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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 371338" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Perhaps. When I was a kid, yes, I was "abused" by peers (aka teased, taunted, etc.) as most other kids were and still happens in this day and age. The kid version of adult power, control, intimidation. It happens all the time. This "abuse" happens verbally, occasionally physically, and via body language. In all probability this type of behavior can never be stopped--it is a process of children growing up. And, this type of behavior continues into the adult world: in the business climate via subtleties of social interaction among co-workers, employee vs. supervisors, department heads, etc.</p><p></p><p>Kids learn from a very early age that physical and verbal "power" (control) can get them the things they want, one way or another. It begins with infancy as 2 or more children bicker and "fight" each other for toys, affection, etc. It is the nature of "survival of the fittest" among the animal species.</p><p></p><p>Some individuals obviously take it to the extreme...for whatever social, religious, ethnic, genetic, physical, personal, parental, significant other, etc., issues are at play. And, in our day and age, we see countless numbers of violence, harm, etc., happening via movies, video games, TV shows, etc. Kids become desensitized to violence, death, and destruction. </p><p></p><p>There is no one stimulus that elicits deviant behavior. It takes time for it to develop resulting in a socially unacceptable outlet. </p><p></p><p>Societies will never eliminate deviant and violent behavior. Even when criminals are locked up in modern-day Maximum Security Prisons, violence and murders occur. Any individual Hades-Bent on doing harm WILL find a way to do it, even if it results in their own demise. They are thinking "for the moment" and not future consequencies of their action. Poor impulse control? Who knows. Conscious choice? Who knows.</p><p></p><p>The paranoid and sociopathic individuals are rather intelligent and very adept at detailed planning of their behavior. They are very creative in avoiding capture for a period of time. Some like to taunt and play games with law enforcement individuals and this becomes a Game of Wits and "control" of the law and others. They can usually present the appearance of "normality" through their personalities displayed to others; at the same time, they have their other "face" which is hidden but well documeted in their personal environment as usually discovered after the fact of their crimes. Signs and symptoms of their thinking are usually very subtle and may be viewed by others as "weird" but not "dangerous" at that point in time before the event(s). <em>As I and we observed in the psychiatric hospital setting, some of these individuals were VERY sociable and appeared "normal"...until you were able to dig deeper into their personalities.</em> Still others were rather obvious in their thinking and social behavior.</p><p></p><p>In a nutshell, weapon control is not the answer (a perpetrator will ALWAYS find some type of weapon). "Family Values" is not a 100% prevention tool. "Peer Values" is not a prevention tool. Any other given "tool" is not a deterrant. The etiology of violence is very multi-dimensional and inherent among the animal species since time began. Society can take precautions and be more cognizant of others' thinking and behavior; however, violence will contine as long as there is an animal species on our planet. I'm not being a fatalist...just being realistic...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 371338, member: 9"] Perhaps. When I was a kid, yes, I was "abused" by peers (aka teased, taunted, etc.) as most other kids were and still happens in this day and age. The kid version of adult power, control, intimidation. It happens all the time. This "abuse" happens verbally, occasionally physically, and via body language. In all probability this type of behavior can never be stopped--it is a process of children growing up. And, this type of behavior continues into the adult world: in the business climate via subtleties of social interaction among co-workers, employee vs. supervisors, department heads, etc. Kids learn from a very early age that physical and verbal "power" (control) can get them the things they want, one way or another. It begins with infancy as 2 or more children bicker and "fight" each other for toys, affection, etc. It is the nature of "survival of the fittest" among the animal species. Some individuals obviously take it to the extreme...for whatever social, religious, ethnic, genetic, physical, personal, parental, significant other, etc., issues are at play. And, in our day and age, we see countless numbers of violence, harm, etc., happening via movies, video games, TV shows, etc. Kids become desensitized to violence, death, and destruction. There is no one stimulus that elicits deviant behavior. It takes time for it to develop resulting in a socially unacceptable outlet. Societies will never eliminate deviant and violent behavior. Even when criminals are locked up in modern-day Maximum Security Prisons, violence and murders occur. Any individual Hades-Bent on doing harm WILL find a way to do it, even if it results in their own demise. They are thinking "for the moment" and not future consequencies of their action. Poor impulse control? Who knows. Conscious choice? Who knows. The paranoid and sociopathic individuals are rather intelligent and very adept at detailed planning of their behavior. They are very creative in avoiding capture for a period of time. Some like to taunt and play games with law enforcement individuals and this becomes a Game of Wits and "control" of the law and others. They can usually present the appearance of "normality" through their personalities displayed to others; at the same time, they have their other "face" which is hidden but well documeted in their personal environment as usually discovered after the fact of their crimes. Signs and symptoms of their thinking are usually very subtle and may be viewed by others as "weird" but not "dangerous" at that point in time before the event(s). [i]As I and we observed in the psychiatric hospital setting, some of these individuals were VERY sociable and appeared "normal"...until you were able to dig deeper into their personalities.[/i] Still others were rather obvious in their thinking and social behavior. In a nutshell, weapon control is not the answer (a perpetrator will ALWAYS find some type of weapon). "Family Values" is not a 100% prevention tool. "Peer Values" is not a prevention tool. Any other given "tool" is not a deterrant. The etiology of violence is very multi-dimensional and inherent among the animal species since time began. Society can take precautions and be more cognizant of others' thinking and behavior; however, violence will contine as long as there is an animal species on our planet. I'm not being a fatalist...just being realistic... [/QUOTE]
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