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		<title>By: Nosheen</title>
		<link>http://www.reasonforliberty.com/current-affairs/the-crowd-mentality-and-terrorism.html#comment-1410</link>
		<dc:creator>Nosheen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Terrorism like any other vice is created by society and is a result of extremism and fanatic thinking which conditions the minds of vulnerable adn susceptible human beings. I think it is conditioning of mentality rather than herd mentality because today in the capitalist world the mentaility in its generic manifestation is that of a n insensitive and indifferent...not enough to actually break the inertia of inaction</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Terrorism like any other vice is created by society and is a result of extremism and fanatic thinking which conditions the minds of vulnerable adn susceptible human beings. I think it is conditioning of mentality rather than herd mentality because today in the capitalist world the mentaility in its generic manifestation is that of a n insensitive and indifferent&#8230;not enough to actually break the inertia of inaction</p>
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		<title>By: Unpretentious Diva</title>
		<link>http://www.reasonforliberty.com/current-affairs/the-crowd-mentality-and-terrorism.html#comment-1409</link>
		<dc:creator>Unpretentious Diva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Are you sure the Malegaon blast accused are the guilty ones?

&lt;/em&gt;When did I claimed that?
I never said they are guilty or not, I mentioned them as accused.
And are you saying that Indian judicial system is free from corruption? I know there are possibilities that both Pragya and the officer will come out of the accusations, there are many loppholes in indian judicial web. it is not a big task for the Saffron gang goons to get their mates out.


&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;May I suggest that you do a great disservice to your own intellect by generalising and equating matters that are not equal at all. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are you suffering from the crowd mentality yourself- of going along with the media crowd to revile anything and everything Hindu ?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Lol, and what makes you say that?
Where am I blaming Hinduism or islamism?

Both are collectivist in nature and both are culprit. Do i need to even look for media coverage for anything about that?

Am I not aware of DaraSingh episode and Advani&#039;s episode of Ayodhya?
or am I not living in India to see myself how the fanatcis like you do act?
Wasn&#039;t I suffering being a girl of a Hindu family the attrocities and madness of bajrang Dal when a Sindhi girl decided to marry a muslim and bajrang Dal started threatening every Hindu girl of Bhopal city?

Anyways, it is good that you do consider the crowd mentality as wrong. it is different thing that being a hypocrite you won&#039;t change your ways of enjoying the cult.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Are you sure the Malegaon blast accused are the guilty ones?</p>
<p></em>When did I claimed that?<br />
I never said they are guilty or not, I mentioned them as accused.<br />
And are you saying that Indian judicial system is free from corruption? I know there are possibilities that both Pragya and the officer will come out of the accusations, there are many loppholes in indian judicial web. it is not a big task for the Saffron gang goons to get their mates out.</p>
<p><em>May I suggest that you do a great disservice to your own intellect by generalising and equating matters that are not equal at all. </em></p>
<p><em>Are you suffering from the crowd mentality yourself- of going along with the media crowd to revile anything and everything Hindu ?</em></p>
<p>Lol, and what makes you say that?<br />
Where am I blaming Hinduism or islamism?</p>
<p>Both are collectivist in nature and both are culprit. Do i need to even look for media coverage for anything about that?</p>
<p>Am I not aware of DaraSingh episode and Advani&#8217;s episode of Ayodhya?<br />
or am I not living in India to see myself how the fanatcis like you do act?<br />
Wasn&#8217;t I suffering being a girl of a Hindu family the attrocities and madness of bajrang Dal when a Sindhi girl decided to marry a muslim and bajrang Dal started threatening every Hindu girl of Bhopal city?</p>
<p>Anyways, it is good that you do consider the crowd mentality as wrong. it is different thing that being a hypocrite you won&#8217;t change your ways of enjoying the cult.</p>
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		<title>By: Incognito</title>
		<link>http://www.reasonforliberty.com/current-affairs/the-crowd-mentality-and-terrorism.html#comment-1408</link>
		<dc:creator>Incognito</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you sure the Malegaon blast accused are the guilty ones?

Kasab has accepted his crime, and besides, he was caught red-handed.
However, the Sadhvi and the Army Officer have not accepted their crime...
Sadhvi is accused to have once possessed the bike used in the blast- which she had sold off four years back. And the Army Officer was said to have created bomb blast in Samjhauta Exp using RDX whereas RDX was not used in the Samjhauta blast.

Perhaps its only a matter of time (although its now months since they were arrested!) before proof is made available.
Or perhaps their being a Sadhvi and Hindu Officer are reason enough to accept them as guilty...

&quot;..easily notice the important applications of psychology of all the cultists.&quot;

The important applications of psychology ... !

May I suggest that you do a great disservice to your own intellect by generalising and equating matters that are not equal at all.

Are you suffering from the crowd mentality yourself- of going along with the media crowd to revile anything and everything Hindu ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure the Malegaon blast accused are the guilty ones?</p>
<p>Kasab has accepted his crime, and besides, he was caught red-handed.<br />
However, the Sadhvi and the Army Officer have not accepted their crime&#8230;<br />
Sadhvi is accused to have once possessed the bike used in the blast- which she had sold off four years back. And the Army Officer was said to have created bomb blast in Samjhauta Exp using RDX whereas RDX was not used in the Samjhauta blast.</p>
<p>Perhaps its only a matter of time (although its now months since they were arrested!) before proof is made available.<br />
Or perhaps their being a Sadhvi and Hindu Officer are reason enough to accept them as guilty&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;..easily notice the important applications of psychology of all the cultists.&#8221;</p>
<p>The important applications of psychology &#8230; !</p>
<p>May I suggest that you do a great disservice to your own intellect by generalising and equating matters that are not equal at all.</p>
<p>Are you suffering from the crowd mentality yourself- of going along with the media crowd to revile anything and everything Hindu ?</p>
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		<title>By: Vinisha</title>
		<link>http://www.reasonforliberty.com/current-affairs/the-crowd-mentality-and-terrorism.html#comment-1407</link>
		<dc:creator>Vinisha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with the &#039;group mentality&#039; and &#039;cult&#039; theory here. But that absolutely does not make the individual less accountable. He/she did decide to join the group in the first place. 


The problem lies to a deeper level than obvious. How often does our society encourage free thought and speech? I have to be really thick-skinned to be able to say things, to be a devil&#039;s advocate and more importantly, to walk against the crowd. 


Tolerance towards individualism is limited. And not many have the guts to walk against the crowd. 


Religious extremism may be promoted in groups. But the decision or choice to accept this religious extremism even when it runs to the point of terrorism is solely an individual liability. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with the &#8216;group mentality&#8217; and &#8216;cult&#8217; theory here. But that absolutely does not make the individual less accountable. He/she did decide to join the group in the first place. </p>
<p>The problem lies to a deeper level than obvious. How often does our society encourage free thought and speech? I have to be really thick-skinned to be able to say things, to be a devil&#8217;s advocate and more importantly, to walk against the crowd. </p>
<p>Tolerance towards individualism is limited. And not many have the guts to walk against the crowd. </p>
<p>Religious extremism may be promoted in groups. But the decision or choice to accept this religious extremism even when it runs to the point of terrorism is solely an individual liability. </p>
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		<title>By: Psycho</title>
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		<dc:creator>Psycho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s got a lot to do with the psychology of the present society. Violence is seen as an acceptable means of resolving issues.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s got a lot to do with the psychology of the present society. Violence is seen as an acceptable means of resolving issues.</p>
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		<title>By: RINZU SUSAN RAJAN</title>
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		<dc:creator>RINZU SUSAN RAJAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>its ignorance to reality as u said...but is more of theoterrorism...
or terrorism for religion which in true sense is not not for religion but a brainwash of the reality and instilled sense of vehemence against a particular group...


as someone suggested u should publicise ur blog more...


people will notice ur words and actually it will make a big difference...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>its ignorance to reality as u said&#8230;but is more of theoterrorism&#8230;<br />
or terrorism for religion which in true sense is not not for religion but a brainwash of the reality and instilled sense of vehemence against a particular group&#8230;</p>
<p>as someone suggested u should publicise ur blog more&#8230;</p>
<p>people will notice ur words and actually it will make a big difference&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: The Lover</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Lover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should publicize your blog more. People need to read what you have to say. Really strong stuff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should publicize your blog more. People need to read what you have to say. Really strong stuff.</p>
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		<title>By: Chintan Patel</title>
		<link>http://www.reasonforliberty.com/current-affairs/the-crowd-mentality-and-terrorism.html#comment-1399</link>
		<dc:creator>Chintan Patel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow... yet another strong post...

Are you a journalist or something?? :P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow&#8230; yet another strong post&#8230;</p>
<p>Are you a journalist or something?? <img src='http://www.reasonforliberty.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Sagar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sagar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good one!
In today&#039;s world man has forgotten that he has power of thought, that he can think what is right and what wrong. It&#039;s really necessary to be an individualist first before joining a group, reason being the ability to think over the group&#039;s ideologies and then participating in the group&#039;s think process.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good one!<br />
In today&#8217;s world man has forgotten that he has power of thought, that he can think what is right and what wrong. It&#8217;s really necessary to be an individualist first before joining a group, reason being the ability to think over the group&#8217;s ideologies and then participating in the group&#8217;s think process.</p>
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		<title>By: sd</title>
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		<dc:creator>sd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is also indicative of a social phenomenon called &#039;group think&#039; where people in a strongly cohesive business or work team can start thinking that they are all-knowing and stop using critical and rational thinking altogether in favour of the &#039;majority verdict&#039;.

This is often disasterous for the group and the project or company relying on the group, for obvious reasons.

Another example would be the 21-year-old terrorist captured in Mumbai. According to an article on BBC World news, he was a petty thief before joining in with the militant training, at which point he was brainwashed into the fundamentalist cause. If this kid (well, really a young man) was not sure of his own path, then it seems clear that he would be swept up in the larger world of fundamentalism, where everybody around seems to move with one purpose.

I guess it just shows that even being &#039;100% educated&#039; isn&#039;t going to solve the problem of personal choice. If people choose to allow themselves to be swept up by the crowd opinion then it doesn&#039;t matter how much education you have.

It&#039;s ultimately your own strength of mind and sense of what YOU want, that has to come through, as Unpretentious states in her post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is also indicative of a social phenomenon called &#8216;group think&#8217; where people in a strongly cohesive business or work team can start thinking that they are all-knowing and stop using critical and rational thinking altogether in favour of the &#8216;majority verdict&#8217;.</p>
<p>This is often disasterous for the group and the project or company relying on the group, for obvious reasons.</p>
<p>Another example would be the 21-year-old terrorist captured in Mumbai. According to an article on BBC World news, he was a petty thief before joining in with the militant training, at which point he was brainwashed into the fundamentalist cause. If this kid (well, really a young man) was not sure of his own path, then it seems clear that he would be swept up in the larger world of fundamentalism, where everybody around seems to move with one purpose.</p>
<p>I guess it just shows that even being &#8217;100% educated&#8217; isn&#8217;t going to solve the problem of personal choice. If people choose to allow themselves to be swept up by the crowd opinion then it doesn&#8217;t matter how much education you have.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s ultimately your own strength of mind and sense of what YOU want, that has to come through, as Unpretentious states in her post.</p>
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		<title>By: Unpretentious Diva</title>
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		<dc:creator>Unpretentious Diva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;100% education is must for this. Moreover “democracy” should be practiced from school level( which rarely happens); so that others do not enforce you to follow something and that you do not get used to “follow the herd”.&lt;/blockquote&gt;



I will say Parents need to take care of providing open mindedness and democratic perceptions to their kids. It is a parental responsibility. But even for that, at least parents should be aware of the rational ways of education and teaching. One should look towards the Montessori schooling techniques and socratic methods. and yes home schooling should be allowed too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>100% education is must for this. Moreover “democracy” should be practiced from school level( which rarely happens); so that others do not enforce you to follow something and that you do not get used to “follow the herd”.</p></blockquote>
<p>I will say Parents need to take care of providing open mindedness and democratic perceptions to their kids. It is a parental responsibility. But even for that, at least parents should be aware of the rational ways of education and teaching. One should look towards the Montessori schooling techniques and socratic methods. and yes home schooling should be allowed too.</p>
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		<title>By: Mayuresh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mayuresh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;A person joining a group (political or religious or philosophical or other type) should be ready to check the facts independently and should not blindly follow the herd.&quot; - 100% education is must for this. Moreover &quot;democracy&quot; should be practiced from school level( which rarely happens); so that others do not enforce you to follow something and that you do not get used to &quot;follow the herd&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;A person joining a group (political or religious or philosophical or other type) should be ready to check the facts independently and should not blindly follow the herd.&#8221; &#8211; 100% education is must for this. Moreover &#8220;democracy&#8221; should be practiced from school level( which rarely happens); so that others do not enforce you to follow something and that you do not get used to &#8220;follow the herd&#8221;.</p>
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