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Re:The Stanford Prison Experiment was hugely influential. We... by GoblinSlayer on Friday December 15, 2023 @05:04AM (#38652665)
Guards are coaxed to be tough: if you handle a dangerous criminal in a relaxed manner, they can try to escape killing you in the process.
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Re:The Stanford Prison Experiment was hugely influential. We... by scotty79 on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:36AM (#38653129)
"Tough" is dumb, and opposite if it is not necessarily "relaxed" but could be "cautious" and "thoughtful" instead
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Re:The Stanford Prison Experiment was hugely influential. We... by watwut on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:49AM (#38655920)
Which is something different then what happened in German camps.
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