Sunday, March 20, 2011
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine is an extremely biased documentary that to be honest, I don't quite understand the point of it. The movie Bowling for Columbine has little to do with Columbine specifically and more to do with the 2nd amendment. The only reason Columbine is even in this documentary is so that the narrator can support his claim. Thus, he is using the Columbine tragedy to promote his personal anti-gun beliefs. I think that that is wrong, especially when the name of the documentary suggests that the documentary is an ode to Columbine. Furthermore, I do not understand what Lockheed Martin had to do with any of this. Sure, they are the top weapons maker in the United States, but coming from a family of Lockheed Martin employees, I suppose that I am biased on that subject. Knowing that Michael Moore's representation of Lockheed Martin's position is inaccurate, he has absolutely no credibility. In fact, in contrast to Mr. Moore's accusations, Lockheed Martin does care about other countries and they are actually currently part of the effort to fund Japan while Japan is in crisis. Anyone who knowingly publishes false information while knowing that it is incorrect should be considered unethical and they should not be listened to. Michael Moore is known for his liberalist views as well as his biases. Therefore, I don't believe that we can truly consider any of his "findings" in Bowling for Columbine accurate. Overall, Bowling for Columbine is not so much a documentary as it is a parody against all of those who are for the second amendment and the right to bear arms. Michael Moore presents himself in an unethical fashion and anyone who knows anything about the issues he is discussing realizes his mistakes. Bowling for Columbine is a non-fiction comedy made out to be a documentary.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Are there different types of psychopaths?
In class lately we have been disscussing that Eric was a psychopath; however, my question is, How many psychopaths are out there and are there different types of psychopaths that feel different emotions?
I researched my questions and discovered that psychopaths are similar to conciensious people in that they are all different. Some are motivated by blood and power such as Eric was, and others are motivated by success in a job. However, their erie ability to not be discovered for what they are makes it difficult to identify and study a psychopath. I found out that 4% of the world's population is; to some extent, a psychopath. That means 4 in every 100 people have some sort of psychopathy. It has been researched that people in politics might have a rather large ratio of psychopaths versus normal, concientious people. If you think about that, that almost makes sense. Politicians are steriotyped as being unremorsefull human beings with absolutely no worry about what happens to their opponent. The amount of psychopaths in politics would help to create this steriotype. From my reading it seems that there are many different grades of psychopathic behavior but they all stem from the same lack of concience. Some scientists argue that psychopaths should be classified as a different type of human. Psychopaths seem to realize that something is wrong with them and they know that the difference is their emotional status compared to the rest of society. However, psychopaths do not feel the need to conform, they see no reason to change themselves. That does make it interesting that psychopaths do tend to act like they conform but in actuallity, they simply inspire trust or "friendship" in other people to get what they want. The act of friendship may not be a conformity but rather a strategy of getting what they want. Overall, the average psychopath has no feelings and they tend to be either criminals or very successful people. The successful people are known for their easy way that they cope with emotional problems. The criminals are simply written off as psychopaths and left alone. Psychopaths are out there and they are prominent in society, they affect people's lives both directly and indirectly. This and the fact that they hide their psychopathy is what makes them so dangerous and frightening.
I researched my questions and discovered that psychopaths are similar to conciensious people in that they are all different. Some are motivated by blood and power such as Eric was, and others are motivated by success in a job. However, their erie ability to not be discovered for what they are makes it difficult to identify and study a psychopath. I found out that 4% of the world's population is; to some extent, a psychopath. That means 4 in every 100 people have some sort of psychopathy. It has been researched that people in politics might have a rather large ratio of psychopaths versus normal, concientious people. If you think about that, that almost makes sense. Politicians are steriotyped as being unremorsefull human beings with absolutely no worry about what happens to their opponent. The amount of psychopaths in politics would help to create this steriotype. From my reading it seems that there are many different grades of psychopathic behavior but they all stem from the same lack of concience. Some scientists argue that psychopaths should be classified as a different type of human. Psychopaths seem to realize that something is wrong with them and they know that the difference is their emotional status compared to the rest of society. However, psychopaths do not feel the need to conform, they see no reason to change themselves. That does make it interesting that psychopaths do tend to act like they conform but in actuallity, they simply inspire trust or "friendship" in other people to get what they want. The act of friendship may not be a conformity but rather a strategy of getting what they want. Overall, the average psychopath has no feelings and they tend to be either criminals or very successful people. The successful people are known for their easy way that they cope with emotional problems. The criminals are simply written off as psychopaths and left alone. Psychopaths are out there and they are prominent in society, they affect people's lives both directly and indirectly. This and the fact that they hide their psychopathy is what makes them so dangerous and frightening.
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