Comments on: Bad Apples & Bad Barrels

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:34:26 +0000

My mother-in-law is a detention officer at the county jail and was a state correction officer before that. SHe is just the opposite of those few (bad apples) at Abu-Ghraib. One of the inmates was recently released that lived in my neigborhood. He had found out by my mother-in-law that I lived near him and that she was a frequent guest. He came over looking for her because he wanted to thank her for being nice to him and for bringing him snacks from the canteen. I definitely think that there are genetic aspects involved as well as social aspects that contribute into why people commit crime. It’s not a nature vs. nurture, it’s both. BTK had a very normal child hood and life. Anti-social or sociopathic tendencies are definitely genetic.

By: Gene Densmore

Gene Densmore — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:49:47 +0000

I like the line from “Chinatown”: ‘Given the right circumstances, anyone is capable of anything.’

By: Andrew Gould

Andrew Gould — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:15:17 +0000

I found “The Lucifer Effect” very difficult to read. But difficult though it was, I am very glad I read it and I’m happy to recommend it to anyone. There’s a new prison being built nearby, and I would like if possible to donate a copy of this book to the prison library.

By: Morgan-LynnGriggs Lamberth[skeptic griggsy]

Morgan-LynnGriggs Lamberth[skeptic griggsy] — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:04:42 +0000

This book and
The Myth of Self-Esteeem” and ‘The Reason-Driven Life” and ‘Forbidden Fruit” are must reads on humaanist morality. When theists reason rightly, they use our morality rather than that of ignorant men of yore. This is inverse to their silly claim that we live off theirs.
Yes, that is the banality of evil!