Comments on: The Paradox of Power and Perception http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/04/the-paradox-of-power-and-perception/ culture, politics and spirituality Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dave Cullen http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/04/the-paradox-of-power-and-perception/#comment-83616 Dave Cullen Sun, 06 May 2007 01:16:13 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/04/the-paradox-of-power-and-perception/#comment-83616 Hi Arlene. Thanks for noticing my work. I'm looking forward to moving on to other subjects again, but I do like to immerse myself. You did find the two common threads among these shooters: all male, and nearly all faced some perceived sense of loss, typically a humiliation. It's definitely in the perception, though. Why do some people feel intense humiliation, where others can shrug it off. There has been so much fist-waving at the Harris and Klebold parents for not being harder on their kids. But it appears that the real problem is usually something very different than that: an underdeveloped sense of their own innate confidence, or self-worth. (Although Eric Harris is kind of the exception--to just about everything with these killers. There are always outliers, and I'm afraid he's it.) Hi Arlene. Thanks for noticing my work. I’m looking forward to moving on to other subjects again, but I do like to immerse myself.

You did find the two common threads among these shooters: all male, and nearly all faced some perceived sense of loss, typically a humiliation. It’s definitely in the perception, though. Why do some people feel intense humiliation, where others can shrug it off. There has been so much fist-waving at the Harris and Klebold parents for not being harder on their kids. But it appears that the real problem is usually something very different than that: an underdeveloped sense of their own innate confidence, or self-worth. (Although Eric Harris is kind of the exception–to just about everything with these killers. There are always outliers, and I’m afraid he’s it.)

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