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I never really understood people intentionally hurting others for "fun".

posted 10 days ago by TheMan18 (13130)
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Granted, yes yes yes yes yes, I and we all know its 'wrong' and immoral at times downright illegal (for logical reasons but also because we HAVE the systematic establishments as such in business and power) and I would never excuse let alone support and condone intentional hurting of other people physical and what have you, let alone taking of one's LIFE, arguably THE worst offense one can EVER commit in all the ways first and foremost moral ones.

But I never really understood the fact that people from youth to even adults can actually do it because they find it "fun", and if it really IS fun they are pursuing, what on Earth is stopping them from having this exact same fun a trillion of other ways that exist in life that are accepted in a legal sense as well (keep in mind how we ALL actually fear imprisonment and that there are almost no people out there who want to go to that err 'establishment' even IF they haven't, but in today's world information flies like dust in our digital media age, heard of horrors that entail it, HECK, sometimes incarceration itself can pose health ISSUES but still...) as a moral one, one way or another?

And what to them CONSTITUTES fun ANYWAY?

I know this is a very controversial, hot button topic and we would have fights, flame wars, arguments, people taking things PERSONALLY etc here and there and plus, rarely one universal one size fits all conclusion that fits PERFECTLY, but still... Watch the one 1994 Canadian drama "Fun" based partially on that subject - but, if you do so closely, you would realize, it isn't JUST them wanting to have "fun" that caused them to SPOILERS murder that elderly lady. Maybe neither that in "Funny Games" (1997) among others.

But anyways, BESIDES it being wrong, immoral etc etc, what is the deal with it all and what is it about and why does it exist in the way it does, thanks.

[–] 123Guy (7668) 10 days ago

Sometimes it snows in April.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14787) 9 days ago

Psychologists have been studying that particular way of thinking for over a century and a half. It's usually a brain abnormality that can either be genetic, or develops over time in the person. It's called being a "sociopath." I remember reading about it when learning that some psychologists have fun studying Batman villains, and the article I read helps define the difference between a psychopath, and a sociopath. The two words unfortunately have been over-used interchangeably in pop culture, even though they don't mean the same thing.

A psychopath doesn't have control over their actions. Their brain has an abnormality and they tend to lose control and do nasty things as a result. A sociopath, however, is in complete control of their actions, they know what they're doing is wrong, and they do it anyway because they don't care. In fact, one thing that defines a sociopath is that they have their own set of morals and rules that they personally follow (these rules can change periodically for them), and typically these rules are very different than what society says is right and wrong. Another thing that defines a sociopath is that they don't care if they are hurting other people, and even get thrills out of it.

Small wonder people see it as a mental disorder, because most normal people are not sociopaths, and feel some remorse when they do something they know is wrong.