Comments on: Radical Acceptance in American Pictures http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/ personal growth, entrepreneurship, food, technology. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Søren K http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Søren K Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:42:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures#comment-1540 The sociological experiment with the test and the races is mentioned in Malcolm Gladwell's 'Blink - the power of thinking without thinking', p56 in the paperback-edition. I think the other experiment you mention with the classes and expectations is somewhere in the same book - but I can't find it right now. The sociological experiment with the test and the races is mentioned in Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Blink – the power of thinking without thinking’, p56 in the paperback-edition.

I think the other experiment you mention with the classes and expectations is somewhere in the same book – but I can’t find it right now.

]]> By: Mark Aufflick http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Mark Aufflick Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:42:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures#comment-1541 Awesome post Lars! Awesome post Lars!

]]> By: Katrine http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Katrine Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:42:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures#comment-1542 The problem in believing that every person is good at the core, is that in reality some people are actually born with chemical imbalances in their brain, and thus they act on different impulses. Through 4 years of social work studies I have truly tried to believe it is true that people are like apples (we might have brown spots on the outside, but on the inside we are all good), but I have to say that reality is very different. At least when you are seated across from a 14-year-old boy in a therapy session who tells you he killed 10 bunnies because "I felt like it". He then proceeded to undress himself and curl up in a fetal position in the middle of the dead bunnies. Without medication, this person can not function, and the good ine the person only surfaces with the help of medication. As a social worker and therapist I believe that all people have some good in them, but not that they are necessarily born that way. The problem in believing that every person is good at the core, is that in reality some people are actually born with chemical imbalances in their brain, and thus they act on different impulses. Through 4 years of social work studies I have truly tried to believe it is true that people are like apples (we might have brown spots on the outside, but on the inside we are all good), but I have to say that reality is very different.
At least when you are seated across from a 14-year-old boy in a therapy session who tells you he killed 10 bunnies because "I felt like it". He then proceeded to undress himself and curl up in a fetal position in the middle of the dead bunnies.
Without medication, this person can not function, and the good ine the person only surfaces with the help of medication.

As a social worker and therapist I believe that all people have some good in them, but not that they are necessarily born that way.

]]> By: Brian Fenton http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Brian Fenton Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:42:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures#comment-1543 Lars, you were a hero for me in your OpenACS coding days. And now you're a hero for me in your new guise! well done Brian Lars,

you were a hero for me in your OpenACS coding days. And now you’re a hero for me in your new guise!

well done

Brian

]]> By: Kathryn B http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 Kathryn B Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:42:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures#comment-1544 Greetings from Florida, USA. Please take a more critical look at anything that Jacob Holdt produces or says. I would recommend that you read, "While Europe Slept," by Bruce Bawer. Mr. Bawer also has a blog that might give you some interesting insights. http://www.brucebawer.com/blog.htm There are two sides to every story. Greetings from Florida, USA. Please take a more critical look at anything that Jacob Holdt produces or says. I would recommend that you read, "While Europe Slept," by Bruce Bawer. Mr. Bawer also has a blog that might give you some interesting insights. http://www.brucebawer.com/blog.htm
There are two sides to every story.

]]> By: Lars Pind http://pinds.com/2007/07/01/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Lars Pind Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:42:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/radical-acceptance-in-american-pictures#comment-1545 Hi Kathryn I'm interested in hearing more. Can you be more specific about what you're critical about in Jacob's work? Hi Kathryn

I’m interested in hearing more.

Can you be more specific about what you’re critical about in Jacob’s work?

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