did anyone else notice that the "newly revised" seven deadly sins are decidedly more social than the originals? the old ones were lust, gluttony, greed, sloth,...
I am wondering about Eliot Spitzer. If you've been following the thing, Spitzer was the former attorney general of New York who cracked down on corporate...
John: Too funny. Where were you when the writers were on strike? Actually, I'm interested in this concept. I hate to sound completely out of touch but are...
Kathy Stolley
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Mar 12, 2008 11:46 am
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hi, Kathy yeah, the Catholic Church released their "updated" seven deadly sins at the end of last week or on Monday (don't recall the exact date). here is a...
hi, Bill i think it's fairly simple -- he broke a law that he was elected to uphold. regardless of the morality of the law, he still violated it. as an elected...
John, I could not disagree more. Spitzer was at the front of figthing the large corporate crooks. They would do anything to get rid of him. (Remember the John...
Thinking of this, I wouldn't be surprised if Carl Rove wasn't the one who sent the call girls to woo him. Or someone else with the same end in mind. We see...
Chizeck, Susan P
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Mar 12, 2008 4:17 pm
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Hi all, I must admit that my first reaction was that he could have got a new 300mm Nikor lens with VR for the 4K. We all know that how pervasive porn and...
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Mar 12, 2008 4:32 pm
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hi, Bill you miss my point...to play a high-stakes game like Spitzer did, you must play it impeccably; he did not, he is gone. it's not a question of morality,...
... So, John. Who is beyond temptation? John Perkins point of them probing until they find a weakness is true. My point is it's sex. So what? Sex is not in...
And too put it all in perspective, who thinks that Kristen the prostitute in question becomes a celebrity? We are fascinated by this stuff. Or to put it...
Think about something. The Emperor's Club maintained a website showing pictures of the women with their faces blocked out. The New York Times says, "it had 50...
Thanks, John. Interesting stuff! To: applyingsociology@...: jglass@...: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:28:17 -0600Subject: RE:...
Kathy Stolley
bc_kitty@...
Mar 13, 2008 11:32 am
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hi, Bill RE: misdirection -- is there any political action that is NOT? Bush Co., has been superb in conditioning us into believing misdirection -- he and his...
Since justice is a construct we can all make claims and counter claims based on what we or others chose to impose on nature. I find it ironic the Spitzer...
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Mar 13, 2008 2:35 pm
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hi, Del RE: the media...sure, that media plays a role in the misdirection, too; at least to the extent that they don't respond critically to the missives that...
John and all I think it is more direction than misdirection. More sociology than rational. The TV show the Wire is an example. There are many claims that it...
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Mar 13, 2008 9:14 pm
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Some facts I've gathered. The feds had wiretap authority for another month to monitor the Emperor's Club but as soon as they took Spitzer down, they abandoned ...
Interesting intervention -- one wonders what things would like if this occurred more often... <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759> ...
This is social work at it's best. Part of gang work. Or how not to become a victim. Del...
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Mar 31, 2008 11:29 pm
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as you might suspect, whenever i introduce the concept of deviance in my classes, i talk about not only how deviance is defined, but WHO gets to do the...
My deviance class is all about elite deviance, with a heavy emphasis on who's doing the social control and the consequences thereof. Here's a question on the...
Leora, I find your post of interest for several reasons. First, your's is the type question sociologists too often pose to students and its one of the reasons...
Ken, Well, I'm not sure what a mainstream sociologist is, but I would be surprised if I fit the category. I simply presented this torture question to the list...
This is outrageous, and notice done without anyone's knowledge (see the bottom new release pasted below). Kudos to the medical librarians that discovered and...
Kathy Stolley
bc_kitty@...
Apr 8, 2008 11:49 am
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Kathy, The sad side of this is that it is part of a a pattern. For example, every time you call a health insurance agency you may get a different answer....
Del Thomas Ph D
Deltom@...
Apr 8, 2008 1:04 pm
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Hey, Kathy outrageous indeed...and yet not atypical for this rogue and criminally incompetent administration (hope you saw the 60 Minutes piece i posted last...
Ken this is why i showed the video -- to ask the very questions that you post below; to demonstrate how behavior comes to be defined as deviant (or not). i...
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