Why did German Citizens claim Ignorance of the Truth? - You know what I found really amazing about that movie/show is that it actually is based on a real life event. Thank goodness that girl was connected enough to her heart to realize something didn't feel right, and then thank goodness her old boyfrie

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The Wave

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4689717947890475769&q=THE+WAVE&pr=goog-sl

Enactment of a class experiment that dramatized how Americans could unknowingly embrace Nazism. Excellent.

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http://www.freedom-force.org/videos/video.cfm?&player=2-1-05freedomforce

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Thanks for that NeoRayden. I remember seeing that when younger; good refresher.

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With me being 25 I came along a year to late to see that one. Today was the first time I saw this movie and it is really good. I think this is what helped trigger the tin foil hat brigade movement in the 80's lol.

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You know what I found really amazing about that movie/show is that it actually is based on a real life event.
Thank goodness that girl was connected enough to her heart to realize something didn't feel right, and then thank goodness her old boyfriend realized how deep he was after throwing her to the ground (also that the teacher was able to snap out of it). I think that that is how many people grow, that is they themselves do something that they realize is against their nature, then change. However, I think that natural healing process can and does backfire when others think they have to 'make' another learn a lesson by punitive actions/punishment, which is one reason why our society is sooo backwards.
A recent example, the young man that killed 9 people (I think that #'s right) in the mall yesterday or the day before, was labeled as 'troubled'. Also, that guy 'Cho' that killed a bunch of people in I believe a university. When someone is labeled as 'troubled' 1. it is a self-fulfilling prophesy, and 2. why don't people run to give that being support, empathy, nurturance, ... instead of punishing them by ignoring them, making diagnosis on their behavior as if they are damaged in some way, etc. .... Like someone once said (something like), ' If you want a plant that is a bit sick to grow better, what do you do, do you ignore it, not water it, hit it? or do you nurture it, and attend to it's needs?'
I believe a lot of it has to do with language people use. Think about all the labels in the news everyday, 'detainees, terrorists, insurgents, .....'