[shakespear1]

Before you jump to the conclusion that this is a topic about the death process let me just say "NO IT IS NOT".

I saw the documentary last night on cable and thought it was brilliant. The power of WORDS is greater than we realize. Watch the film to understand why.

More about this documentary and the hypothesis that our fear of death motivates human violence and antisocial behavior can be found here,

Film review

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'The movie, narrated by Gabriel Byrne, has won recognition at a number of film festivals, including the audience choice for best documentary at the Beverly Hills Film Festival last May. Like "Bowling for Columbine," to which it has been likened by some festival attendees, it takes on the issue of how fear motivates violence.')

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Men argue, nature acts !
Voltaire

"PATRIOTISM," SAID Dr. Samuel Johnson over 200 years ago, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

[wisconsin_cur]

And it is available at Netflix. I just moved it to the top of my queue since it is a few weeks until any other movie that I want to see is released.

[shakespear1]

Something interesting is found here

Violance

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of religion, despite the 19th-century American founder of psychology,
William James, devoting a great deal of energy to the subject.

"Most psychologists have no idea why two people who are probably
equally religious -- the Dalai Lama and Osama bin Laden -- could end
up being so different, with one teaching peace and one preaching
violence," he says.

With his grant, Norenzayan plans to make his first trip to Lebanon
since he left at age 18. He'll explore more deeply the impression he
developed as a young man in the war-torn country that spiritual
beliefs can be exploited by leaders to foment aggression against
outsiders.')

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', 'S')omething interesting is found here

Violance

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'A typical psychology textbook, he says, contains virtually no mention
of religion, despite the 19th-century American founder of psychology,
William James, devoting a great deal of energy to the subject.

"Most psychologists have no idea why two people who are probably
equally religious -- the Dalai Lama and Osama bin Laden -- could end
up being so different, with one teaching peace and one preaching
violence," he says.

With his grant, Norenzayan plans to make his first trip to Lebanon
since he left at age 18. He'll explore more deeply the impression he
developed as a young man in the war-torn country that spiritual
beliefs can be exploited by leaders to foment aggression against
outsiders.')

[shakespear1]

If you see the movie or read on this subject you will see that an empirical approach has been taken to try to understand how fear of death is related to violent behavior.

Thus in this case there is hard data to buttress this hypothesis.

[evilgenius]

Well, that explains a lot of the Obama phenomenon. I like Obama too, but I am very suspicious of other's motivations. Maybe it is a lot of misdirected denial about the condition of America, in other words, rather than a genuine turning that has brought America to Obama's camp. They like Obama too, but they might not really get along with what he will do if he becomes president.

I am of the opinion that America got George Bush because he was perfect for them. Now that America's own nature has betrayed its suicide by self-indulgence inner core they claim to want something else. Obama had better perform from the start without error, should he be given the job, or the real nature of America might decide to make a comeback.

If the going gets too tough I think America would rather go back to committing suicide the self-delusional, self-indulgent way than change for the better.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', 'I')f you see the movie or read on this subject you will see that an empirical approach has been taken to try to understand how fear of death is related to violent behavior.

Thus in this case there is hard data to buttress this hypothesis.

[smallpoxgirl]

Looks like a phenomenal movie. I just ordered a copy.