05-25-2005, 05:43 AM
(Written by Hellfighter 17)
The Gray Scale
Unsubstantiated Human Domination
Many people throughout history have strived to become better than another person or a group of people. In some cases, the failed horrible, in others, they succeeded fairly well to their scheme, even if this dominance was only sustained for a decade or two. There has always been those who want the power, then there are always those who fight to keep the power, and there are also those caught in the middle. I am not here to say whether they are right or wrong--though, I do have my own thoughts on the matter--I am here to give you insight on the circumstances that are constantly surrounding us in one way or another, but most likely that which happens daily. So, do not take these as my personal opinions, but more rather as my observations of human interaction and decisions.
As many of you may have noticed, there is always that person who is quite not treated fairly in a crowd, who is subjugated into being an outcast. The reason that this happens is not a simple on at all, not that their is a real answer for it at all. First of all, I will go into a more specific scenario which I believe a number of you can acquire a relation to. The common name for the first occurrence I will give you is bullying. Many people have experienced, whether they were the ones inflicting, or whether they were the ones that it was being inflicted upon. Sometimes a person was on either end for a very short period of time, or for a very long time, sometimes even at both ends for a lengthened period of time.
Bullying is when one minor attempts domination over another with no reason relating to survival for this. It can come in the form of physical abuse--which is commonly interpreted as the worse of the two by many who are on the outside of the situation--and there is verbal abuse, which can be linked to emotional abuse--in all reality the whole affect of any form of abuse--more so than that of physical. Physical abuse usually involves the occasional shoving/pushing, slapping, punching, kicking, and variations of other physical assaults. Sometimes this can escalate in to a fight, which is usually avoided, which both parties normally which, but one end just decides that it has been enough.
Physical abuse from one person is usually backed by that of other people, who are either laughing along, standing by, inflicting physical pain of with the main inflictor, or by throwing in some verbal assaults. This helps the main inflictor gain the power that they so wish to have. They now have their back-up to keep in line the rest of the people in the area, so that they has power over a large group of people. (The helpers in this situation will also have power over those that are receiving the physical pain.)
Verbal abuse is quite commonly referred to as "name-calling," or "picking on," which I think are fairly simple terms for a fairly complicated situation. It is usually quite normal terms that are used to inflict this. It usually happens by pointing out a minor "flaw" (I use quotation marks since it depends on the person what a flaw really is, so it could vary from one to another) of them, and expand it to seem as though they have committed an illegal action that would cause a couple years in prison when in fact it is not quite near that. It may also include using stereotypes and false use of socially unaccepted traits. Though, this may seem as though it should not effect the abused, when they have had no chance to develop defenses against this due to being induced to this all their lives, it has a greater impact by the day.
It is uncertain as to why exactly some may try to inflict emotional pain onto another, but there are some insights that I would like to share with you. This is after all what this article is about, to give you--the reader--some insights on various subjects. What I have noticed in my span is that it is mostly about power. This need for power could stem from an unstable home life, or even pressure from peers, but the minor becomes acquainted with it. This necessity for power may also stem from abuse that they once suffered from themselves, so they attempt to retaliate against the world by doing so themselves. Any intellectual human being would see that this would obviously cause a chain in which this would never stop. I do not know for a fact is this is right or wrong, but all I know is that its is seen wrong by society, but we'll save that for another issue.
Another situation that is actually very similar to the previous one (not scale-wise, but the reasoning, at least) would be that which is set within adults. Since they seem to have much more power than youth--most of the time--they can create conflict on a much larger scale. A common one would be that of racism. I know that this is a touchy situation, so I will not even attempt to reason it or demoralize it, I will simply use it as an example. I am not very situated on events that involved racism, but it is the best example I can think of, so I will use the Adolf Hitler era (1933-1945). During this period, Germany began punishing the Jews and stripping them of their freedoms. Adolf Hitler--who was currently the Chancellor of Germany, I believe--wanting to have power of a race that he saw was "unfit to live or exist at the same plateau" was on a course against all Jews.
This obsession of power over others most likely stems from stereotypes that he was fed as a child, or he saw that Jews were holding back society. (I am not saying that they were, just giving insight.) This he then used his position of power and it being backed up to gain control over them. (Notice the similarities between this circumstance and the previous?) Whether or not he had this title taken away, he still held this position of power for a period of time. This may also have happened because he simply wanted power over all and thought that this race may have been standing in his way.
Either way, power has drive people to do many things, whether it be on a large scale, or a smaller one. It is still effecting people. I will let you decide if you see this as inhumane or not.
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Hellfighter 17 - 1 Article
The Gray Scale
Unsubstantiated Human Domination
Many people throughout history have strived to become better than another person or a group of people. In some cases, the failed horrible, in others, they succeeded fairly well to their scheme, even if this dominance was only sustained for a decade or two. There has always been those who want the power, then there are always those who fight to keep the power, and there are also those caught in the middle. I am not here to say whether they are right or wrong--though, I do have my own thoughts on the matter--I am here to give you insight on the circumstances that are constantly surrounding us in one way or another, but most likely that which happens daily. So, do not take these as my personal opinions, but more rather as my observations of human interaction and decisions.
As many of you may have noticed, there is always that person who is quite not treated fairly in a crowd, who is subjugated into being an outcast. The reason that this happens is not a simple on at all, not that their is a real answer for it at all. First of all, I will go into a more specific scenario which I believe a number of you can acquire a relation to. The common name for the first occurrence I will give you is bullying. Many people have experienced, whether they were the ones inflicting, or whether they were the ones that it was being inflicted upon. Sometimes a person was on either end for a very short period of time, or for a very long time, sometimes even at both ends for a lengthened period of time.
Bullying is when one minor attempts domination over another with no reason relating to survival for this. It can come in the form of physical abuse--which is commonly interpreted as the worse of the two by many who are on the outside of the situation--and there is verbal abuse, which can be linked to emotional abuse--in all reality the whole affect of any form of abuse--more so than that of physical. Physical abuse usually involves the occasional shoving/pushing, slapping, punching, kicking, and variations of other physical assaults. Sometimes this can escalate in to a fight, which is usually avoided, which both parties normally which, but one end just decides that it has been enough.
Physical abuse from one person is usually backed by that of other people, who are either laughing along, standing by, inflicting physical pain of with the main inflictor, or by throwing in some verbal assaults. This helps the main inflictor gain the power that they so wish to have. They now have their back-up to keep in line the rest of the people in the area, so that they has power over a large group of people. (The helpers in this situation will also have power over those that are receiving the physical pain.)
Verbal abuse is quite commonly referred to as "name-calling," or "picking on," which I think are fairly simple terms for a fairly complicated situation. It is usually quite normal terms that are used to inflict this. It usually happens by pointing out a minor "flaw" (I use quotation marks since it depends on the person what a flaw really is, so it could vary from one to another) of them, and expand it to seem as though they have committed an illegal action that would cause a couple years in prison when in fact it is not quite near that. It may also include using stereotypes and false use of socially unaccepted traits. Though, this may seem as though it should not effect the abused, when they have had no chance to develop defenses against this due to being induced to this all their lives, it has a greater impact by the day.
It is uncertain as to why exactly some may try to inflict emotional pain onto another, but there are some insights that I would like to share with you. This is after all what this article is about, to give you--the reader--some insights on various subjects. What I have noticed in my span is that it is mostly about power. This need for power could stem from an unstable home life, or even pressure from peers, but the minor becomes acquainted with it. This necessity for power may also stem from abuse that they once suffered from themselves, so they attempt to retaliate against the world by doing so themselves. Any intellectual human being would see that this would obviously cause a chain in which this would never stop. I do not know for a fact is this is right or wrong, but all I know is that its is seen wrong by society, but we'll save that for another issue.
Another situation that is actually very similar to the previous one (not scale-wise, but the reasoning, at least) would be that which is set within adults. Since they seem to have much more power than youth--most of the time--they can create conflict on a much larger scale. A common one would be that of racism. I know that this is a touchy situation, so I will not even attempt to reason it or demoralize it, I will simply use it as an example. I am not very situated on events that involved racism, but it is the best example I can think of, so I will use the Adolf Hitler era (1933-1945). During this period, Germany began punishing the Jews and stripping them of their freedoms. Adolf Hitler--who was currently the Chancellor of Germany, I believe--wanting to have power of a race that he saw was "unfit to live or exist at the same plateau" was on a course against all Jews.
This obsession of power over others most likely stems from stereotypes that he was fed as a child, or he saw that Jews were holding back society. (I am not saying that they were, just giving insight.) This he then used his position of power and it being backed up to gain control over them. (Notice the similarities between this circumstance and the previous?) Whether or not he had this title taken away, he still held this position of power for a period of time. This may also have happened because he simply wanted power over all and thought that this race may have been standing in his way.
Either way, power has drive people to do many things, whether it be on a large scale, or a smaller one. It is still effecting people. I will let you decide if you see this as inhumane or not.
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