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merriman@metronet.com wrote:

: In article <MCINTOSH.94Oct30113636@athene.rice.edu>, <mcintosh@rice.edu> 
: writes:
: > >In article <38ud59$gho@crchh518.bnr.ca> tomg@bnr.ca (Tom G) writes:
: > >
: > >The same is true for society.  If many individuals lack of sense of worth
: > >and accomplishment then they are more prone to crime.   I am not referring
: > >to specific individuals, but the effect statistically on a large group of
: > >individuals.
: > >
: > 
: > 
: > Question: is it possible to give (i.e. buy) someone a sense of worth
: > and accomplishment, or can a sense of accomplishment only be earned?
: > 

: *GASP!*

: You mean you think someone should be held responsible for their actions (or 
: lack thereof)?  That someone may be actually living the kind of life that their 
: actions have brought them to?  That their inability/unwillingness to consider 
: the consequences and risks/benefits to the actions they take may have an 
: adverse impact on their future?

: HORRORS!

: You just better hope some Politically Correct liberal sociologist do-gooder 
: doesn't find out about something like that - they might call you some nasty 
: name and hurt *your* self-esteem while completely ignoring or discounting what 
: you said.

: Damn troublemaker.

: Dave Merriman



I suggest that you read the book The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class 
Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray.  
If you are TRUELY interested in what you are talking about and want to 
find out the truth from a factual and scientific point of view.  If not 
then continue on believing in the myth.  

The subject matter is nothing new just updated statistics.  I may also 
suggest other books written by Profs. Roger Pearson Ph.D, Hans J. 
Eysenck, Arthur Jensen, William Shockley, J. Phillippe Rushton, et al.....