IN COLD BLOOD, by truman capote, is an all time best seller because it tells a captivating true story, and makes people think. Capote believed in collective, societal guilt, but not so much individual guilt. we behave the way we have been conditioned to bahave.
capote paints a pciture of the two killers before they kill, the nuances of which lead the reader to question the degree to which they have been conditioned to kill.
de we all, as a society, created killers? we certainly create armies and wars; the leaders alone could never do all this.
the assignment of individual responsibility is a strong organizing principle, but is it real? does individual responsibility, or freedom, really exist, out there in the real world, in accordance with the laws onf nature? "not to me", says truman capote, with a feminine flick of his limp wristed hand.
and, it gives us something to think about, the ultimate responsibility, aka causes, of individual human behavior. sociology and psychiatry are young sciences, primitive in comparison with, say, mathematics or astronomy.
would jerry sandusky have dated and married men openly, honestly, harmlessly, if our society had allowd him to do so? did he resort to child molestation in desperation?
its a question worth asking, although everyone thinks we already have the answer; its a question worth asking BECAUSE everyone thinks we already have the answer.
it a funny thing how the most basic, important questions are the ones to which we blindly think we already have the answers. is it laziness, fear, or both...
Bb
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