|
REPORT COPYRIGHT VIOLATION IN REPLY
|
|
Message Subject
|
The enemy of my enemy is my friend...
|
|
Poster Handle
|
Anonymous Coward |
|
Post Content
|
That's a good example
Team A vs B, or Bloods and Crips
you could be killed(and many have been) for wearing red in a Crip neighborhood even if you weren't a Blood and vise versa. It just doesn't make sense. Even if he was a Blood, he didn't even know the guy most likely. They could have been best friends in another place and time
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67801204 Yes. Exactly. How do we as a species make snap judgement of 'enemy/friend' based on how others in our accepted 'head space' perceive the same? In the above example it was based on Red/Blue. If friends and foes all wore labels to define certain aspects about them which we attribute to each status, decisions of this type would be easier. In the examples of opposing teams and gangs, this is somewhat the case, the sides are defined, the reasons for friend or foe already agreed upon by each party of allies. No further evaluation need be made, because the labels designate friend or foe according to common agreement. In regular life, labels and stereotypes don't always provide enough information to decide whether someone is friend or foe. Yet, people make snap judgements based on body language, instinct, actions, words and other criteria, as to whether someone is a threat or a non-threat(loosely speaking-friend or foe). I think much confusion has come out of casual use of the terms "friend" and "enemy". When in reality, what is actually being defined is much more simple and less related to relationship and more to survival instinct. I think that is often the case in the sense of fashion and how one dresses. On campus it is not uncommon to see women in hijab and/or burkas walking in crowds with girls with their buttocks hanging out of their shorts. Had I the chance to make friends with just one, who would I choose and why? Would I approach either based completely on their attire? In such a situation it would depend on you, your intent, your preconceptions and beliefs, intuition and observing behavior and body language. Ultimately though, the decision to engage or interact with someone is an individual one.
|
|
|
Please verify you're human:
|
|
|
Reason for copyright violation:
|
