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To: markomalley

It’s easy to understand how Hitler was able to recruit concentration camp personnel.
Give some people a badge and some authority over others, and they cease to be human.


4 posted on 11/19/2010 8:38:15 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: kittymyrib
Give some people a badge and some authority over others, and they cease to be human.

Read about the Milgram Experiment, if you are not familiar with it.

ML/NJ

19 posted on 11/19/2010 8:56:05 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: kittymyrib

>> It’s easy to understand how Hitler was able to recruit concentration camp personnel.

Indeed. An important point when the political cross-hairs are incorrectly pointed at the agents. People need to turn their attention to DC and demand this shit stop!


75 posted on 11/19/2010 11:50:09 AM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: kittymyrib
It’s easy to understand how Hitler was able to recruit concentration camp personnel. Give some people a badge and some authority over others, and they cease to be human.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

87 posted on 11/19/2010 3:16:58 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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