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Entries Tagged as ‘Crime’
January 28, 2010
Amish transcendentalism
Went to an inner-west party recently where late-night discussion turned to Thoreau and Emerson, rebellious utopian 19th-century communes, and Amish transcendentalism. What keeps Amish society together? (from here) Transcendence: making the individual feel like an integral part of the larger organisation. Persecution strengthens bonds. Hostility from outside world increases unity. “Worldy” people are thrown out. [...]
October 4, 2009
Police are spying on us
David Mutton, who was the NSW Police’s chief psychologist for 11 years, is now a lecturer at UWS in forensic psychology. “Crime pays,” he said, conceding he’d made a good living out of it. He was speaking at the Dangerous Ideas conference at the Sydney Opera House. Mutton said that most people think it’s OK [...]
August 30, 2009
Kidnapper Phillip Garrido: blog
http://voicesrevealed.blogspot.com/ From the comments: ‘How many times does it take a sex offender to kidnap and rape girls before they figure out they shouldn’t put them back on the streets? He handcuffed and tied a girl up in a warehouse 40 yrs ago!! Hello? Apparently prison did not rehabilitate this predator. And who were the [...]
