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Forget it.. already answeredEdited by Creavolution, : No reason given.

capable in the physical sense? i.e. you have the necessary equipment?
or capable in the psychological sense i.e. you have the will?I'm intrigued how you come to this conclusion. Is it something you've considered in the past?I don't consider myself psychologically capable of it. I don't see how I could ever act in such a way unless I became temporarily insane.Of course, If I lost my mind I guess there's no telling what I'm capable of. but then in that case everyone is capable of anything

but then you wouldn't be 'you' would you? you would be living in a different time, with a different upbringing with different values.What I am saying is that I cannot concieve, being the person that I am, that I would ever engage in something as barbaric as rape or murder.
I stand by that. EXACTLY like me? really? what do you base that on?

I see no mention of death or murder in the link you gave me. and it seems to me that buzzing someone with a mild electric shock (the participants were only shown a 45volt current) in an experiment is a world apart from rape.but I'm not a psychologist, and I guess this is the type of behaviour that the army relies on.the stanford prison experiment is certainly disturbing,

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Experimenters said approximately one-third of the guards exhibited "genuine" sadistic tendencies.

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I don't think it's fair to extrapolate this to every american male.nonetheless, I still believe that I would not act in this way.

fair enough, correction accepted, I didn't read that bit closely. I've spent my whole life in my own company, I feel guilty if I swat fly or stand on a spider. I simply don't believe I have it in me.
seeing what other people are capable of doesn't convince me that I am capable of the same.as an aside, Isn't it possible that because these people were part of an experiment that they believed that they hadn't actually killed people, but rather thought it was part of the experiment?