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Can you guess the . . .crowd?
Front-Ranger:
I think I like Paul's version of the story better than the real thing! The origins of the controversial Stockholm Syndrome are interesting to read about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
I read that there is an opposite called the Lima Syndrome, where abusers develop sympathies for the abused. Also, that the kidnapped people in the Swedish case distrusted the police and government, and for good reason!
But these are not the kind of crowds I'm nostalgic for. I'm thinking more along the lines of this, when people gathered in droves to look at an armless woman:
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on June 16, 2020, 03:43:31 pm ---The bad guys tried to seize a thousand cans of surtromming and they were surrounded, so they took the canners hostage. The canners became pals with the bad guys cuz they didn't like surtromming and were happy to get rid of it. They thought the bad guys were performing a service to the country.
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Maybe they were trying to save the nation's supply of lutfisk?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 17, 2020, 11:10:41 am ---But these are not the kind of crowds I'm nostalgic for. I'm thinking more along the lines of this, when people gathered in droves to look at an armless woman:
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Scared me for a second before I scrolled down to the picture. Because after all, there was a time where people would gather in droves to look at an armless woman. Or even better an armless, legless woman. But I don't imagine you're nostalgic for "freak shows."
I love Stockholm Syndrome, especially because it reminds me of this cute anecdote involving my older son. Sorry everybody, but I'll quickly share it. He was like 5 and we were watching an episode of The Flinstones where, I can't remember the exact details but a dinosaur bursts into their home and throws Fred out, but the rest of the family grows to like the dinosaur.
My son, watching, goes, "Stockholm syndrome."
(I know that plot sounds kind of like the scenario in the opening credits, so I may be confusing them. But whatever it was, Stockholm Syndrome was an accurate description.
southendmd:
At 5????? A precocious child!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on June 17, 2020, 07:35:28 pm ---At 5????? A precocious child!
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Yeah. He’s never suffered from a lack of precociousness.
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