I am glad you have Mark’s story recorded Donna. Certainly important details about how the vet was treated! William Golding nailed how quickly the thin layer of civilization can break down in “Lord of the Flies” when expectations of civility are absent. JT set it up beautifully and the innate cruelty of mankind broke through. The consciences of the guys who broke those windows just stopped working. Freud also wrote about mob mentality where people will do things in a group they would NEVER do individually. Possibly out of their riot gear and masks, those two can be fairly reasonable people.. they sure lost control of any shred of conscience and their cruel sadism kicked in that day! Violent just because! SHAME SHAME SHAME! And it all goes back to JT I’d say!
I am glad you have Mark’s story recorded Donna. Certainly important details about how the vet was treated! William Golding nailed how quickly the thin layer of civilization can break down in “Lord of the Flies” when expectations of civility are absent. JT set it up beautifully and the innate cruelty of mankind broke through. The consciences of the guys who broke those windows just stopped working. Freud also wrote about mob mentality where people will do things in a group they would NEVER do individually. Possibly out of their riot gear and masks, those two can be fairly reasonable people.. they sure lost control of any shred of conscience and their cruel sadism kicked in that day! Violent just because! SHAME SHAME SHAME! And it all goes back to JT I’d say!