Thursday, April 2, 2009

Rage Against the Machine

I was reading about the Milgram Experiment. We all have heard about how the study shows the harm that humans are willing to exert on others when told to so by authority figures, but that is not what intrigued me the most. In one of the many replications of the study, they added additional participants. These "participants" were there to voice their concern about the treatment of the "subjects." There was an increased chance that the person administering the electrical shock would quit if he had another dissenting voice.



Well, that is what I intend to do. I intend to voice my strong opinions. If we are all silent, we will all just remain silent.

It is known that I have strong views, but I have held my tongue for fear of ridicule or further alienation. But I don't see the purpose of things like a blog, a tweet, or a facebook if you can't lay it out there every once in a while.


Feel free to disagree vocally. Just don't get upset. I can assure you that we will disagree, but I try to never think poorly of someone because of what they think. As long as you are willing to hear me out, I will hear you out.

2 comments:

DVD said...

Did you just post this? It says April 2, but it just hit my feed. I've noticed that if I start a blog, then table it, if I publish it later it uses the date and time I started it unless I go into "post options" and update the date and time.

Now onto the substance, you already know I'm all for it! I get the whole gamut of responses, from "I just don't understand" to "are you even a christian, American, etc" to "wow, I can't believe someone thinks these things too!" I have to admit though that my favorites are the sincere "I really need to think about this..."

Good luck and I'll be reading.

LaurieJo said...

I disagree!

Just kidding, but I thought I'd test it out and see how we both react. :) I am looking forward to delving into new thoughts and discussions.