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Sugar420 · 08-20-2003, 12:24 PM

tho i didnt add any comments i was very interested in the punishment thread and the cruelty thread, both started by our own dear Rev.
so i wanted to bring the two together and talk about the Stanford Prison Experiment.

id like everybody interested to read thru it and tell me what you think b4 i say too much on this, but i have a couple specific questions im interested in:[list][*] how does this corelate to milgrams experiment and can we learn anything from both that we cant see by looking at just one or the other?[*]is there a clear line between punishment and cruelty? how do you kno when the line is crossed?

are all acts of cruelty motivated by a desire to punish?
are all acts of punishment really just acts of cruelty?
does it make any sense to punish cruelty (or any other "bad behavior") with cruelty?
have you ever noticed if you type the word cruelty enough times it loses all meaning?[/list=a]

the prison experiment website also has a big list of discussion questions, so if anybodys inspired to answer any of those id sure like to hear what you gots to say.

and is it just me or is this guy both attractive and repulsive at the same time?

08-20-2003, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sugar420 Old School Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,093 Thanks: 32 Thanked 132 Times in 706 Posts	Stanford Prison Experiment tho i didnt add any comments i was very interested in the punishment thread and the cruelty thread, both started by our own dear Rev. so i wanted to bring the two together and talk about the Stanford Prison Experiment. id like everybody interested to read thru it and tell me what you think b4 i say too much on this, but i have a couple specific questions im interested in:[list][] how does this corelate to milgrams experiment and can we learn anything from both that we cant see by looking at just one or the other?[]is there a clear line between punishment and cruelty? how do you kno when the line is crossed? are all acts of cruelty motivated by a desire to punish? are all acts of punishment really just acts of cruelty? does it make any sense to punish cruelty (or any other "bad behavior") with cruelty? have you ever noticed if you type the word cruelty enough times it loses all meaning?[/list=a] the prison experiment website also has a big list of discussion questions, so if anybodys inspired to answer any of those id sure like to hear what you gots to say. and is it just me or is this guy both attractive and repulsive at the same time?