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Everytime I watch/read something to do with the diffusion of responsibility it does make me cringe. I suppose the hope is that if enough people know about these tendencies it can reduce the chances of it happening again. As for who people listen to and being the lead social "person" often requires persuassion there are many factors which play into it. There credibility, trustworthiness, attractiveness, similarity, wether or not whats being said impacts the audiance directly (often why as John put it 'girl bitching') all of these and I'm sure ive forgotten a couple play into the alpha male/female of the group being created.

To me a person is simply the collection of their subjective experiance on this planet. Yes to some extent genes have an influance on a persons natural ability but we've long since moved past the nature v nurture debate at least in psychology. As for why we miss treat each other I hold alot of worth to the idea that people project their own insecurities or short comings onto others to divert away from their own inadequacy. People who have been mistreated by others previously will also (not always) want to experiance what it felt like to be the one doing the mistreating as a means of experiancing power. As for what I dislike, I've never liked the whole say something behind a person's back/gossip thing some people enjoy doing. If you have an issue tell it to the person, more often then not it can be resolved.

This is borderline literary torture and for the record this has to be a new cliffhanger record with the Trevor/Shane situation. Enjoyed Shane's mini story/prank, bit worried that Trevor is gonna end up having to think about the pirates alot.... causing a flashback and him having a panic attack in the water. This then leads to Shane having to resuce him giving mouth to mouth and well i'll leave the rest to you .

I have to agree with 30 also I certainly would not see myself as old but no longer would I think I was young. I dont even see 30 as middle aged, its just an interesting period between young and the dreaded 40 were everything stops working if comedys will have you believe.

Went through a few interests, when I was 5 I wanted to be a power ranger, so my parents got me a costume and I would often leap in the air & off high objects. This stopped when I changed my mind to be police man, then at 9-11 I wanted to be an accountant God only knows why. During my early teens I didn't realy have something I wanted to do, at 14 I became interested in forensic work because I thought the job looked cool on a show called 'Waking the Dead' which we had over here. Then I finally found psychology at A-level read around the subject and found my calling, therapy work.

I imagine this topic must of come up before but I read this story and it put such a smile on my face. http://www.azcentral...ids.html?page=1 I have often asked myself if I could adopt, were I stand at the moment is well no. For me currently I cannot honestly say with full conviction that I would love an adopted child as much as my own.

As far as I am aware it was cultural leanings influancing the art fashion of the time, large penises were meant to be comical rather something to be displayed on a statue. From a concious or unconcious point of view, I imagine it could of been done to ensure the males of the time did not feel of a smaller stature compared to a work of art.

I cant pick anyone to be killed, yeh I could pick characters who are not the main characters but it would be meaningless to me. As much as I dont want anyone to die, Marks never been one for pulling punches, many characters over the saga have died, be it in war, accidents, murder. The date in question as we all know was the first major catalyst in the 21st century to change the course of history. It is for this reason as its all unfolding I see anything as a possibility, remember this is not your average family. Jets can be called on a whim, tutors hired for children if somethings happening in New York that Stef wants everyone to see. I'm guessing of course, but we've still a way to go yet till 9/11 judging by the pace, who knows what may happen as a precursor to the event. The only parallel I can think of to compare the direction this could go is JK Rowling (yes I know witches and wizards are slightly different). She was going to Kill Arthur Weasley but gave him a last minute reprieve and instead killed Remus and Tonks. It is the only thing I think she did wrong, Arthur's death would of given Ron a more visceral reason to fight which would of worked brilliantly in the novels, but I think big profits through the movies won in the end. I hope I got the point I was going for across

Tipdin I can fully understand your reasoning especially in regard to wanting children, I do want to be a father and I know its not going to be as straight forward (pun intented) as it could be. If I am honest with myself and I was born 50/60 years ago I dont think I could of been on the front lines of fighting for gay rights and certainly wouldn't be who I am today. Its easier for me to take up the torch so to speak with the ground work done now, feel confident to say who I am to anyone and speak about gay rights & current inequalities we still face. Its vital to remember the forerunners who have allowed it all though so thank you, your story well realy got to me.

Normaly I find myself at odds with fiction set in the past as I know whats coming as it has to follow certain set frameworks in recorded history. I've yet to feel that with any of the Granger stories, and when I think how can the quality be kept so consistent for so long you manage chapter after chapter. I certainly needed a revision break so thank you, I also got a laugh from it to, just as the cabin scene was going to start my laptop died and had to recharge it....

I agree that we are from a very early age conditioned through operant conditioning & in some cases this may even mean chastisement. The adult world conditions through social stigma, law, social standing etc but this training to behave in a certain way does not remove freewill because you only have to look at the world to see they are not all mad men. You are right in that by examing an individuals habits through longitudinal means you can attain a prediction but never know with certainty. I understand however why you wish to talk about an informed conscious action rather then freewill due to the nature of our previous learnt experiances. I think we differ on our meaning of freewill, I know I am conditioned not to steal or be disobedient to my mothers but the choice for me to do so especially the latter has occured and may again occur in the future. It is this possibility to act differently no matter how small and regardless of conditioning which gives freewill in my opinion, its all relative these definitions. I do not think anyone has been alive however with your view of freewill, free from all forms of conditioning or social restraint. A person without that would have no connection to anyone or anything and even though it may sound they could do as they please I would imagine their wouldnt be anything which pleases them because even personal gratification means conditioning on some level. I also still stand by the necessity of freewill for moral accountability. In regard to being gay well I will admit to being a slight biological determinist, Its as much a part of me biologically as say my cognitive abiity, It would not matter if I lived to be 300 there would be a ceiling on how much I could develop what I know. Edit: Yes I am aware of Asch's conformity experiments, and the fact no scientific research has confirmed freewill without influance from society or biology of our brains.

But we can choose to not eat daily e.g. fasting or a protest. An individuals routine from the past does not mean they will do the same thing in the future 100% it is a high probability I will eat tommorow or enjoy some vodka being saterday but I may not. In terms of emotional obligations to someone these can still be said no to if you wanted to. Accepting work you dont like for money however is just part of the social contact you have agreed to, people pick up and leave and do anything they want out of the blue everyday in society. I agree the majority of people are social animals but some people naturally are withdrawn or shy or some choose no human contact at all.

We have no choice but to have free will. The choice of actions we can make are limited and influanced by other individuals but they themselves made their choices because of their free will. I know it almost sounds like I am making an argument for determinism however at any point in the chain of events you or I can go off on a tangent in principle and alter the course. If you claim you cannot alter the course then the whole of society realy wouldnt work. Not only does it become a self-fulfilling prophecy, you didnt choose to go down a new path it was a predetermined anyway which I've always thought was a very weak argument in philosophy and various other feilds. It means no one is responcible for their own actions which is the foundation for the majority of the worlds judiciary. How can those be punished who are not compus mentis, they could justify insanity if they had no control over their actions, it would also stretch into civil proceedings to. In addition morality becomes an issue without freewill, the state of various countries globally, I also imagine it would do even more damage to people who have to suffer at the hands of abuse. There is more but as this is only a preliminary I'll wait for that $10 exchanged in to sterling because alot of people love philosophy. Edit: Beat me by one minute!

http://youtu.be/HtDdb4-wlzA This sums it all up realy, it can be hard to find but in the end its always worth it because Love is all you need. (yes food,water and shelter help but they are normally part of Love anyway)

Its a stereotype but come on people someone had to design those fur boots, fur chest peices with the leather pelt loin cloth from some big cat. Considering what we had to work with back then we made it work.

We have a ginger cat called Jasmine & my two younger brothers who despite being over the age of 13 still act like animals now and again

More humor then anything else but do enjoy John Lennon's version to.

The highlight for me was very much the conversation between Robbie & Wil. I also feel slightly at odds over Gathan & Stef but I know I am a bit of a prude so perhaps thats more my issue, I know that when I have children I would not want such a huge age gap in their sexual partners but Mark has yet to produce anything but fantastic work so I trust him.

I fear I fall into DragonFire's catergory. Even though Its not on a stage or a pub, just with freinds I do need the words on a laptop or know the song very well. I may be tone deaf but the Beatles, Queen, Beach Boys, Annie Lenox, Abba, Pet shop boys, Coldplay to name only a few have all fallen victim to me alone or with others.

Ok that chapter + 5:36am + vodka does not make for safe reading you worried the life out of me!!!!!!!!!! I understand its April fools day but technically I read it on the 2nd, just not fair =D

As it only happens once every couple of months does anything unusually stressful coincide with its onset or just out of the blue?

If I know for sure I'm gonna have just one of those nights when I cant sleep, I'll always try to physically exhaust myself just so my brain switches off. That works 80% of the time, the problems begin when I dont know its round the corner and I do just have to wait for sleep to come. Mine often come in small bouts though due to moving between home/uni at holidays or odd weekend. Would you say the time periods between the incidents for you make it more acute insomnia or are they such small gaps of restbite its chronic?

Its simply an anagram of my name - the V2 part is well, I made an old account but forgot the email adress I used so sign up with so made a new one.

I doubt this is even an Inadvertent Insult much more of an odd compliment... I had never been told I was glowing before but a freind comes up to me, she puts her hands on my humerus's and goes "you your glowing whats happened" so I stand there bemused and she continues "If you were a girl I'd swear you were pregnant, whats happened". So I honestly say nothings changed and then think well do I walk around looking morose, I dont think I do but it was the novelty of it all in the middle of the entrance block to our psychology department.

To be honest this is the first time I have even heard the phrase used (sheltered life), I think of them just as I would any other freind. The cliché comment did make me laugh though a group of us where watching kick-ass a few weeks ago and one of the characters goes " Everyone should have a freind like you Dave" (or something like that) at which point me and the only girl with us both tilted our heads, huge grins and started laughing. I dont think its a true cliché but I see how it could be. I do know that I cant stand cloths shopping and the only reason my wardrobe ever changes is thanks to my female freinds because I force myself to get something new whenever I'm required for heavy lifting