(January 7, 2017 at 11:13 am)Brian37 Wrote:(January 7, 2017 at 10:36 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Sounds like excuses to me.
Bullshit
Understanding human behavior from a psychological perspective IS NOT excuse making. Just like if you beat the shit out of a kid as a parent growing up it is very far more likely to become an adult who will do that to their own kids. It is also why we know that both child molestation and sexual assault of adults are both crimes of opportunity and not sexual preference. Those teens did not do it because they were black, they did it for the same reasons I did destructive things.
You subject any human or group of humans to similar conditions our actions on average are going to look similar. Any psychiatrist or psychologist can tell you that toddlers not subject to the sell of tribalism of the parents, if left in a room together with no indoctrination, will form their own social structures.
Still excuses for the individual(s) not to know right from wrong. Or is it that they did know, but didn't care?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.