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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:38 PM Original message |
Do you believe that a person can just be genetically predisposed to be evil? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. I once asked a psychiatrist that exact question, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I've seen wonderful parents produce one kid who was a sociopath |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Such types seem to gravitate to the top of the social hierarchy, so their evil is often masked as... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. It depends on where they're born |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Official Culture - A Natural State of Psychopathy? by Laura Knight |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I believe there could be a genetic basis for selfishness, narcissism, insensitivity, |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. What if Cheney's parents, for some reason, had given him up for adoption? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Definitely n/t |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think all babies are born divine and beloved |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Nice sentiment, Mari333, but I doubt ALL are born divine and beloved. I think some are |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. oh,i think all babies are perfect. people just forget how beautiful they are. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Nice-sounding sentiment, but it's wrong and naive. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'm not sure that you are right, either. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Or there may be children born who are genetically predisposed to prey on others. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. In a word, yes. Cheenee is simply one of many. Cheenee is well known because he achieved a lot |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nature vs nurture.... |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Bad Seed |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. lol! You beat me to it! |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well, let me put it like this....... |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Hey, I just noticed. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. It sure is difficult to doubt that when it comes to people like him. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Everyone is born an evil bastard |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. yes. evil is evil. deny that at you risk... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm not sure if I believe in good and evil. |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Huh? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Absolutely, and recent studies are showing distinct links |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Both genetics and environment come into play... |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
20. genetics + evil: two terms that no mixy. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't believe in evil. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. Absolutely. |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. You mean like evil genes?...... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. psychopathy is hereditary so, yes. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yes. It's called Sociopathy. |
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Onceuponalife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. NO |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think we ALL have some form of good vs. evil |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. no. evil is a silly concept. and largely a religious one. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Yet we all know it when we see it. n/t |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. I think that, were one to examine the annals of human history, one would have to qualify... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. +1. One man's evil is another man's piety. eom |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. What's the opposite of 'good'? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think that people can be born with damaged empathic distress response |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. There does seem to be a role for genetics in psychopathy |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
35. I used to believe in "nurture over nature". |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. no. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
40. Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Auschwitz... etc etc |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think some creeps are born with parts of their brains not functioning and |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. yes |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. i think that it's 'nuture' over 'nature' when it comes to people's personalities. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think all humans are potentially evil |
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mykpart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. "Lacking the capacity for empathy" is a great definition for |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. Did you ever try to squeeze into a pair of Calvin Kleins? Those jeans are evil... |
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shanejfilomena (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. it's social engineering |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. No. |
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centristgrandpa (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. idiot... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. Nope. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. I think you can be genetically predisposed to a mental illness that would lead you to do evil things |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. Wow, do that many people here really believe in evil? |
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