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 Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:15 pm
did it come up in evaloution?is it just the way things are?dose it happen in childhood????
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:33 pm
I think it has to do with their upbringing. Their parents have a big effect on the child.
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:42 pm
It's because of evolution. For years, and years this universe has faced intolerance, and racism, and it had been brought out moreso in the last 50 years or so, because of the high amounts of conservative views(anti-gay, very racist basically), and many parents bring up there kids to there views. As you know this is changing a lot, and this is because of the "new age". The new age started around 1989(not from an article, if it is i apologise for taking notion, but i thought of it myself), anyways...it started in 1989 to around 1990, and has escalated from there, the people from the year 1989+ have been very well adjusted to the ways of social society, like homosexuality, and this is because more, and more people are witnessing this homosexuality, and are socializing with it(the new age no longer brings fear and shame for some).
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:53 am
Can we please define 'cruelty'?
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:17 pm
I've heard many theories that state it's an evolutionary thing. I think that agression is a part of life-animals must utilize it, and even children in Kindergarden can be cruel. I believe that without it we'd probably not be sucessful-agression in all forms means we can eat, compete for the necissary resources. It's obvious that most who are abused, mentally or physically have trauma from that; some even go on to be abusers. But, not all. This suggests that they may have become familliar with agression, and not as sensitive to it. However, there are those, like me, who eventually recognize that they may be another part of an abusive chain and have to STOP, now. It's a complex answer; but I believe agression is a normal function of the psyche. Hope that helped....
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:06 pm
Sorry I may not know psychology and if you want yell at me for being wrong, go ahead, but it might be popularity. If the people we think are 'popular' think someone is an outcast, others will treat them differently. This can start out early or later.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:47 pm
Not all humans are cruel. I think it's an equal balance between how you were raised, and who you were raised around. As a child you have an increased chance to pick up the actions your parents do such as beating. If you are beat, you are more likely to beat your own child, but this is not true for all. Also, if the people you were around treated you badly (family, friends, etc) you are more likely to have a built up anger and vent it in negative ways. I don't think it has anything to do with the times because some people are still stuck in different decades and have not "evolved" in that sense. It really depends on what you were raised around that will determine your actions.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:24 pm
Starlock Can we please define 'cruelty'? Well,'cruelty' in general is demeaing someone in anyway possible. In my opinion,as I have observed,we grow-up into it.Adults tend to have agression,more so then children,because of the everyday stresses.And as we are told from an early age to always listen and do as we're told that adults know more than ,we, children. So at an early age when we begin to observe adult behavior,we seem to 'mirror' adult behavior and we start to believe 'If our parents do it,it's okay' than as we begin to start the teenage era,we start to have developed a 'routine' out of it and we are used to it by then to demean each other. Also it's because we feel threatened by others at times and we need away to make ourselves superior. _____________________________________________________________ But in this question,I have another.We are told that it's bad to judge.That it's wrong to judge people etc. But yet when you ask 'Why do we do it?' you get the answer,'Because it's human nature'.So I must ask,is human nature wrong then?
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:15 pm
Honestly, I think that cruelty is both taught and innate.
I know people who were the nicest people in the world until one day, something tramatic happened and they all turned sour. Then again, there are those who seem to be mean from birth, tearing toys, yelling at people, etc.
But I strongly believe behavior, good or bad, is taught by both parents and society.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:40 am
dameonmac5918 But I strongly believe behavior, good or bad, is taught by both parents and society. I agree 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:43 pm
Winter_Equinox dameonmac5918 But I strongly believe behavior, good or bad, is taught by both parents and society. I agree 3nodding I think this is wrong. It may be the case in comonplace, but speaking from experience: I have experienced cruelty from both my upbringing and seociety. This has caused me to first become depressed and then to rebel into something better. I hate the way the world is going in every way and seek to better myself, and if possible, convince others too as well. It is easy to think that a person is nothing more than a sum total of thier experience, but i think there must be more too it than that else i would be a bitter and twised person.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:36 pm
ElBristow Winter_Equinox dameonmac5918 But I strongly believe behavior, good or bad, is taught by both parents and society. I agree 3nodding I think this is wrong. It may be the case in comonplace, but speaking from experience: I have experienced cruelty from both my upbringing and seociety. This has caused me to first become depressed and then to rebel into something better. I hate the way the world is going in every way and seek to better myself, and if possible, convince others too as well. It is easy to think that a person is nothing more than a sum total of thier experience, but i think there must be more too it than that else i would be a bitter and twised person. I believe the missing piece of the puzzle are the decisions you make in life.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:55 pm
this is true...in th end I think we can safley agree that this timely old question is answered by many theories,not anyone of them being a certain answer.
In short humans are complicated (their feeling process that is)
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:10 am
Lets start with anger, which is more of a basic primal response when threatened in some way or another. The aggression is useful as a defense mechanism in that sense.
Cruelty is more a sentient thing, where the ego and one's experiences have built up to a level where they're always that bit threatened / afraid, even if they don't realize it.
Civilization, as I'm sure you've all realized, is not a civilized place. We still use violence as legitimate recourse to solve problems, all the way up to the governing bodies of our respective countries.
In school, in religion, at home, we're taught what to think, not how to think for our selfs. As it most prominent with respect to religion in my own experience is the strongest example, of how quickly and likely people may become agitated, aggressive, and unpleasant when their views are challenged.
... I think I only said half of my thought ... anyone see where I was heading with this? ...
[second wind]
If there was more emphasis on free thinking, how to develop and analyze a situation objectively, instead learning at home that things are always unfair 'because parents said so', and drugs are bad 'because government said so', and you'll burn in hell for not practicing celibacy 'because god said so'. Teach people to think for them selfs, don't give them directives, teach people by example that you get further in life not by being an a** hole. (yes, pleasantly colloquial)
Cruelty is misplaced and bottled up anger in someone that can't figure out how to deal with it properly. The best we can do it not let those feelings build up in the first place, the least we should be doing is making sure people know how to diffuse themselfs in a safe and personal manner.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:22 pm
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