nt |
Mari333 |
May-17-09 06:28 PM |
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Nice-sounding sentiment, but it's wrong and naive. |
Odin2005 |
May-17-09 12:38 AM |
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I'm not sure that you are right, either. |
Quantess |
May-17-09 01:36 AM |
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Or there may be children born who are genetically predisposed to prey on others. |
bertman |
May-17-09 09:53 PM |
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In a word, yes. Cheenee is simply one of many. Cheenee is well known because he achieved a lot |
Stinky The Clown |
May-16-09 10:47 PM |
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Nature vs nurture.... |
Lisa0825 |
May-16-09 10:51 PM |
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The Bad Seed |
eleny |
May-16-09 10:52 PM |
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lol! You beat me to it! |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
May-17-09 07:11 AM |
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Well, let me put it like this....... |
Sebastian Doyle |
May-16-09 10:53 PM |
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Hey, I just noticed. |
Sheepshank |
May-16-09 11:17 PM |
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It sure is difficult to doubt that when it comes to people like him. |
BrklynLiberal |
May-16-09 10:53 PM |
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Everyone is born an evil bastard |
Kaleva |
May-16-09 10:53 PM |
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yes. evil is evil. deny that at you risk... |
1 |
May-16-09 10:57 PM |
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I'm not sure if I believe in good and evil. |
LuvNewcastle |
May-16-09 11:03 PM |
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Huh? |
Narkos |
May-16-09 11:56 PM |
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Absolutely, and recent studies are showing distinct links |
csziggy |
May-16-09 11:18 PM |
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Both genetics and environment come into play... |
CoffeeCat |
May-16-09 11:34 PM |
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genetics + evil: two terms that no mixy. |
napoleon_in_rags |
May-17-09 12:08 AM |
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I don't believe in evil. |
Iggo |
May-17-09 12:13 AM |
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Absolutely. |
Double T |
May-17-09 12:26 AM |
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You mean like evil genes?...... |
Joe the Liberal |
May-17-09 12:33 AM |
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psychopathy is hereditary so, yes. n/t |
Triana |
May-17-09 12:36 AM |
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Yes. It's called Sociopathy. |
Odin2005 |
May-17-09 12:36 AM |
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NO |
Onceuponalife |
May-17-09 01:09 AM |
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I think we ALL have some form of good vs. evil |
MagickMuffin |
May-17-09 02:12 AM |
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no. evil is a silly concept. and largely a religious one. |
cali |
May-17-09 02:25 AM |
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Yet we all know it when we see it. n/t |
rucky |
May-17-09 10:09 AM |
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I think that, were one to examine the annals of human history, one would have to qualify... |
varkam |
May-17-09 07:11 PM |
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+1. One man's evil is another man's piety. eom |
varkam |
May-17-09 07:12 PM |
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What's the opposite of 'good'? |
Iggo |
May-17-09 02:41 AM |
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I think that people can be born with damaged empathic distress response |
eridani |
May-17-09 05:24 AM |
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DU GrovelBot |
May-17-09 05:24 AM |
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There does seem to be a role for genetics in psychopathy |
LeftishBrit |
May-17-09 05:29 AM |
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I used to believe in "nurture over nature". |
LooseWilly |
May-17-09 05:45 AM |
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no. |
Hannah Bell |
May-17-09 06:38 AM |
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Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Auschwitz... etc etc |
Mudoria |
May-17-09 10:06 AM |
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I think some creeps are born with parts of their brains not functioning and |
applegrove |
May-17-09 02:00 PM |
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yes |
JitterbugPerfume |
May-17-09 02:06 PM |
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i think that it's 'nuture' over 'nature' when it comes to people's personalities. |
dysfunctional press |
May-17-09 02:08 PM |
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I think all humans are potentially evil |
varelse |
May-17-09 02:09 PM |
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"Lacking the capacity for empathy" is a great definition for |
mykpart |
May-17-09 10:42 PM |
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Did you ever try to squeeze into a pair of Calvin Kleins? Those jeans are evil... |
walldude |
May-17-09 02:12 PM |
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it's social engineering |
shanejfilomena |
May-17-09 06:24 PM |
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No. |
LWolf |
May-17-09 07:24 PM |
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idiot... |
centristgrandpa |
May-17-09 10:01 PM |
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Nope. |
BlooInBloo |
May-17-09 10:03 PM |
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I think you can be genetically predisposed to a mental illness that would lead you to do evil things |
AZBlue |
May-17-09 10:18 PM |
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Wow, do that many people here really believe in evil? |
ContinentalOp |
May-17-09 10:47 PM |
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