Re: nbc Jeff Jacoby on the looters nbc

In article <Yogi-64E07D.12073104092005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ruth <Yogi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <1125850161.135943.186240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Joe" <obri6133@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > An on-target article by Jeff Jacoby. Anyone familiar with the work of
> > Elijan Anderson, a sociologist at UofP, knows that he writes of two
> > kinds of people who inhabit the poorest areas of our cities, the decent
> > people and the street people. Viktor Frankl calls them the decent
> > people and the indecent people. I'd rather keep it simple and call them
> > the good and the bad.
>
> That has always seemed way too simplistic a division for me. Especially
> as we learn more and more about the workings of the human brain. So much
> goes into what makes a person behave the way he or she does. We find out
> more every day.
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for example .. and this cite is the result of about three seconds of
googling effort ( there is a ton of info out there)....

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050710201243.htm

and this is a very small part of research that is ongoing on many
aspects of human behavior. If I could start again, and if I had the
math/science skills I would consider a career in neurology or a related
field. For more information, enjoyable to read, see anything written by
Oliver Sacks.

Oh, and by the way, has anyone here read The Speed Of Dark? Really
interesting and wonderful speculative fiction about a man with Autism
written by the mother of an autistic teenager. Lovely book.
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