Last night the TV news showed pictures of a Red Cross team in Lebanon that had come under Israeli fire. This morning the BBC News reports that UN observers have been killed in an air strike targeting their observation post. More examples of how Israel is exercising "restraint" in this conflict.
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I recall being fascinated, in First Year Psychology, by Stanley Milgram's work on the psychology of obedience. My recollections are less vivid concerning the equally fascinating psychology of in-group and out-group behaviour. Whoever studied this surely inspired the lyrics in a song by Peter Gabriel (Not one of us): "There's safety in numbers, When you learn to divide, How can we be in, If there is no outside." Powerful words that describe prejudice and social cliques, and very relevant to the world this week.
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In September through October 2005 we joined a whistle-stop group tour of three Middle-Eastern countries: Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.
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