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Comment on The Situation of Emotional Distress Claims by AnonymousStudent

AnonymousStudent — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:23:28 +0000

Earlier this month, a boarding school I attended as a teenager was closed due to charges made by former students detailing abuse and neglect. While I had often hoped the school would shut down, I had always felt that the details of our emotional distress would not be incriminating enough. Apparently some of my former classmates felt differently. Reading over the allegations, I can’t help but wonder if the state ultimately reacted because the charges invoked something from the physical realm (“they made us recreate scenes of sexual abuse from our past”…etc). I wonder if the charges could have been sucessfully made by simply describing the emotional distress without invoking the sexual imagery.

For more on the background of this case, this Huffington Post article is a good place to start.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/school-using-lap-dances-t_b_345477.html

Comment on The Loss of Empathy in Japan? by caruselu » Blog Archive » “Mila voiesc, ci nu jertfa!”

caruselu » Blog Archive » “Mila voiesc, ci nu jertfa!” — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:21 +0000

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Comment on Steven Pinker at Harvard Law School by Temporary Placeholder » Pinker v. Gladwell ?

Temporary Placeholder » Pinker v. Gladwell ? — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:25 +0000

[...] actually saw Pinker talk at a SALMS event on the HLS campus earlier this week, about a book he’s working on about the worldwide decline [...]

Comment on The Situation of College Education: Why Going for the Money Makes Sense for Some Prep Players by community college

community college — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:47 +0000

Well,

I just don’t want to say anything about him, I just saw that video which tells lots of things about him and, I must say he is an excellent player.

Comment on New Study Looks at the Roots of Empathy by The Situation of Emotional Distress Claims « The Situationist

The Situation of Emotional Distress Claims « The Situationist — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:02:57 +0000

[...] the paper for free, click here. To read a sample of related Situationist posts, see “New Study Looks at the Roots of Empathy,” “Placebo and the Situation of Healing,” “The Situation of Time [...]

Comment on Steven Pinker at Harvard Law School by Michael Metzler

Michael Metzler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:25:14 +0000

Hope to see the video.

Comment on The Situation of Lawyers’ Complicity by Barry

Barry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:17:03 +0000

Of course, the other reason might be because lawyers are rarely prosecuted. A basic risk-benefit analysis would lead a laywer to cooperate with illegal behavior, stopping only at documenting acts which would expose the lawyer to prosecution.

Comment on The Situational Power of Appearance and Posture by Can we really judge people from first impressions? « Derren Brown Blog

Can we really judge people from first impressions? « Derren Brown Blog — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:21:08 +0000

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Comment on The Situational Power of Appearance and Posture by Kapitano

Kapitano — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:18:21 +0000

So when people adopt poses stereotypically associated with confidence, they felt more confident – at least for the duration of the test.

So if you sit with your arms folded, will you feel resentful? Or will that only work if you believe all the stuff about “defensive postures” and “body language”?

I’m going to sit and stare wistfully off into the distance, to make my soul more poetic. After that I’m going to stroke my chin thoughtfully, as a way to make myself have deep thoughts.

Comment on The Situation of Lawyers’ Complicity by Robertson on Judgment, Identity, & Independence « Legal Informatics Blog

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:20:37 +0000

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