- 23 Jan 2009 20:24
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On Unlearning Cruelties
[Indent ]I was blessed with a dream last night. Within it, allies became enemies and successes became failures, and though I did have the right mind to record it, my body, weak before the morning, argued my mind to not record it. Still, whereas the details were interesting, the interpretations thereafter are what most warrants a discussion, and so after I give a broad outline of the dream, I intend to propose the questions to which I invite a discussion over.
[Indent ]The dream went as follows. A real life brutal bloke whom I dispelled from my suite competed with me in subduing a considered annoying suitemate in a setting similar to my real house. The brutal fellow and I were discreet with our attempts at subduction, so we would walk out with the annoying suitemate one at a time and away from a critic's eyes to strike the child hard in order to have him quieted. Regardless of how hard we struck at him, though, he morphed into a recovered state or seemed unaffected, still yapping away annoyingly, so the brute and I kept whopping away one at a time competing to see who would finally shut him up. This dream lasted a long while, but finally, and naturally, I win the contest striking the child into a very warped state. I was triumphant and happy, beginning to reason with the kid, who I actually don't mind in real life, on how he ought to listen to me heretofore. When he agreed, success was again mine. However, shortly after, the kid disappeared and my happiness ended. This alone made it a nightmare, and I woke up, essentially, immediately after. I am not sure if I reasoned as much at the time, but after torturing someone and having them slip away, one's life can only be fearful, no?
[Indent ]The above begs the question: can one unlearn cruelties? Mayhap, learning over cruelties is the more probable solution, but can one unlearn them? Suppose that the social constructivist argument is true; that is, suppose that people are not genetically predisposed to committing violence and instead some order of interactions compels them towards violent actions be the interactions personal or social: can they unlearn these cruelties, though unpracticed on them? What about if they become imprisoned and defined as a cruel person (recall that definitions can often times inspire people towards living how they are defined), will they ever live it over or are they unimpressionably cruel thereafter? Is not this then grounds for execution, ignoring that 'cruel' is highly subjective, as opposed to rehabilitation? What sayeth thou?
[Indent ]I was blessed with a dream last night. Within it, allies became enemies and successes became failures, and though I did have the right mind to record it, my body, weak before the morning, argued my mind to not record it. Still, whereas the details were interesting, the interpretations thereafter are what most warrants a discussion, and so after I give a broad outline of the dream, I intend to propose the questions to which I invite a discussion over.
[Indent ]The dream went as follows. A real life brutal bloke whom I dispelled from my suite competed with me in subduing a considered annoying suitemate in a setting similar to my real house. The brutal fellow and I were discreet with our attempts at subduction, so we would walk out with the annoying suitemate one at a time and away from a critic's eyes to strike the child hard in order to have him quieted. Regardless of how hard we struck at him, though, he morphed into a recovered state or seemed unaffected, still yapping away annoyingly, so the brute and I kept whopping away one at a time competing to see who would finally shut him up. This dream lasted a long while, but finally, and naturally, I win the contest striking the child into a very warped state. I was triumphant and happy, beginning to reason with the kid, who I actually don't mind in real life, on how he ought to listen to me heretofore. When he agreed, success was again mine. However, shortly after, the kid disappeared and my happiness ended. This alone made it a nightmare, and I woke up, essentially, immediately after. I am not sure if I reasoned as much at the time, but after torturing someone and having them slip away, one's life can only be fearful, no?
[Indent ]The above begs the question: can one unlearn cruelties? Mayhap, learning over cruelties is the more probable solution, but can one unlearn them? Suppose that the social constructivist argument is true; that is, suppose that people are not genetically predisposed to committing violence and instead some order of interactions compels them towards violent actions be the interactions personal or social: can they unlearn these cruelties, though unpracticed on them? What about if they become imprisoned and defined as a cruel person (recall that definitions can often times inspire people towards living how they are defined), will they ever live it over or are they unimpressionably cruel thereafter? Is not this then grounds for execution, ignoring that 'cruel' is highly subjective, as opposed to rehabilitation? What sayeth thou?
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