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| Subject: Naturally, via ANCAPS: Online auction of Unabomber "murderabilia" Sat May 21, 2011 3:43 am | |
| The most infamous hoodie ever owned by a Colorado resident has hit the auction block, and within its grimy pockets lie a host of weighty questions.
Perhaps the most obvious: Somebody's willing to pay $20,000 — the most recent bid — for Ted Kaczynski's Unabomber sweat shirt?
"The weirdest thing about it is that somebody would actually spend money to purchase any of this stuff," said University of Colorado sociology professor Michael Radelet.
But the government's online auction of Kaczynski's possessions — seized as federal prosecutors assembled their case against the reclusive bomber who killed three people, injured 23 and elicited nationwide fascination — has touched off a broader debate over the ethics of turning criminal evidence into money-making assets.
ANCAPS: ANARCHO-CAPITALISTS |
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| Subject: Re: Naturally, via ANCAPS: Online auction of Unabomber "murderabilia" Sat May 21, 2011 4:15 am | |
| Interesting psyc' experiment. - Quote :
- ...they were subjected to a "purposely brutalizing psychological experiment"[12] stress test, which was an extremely stressful, personal, and prolonged psychological attack. During the test, students were taken into a room, strapped into a chair and connected to electrodes that monitored their physiological reactions, while facing bright lights and a two-way mirror. Each student had previously written an essay detailing their personal beliefs and aspirations: the essays were turned over to an anonymous attorney, who would enter the room and individually belittle each strapped-down student based in part on the disclosures they had made. This was filmed, and students' expressions of impotent rage were played back to them several times later in the study
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski
We should try it out on statists! |
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