tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6625074292843497290..comments2009-03-28T00:34:47.918ZAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82555809162774587422009-03-28T00:34:00.000Z2009-03-28T00:34:00.000ZStray Taoist, the Zimbardo experiment fascinated me when I first came across it in the 1980s. I must revisit itAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42395247456136952472009-03-25T20:26:00.000Z2009-03-25T20:26:00.000ZOn the subject of isolation and depression in prisoners in custody, I recently read the Lucifer Effect (http://www.lucifereffect.com/) by the psychologist who ran the Standford Prison Experiment in the early 70s. I wouldn't say it was a great book, but certainly reasonably interesting. Might be worth a glance if you get a mo.Stray Taoisthttp://weblog.straytoaster.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65601084540939048182009-03-25T15:34:00.000Z2009-03-25T15:34:00.000ZSinn Fein’s criticism of the length of detention is vacuous for another reason: how seriously can we take Sinn Fein’s concern for the human rights of dissident republicans when Sinn Fein is the very party leading the way in dehumanizing all those republicans who dissent from the peace process?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42828192252577786022009-03-24T22:43:00.000Z2009-03-24T22:43:00.000Zactually it was the roman poet juvenal who asked the question, a couple of thousand years before ramsay clark: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is what he asked, which literally translates to "Who will guard the guards themselves?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com