A recent study analyzed data about 14,000 college students collected over 30 years. The shocking findings: today’s college students are 40 percent lower in empathy than students from 20 or 30 years ago.
Read Empathy: College students don’t have as much as they used to, on Newswise.com.
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ErinBrock
Fashionista!!!!
Ox Drover
Dear Rosa and Aloha, and Henry, absolutely!!!!! And now that they are “labeling” him the P-word, it will reinforce that Ps are serial killers….
Aloha, you are so right about the people jumping from the buildings, not really so “exciting,” right? I’ve seen CLOSE UPS of people’s faces every night as they jump from buildings or in movies–heck, it wasn’t all that exciting, you couldn’t even see the expressions on their faces, it was just a long distance shot, no REAL excitement–right? (tongue in cheek here guys)
As our society becomes more jaded, it seems like the Roman “games”—starts out as a sports event, and eventually the people are BORED by wrestling, so now they want BLOOD. Look at how over the last 10-20 years VIOLENT sports on television and so on have increased in VIOLENCE and blood. What is Nascar? Just hours and hours of boredom between crashes. Football has gotten so violent most of the players are cripples by the time they are 30, look at the way most of the “sports” figures that are in violent sports are hurt, boxers blind or brain damaged, football players in Junior High now with head and brain injuries, “respected” sports figures using DRUGS. They wouldn’t let people treat race horses like they treat our kids in sports, and still everyone is out there to WIN!
How much excitement is enough? How much sex? How many drugs? How many texts? How much loud noise? Where is the appreciation of time alone? comtemplation? Where is the joy of reading? Writing? Painting? Creation? Friendship? PEACE?
I agree with you about the cell phones, Henry. Scares the heck out of me seeing people going down the road driving AND texting at 80 MPH!
flowerpower
As for Vanderboy, I was happy to read that Geraldo Rivera had described him years ago as a sociopathic personality who objectified women– during the Natalie Holloway investigation.
I am thinking these are not his only 2 victims…he is too arrogant. I understand Peruvian prison accomodations will suit him nicely. Maybe he will meet some locals who dont appreciate his status and save the courts some time.
ErinBrock
I recall hearing something about a sexual assault in EU. after Natalie H. disappeared and he went back. That also disappeared quickly.
Now that daddy-o lead spath is dead…..this will get interesting!
Ox Drover
Yes, I saw in the NYT report that daddy was dead, so I guess sonny boy is out having a fling with daddy-o’s estate. Said he was there for some poker tournament–duh??? Well, I bet one thing, he didn’t get a winning hand this time!
I’m like flower, I don’t think this is his SECOND killing. Notice too how he has RAMPED up his violence in this and his arrogance of doing it in HIS ROOM and leaving the body there in the room he had booked! I mean, cooooommme on! Talk about arrogance! Yea, I betya Peru’s prison accomodations are really plush! But I do know one thing, a lot of prison accomodations and “justice” can be purchased with enough money, sort of like Aruba, ya’ kno”?
ErinBrock
Yeah but…..her daddy is an affluent business man…..and I think this time HER daddy is gonna ENSURE he’s ‘taken care of’.
It was reported that her eyeball was missing from her head.
Sounded absurdly violent, her injuries….broken neck and all.
So very sad!
Wonder if the date meant anything to him……exact same day as Natalie H was killed. (missing).
And NO…..as much traveling as he seems to do…..and his entitled to whatever he feels…..I wager on more victims.
Wonder how the peruvian legal system works…..
Swift, death, corrupt, poverty????
I bet we won’t be seeing mom come out for this one…..
She seemed controlled by both men….father and son.
I think he and daddy buried NH in their back yard. Which means Mommy can NEVER sell that property before she moves the body.
Karma got pops in the end…..
So sad for this peruvian girl and her family…..
Ox Drover
I saw the girl’s father on the news this morning.
Peru has a judge who will assign investigation (the news said 6-9 months) then a 3-judge panel will hear evidence. No death penalty there but they can consider evidence from Aruba the news said. He will not make bail because he fled.
So looks like he is FRIED. Also he is apparently making money selling stories to news companies. He was also being “set up” by Nat’s family with a potential big pay out but he had to come to US to collect—he got nabbed in Peru before he could go through with it. The news said he was “making money” on all these news story scams etc. What a PRINCE!
They also mentioned the bleach job on his hair, ah la Scottie boy!
sweetcynic
I think divorce makes people more skeptical/jaded, whether it’s their own or their parents’. I wonder how much that plays a role in this survey.
Buttons
sweetcynic, I agree – especially, when one (or, both) parent uses their children as a weapon or a go-between.
Rosa
Breaking News…
Joran Van Der Sloot has confessed to the murder of Stephany Flores in Peru.
Looks like they got him this time.