Game.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88e-dnnon4s
Last moments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0HzMOT4nc
Do not know what happened to them. They are now copied.
Safebyahare wrote:Game.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88e-dnnon4s
Last moments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0HzMOT4nc
Do not know what happened to them. They are now copied.
blackwidow wrote: As I stated before there have been tons of experiments that ordinary, good, moral, upstanding people fall victim to misguided obedience to authority figures. That's why I asked that question.
DunninLA wrote:blackwidow wrote: As I stated before there have been tons of experiments that ordinary, good, moral, upstanding people fall victim to misguided obedience to authority figures. That's why I asked that question.
The famous experiment that brought this to light was the early '70s experiment by Phil Zimbardo at Stanford, which is now called the "Stanford Prison Experiment". Stanford students were ordered to give electric shocks of increasing intensity to a prisoner on the other side of a partition if the prisoner lied to the examiner. Screams, moans, etc. but the Stanford students still pressed the button to issue the electric shock.
Too bad TCS didn't have someone like Lt. Kaffee to question Mel...
TCS: *Coach Mel, did you order the beaning?*
Mel: You want answers?
TCS: I think we're entitled to.
Mel: *You want answers?*
TCS: *We want the truth!*
Mel: *You can't handle the truth!*
[pauses]
Mel: Son, we work in an industry that has egos, and those egos have to be protected by men with guts. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Travis? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the umpire, and you curse the coaches. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That umpire's beaning, while tragic, probably saved egos. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves egos. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that field, you need me on that field. We use words like honor, commitment, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent coaching players. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who profits from the very teams that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I coach them. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up some players and coach a team. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
TCS: Did you order the beaning?
Mel: I did the job I...
TCS: *Did you order the beaning?*
Mel: *You're Goddamn right I did!*