Annals of the Obvious
Aug. 26th, 2014 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rinueFrom today's Wall Street Journal...
("Scientists Question When Deception is OK; Ethical Uncertainty in Varying Degrees," Shirley S. Wang. In other words, an article not remotely about Ferguson, MO.)
It's amazing to me that this still isn't common sense, even without (ample) research. Of course a threat display to assert territorial ownership of shared public space would provoke a reciprocal threat display.
I suppose there are people who don't accept that humans are apes. (Hooray for Hominidae!) But one should still grasp the relevant principle. I'm a nonviolent person, but if somebody menacing stands too close to me in a space I don't want to leave, I'm going to do my best to knock them down.
Not your sidewalk, shieldface. Not your sidewalk.
"The researchers found that soccer crowds were more likely to become disorderly when there was a "high-profile" show of force by police, such as when they dressed in riot gear. It was more effective when police engaged in friendly conversation with the crowd.
These research insights led to more training in the "friendly but firm" approach, which was used by the Portugese police in 2004 at the European Championship."
("Scientists Question When Deception is OK; Ethical Uncertainty in Varying Degrees," Shirley S. Wang. In other words, an article not remotely about Ferguson, MO.)
It's amazing to me that this still isn't common sense, even without (ample) research. Of course a threat display to assert territorial ownership of shared public space would provoke a reciprocal threat display.
I suppose there are people who don't accept that humans are apes. (Hooray for Hominidae!) But one should still grasp the relevant principle. I'm a nonviolent person, but if somebody menacing stands too close to me in a space I don't want to leave, I'm going to do my best to knock them down.
Not your sidewalk, shieldface. Not your sidewalk.
