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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 5, 2017 21:39:14 GMT 10
There was a report on 60 Minutes tonight, which discussed whether children of convicted murderers have "murder" (or 'evil') genes within them. Basically, the report questioned that if people become convicted murderers, their children could also pass on the 'gene' and they too could follow in the same footsteps. Do you believe people are "born" evil or do people become "evil" due to various factors (i.e how they grew up)?
In my opinion, I don't think anyone is actually born "evil". People become "evil" due to various factors, such as the way they are socialised, their family upbringing and certain circumstances. That's just my opinion.
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Post by rainbow on Nov 8, 2017 1:11:33 GMT 10
No. I think that's just an excuse to be evil IMO.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 10, 2017 0:13:57 GMT 10
No. I think that's just an excuse to be evil IMO. I agree. The whole idea of an "evil gene" sounds ridiculous, in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 4:55:11 GMT 10
I actually believe people are born evil. My evidence is the existence of murders committed by people when they were still children/youths.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 17, 2017 23:42:32 GMT 10
I actually believe people are born evil. My evidence is the existence of murders committed by people when they were still children/youths. True. Although, in some cases, some people could argue that the people who committed those crimes were too young to understand what they are doing. I guess it depends on the situation.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2017 4:11:11 GMT 10
I can think of 2 cases in Britain where the murderers were 10 years old. At 10 years old, you certainly can distinguish right from wrong. In fact, if you are old enough to attend full time school (as opposed to kindergarten/nursery), you are old enough to comprehend what is right and what isn't.
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Post by fanofdorks on Dec 8, 2017 7:10:17 GMT 10
THose monsters knew fine well what they were doing to that little boy. And to think they are getting on with life with new identities.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 6:40:18 GMT 10
I think this comes back to the question of nature vs nurture. I don't think you can completely ignore one or the other. I think some genes can make you prone to violence, but that doesn't mean you're going to be a more violent person, if you were raised in the proper environment.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 10, 2017 9:19:41 GMT 10
I think this comes back to the question of nature vs nurture. I don't think you can completely ignore one or the other. I think some genes can make you prone to violence, but that doesn't mean you're going to be a more violent person, if you were raised in the proper environment. I agree. To be completely honest, I think the notion that someone is actually "born evil" is a little bit far-fetched. I understand that some people commit crimes at a really young age, however in the majority of cases, people don't commit crimes just for the sake of it. There are several, underlying factors which contribute to the mental state of the perpetrator and there is generally a motive behind committing such a crime.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 11:38:27 GMT 10
I still believe people are born evil but I hear what you say, Shark and respect your right to feel that way.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 10, 2017 22:56:46 GMT 10
I still believe people are born evil but I hear what you say, Shark and respect your right to feel that way. I respect your opinion on it as well. To be honest, I can see both sides of the argument, even if I do lean more towards people not being born evil.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 3:08:15 GMT 10
Makes sense, Shark, because two people can be raised in similar dysfunctional circumstances yet while one may become the worst serial killer in history, the other may become the scientist who finds the cure for AIDS or cancer.
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Post by aja675 on Dec 13, 2017 1:06:40 GMT 10
Probs. I know for a fact that I was born a crybaby, how the f*** could it be different when it comes to evil?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 14, 2017 22:04:03 GMT 10
Probs. I know for a fact that I was born a crybaby, how the f*** could it be different when it comes to evil? What makes you think that?  I think you're being a bit too hard on yourself.
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I think you're being a bit too hard on yourself.