>
>
> Unfortunately, much of social science is pseudo-science - an attempt of
> ideologically motivated interests to disguise itself as "science." This
is
> quite evident on this list - some people have no problem blaming
> warmongering for increased violence, but refuse to blame gangsta rap -even
> though both involve the same purported causal mechanism (legitimation of
> violence by authority/celebrity figures). Evidently "our thugs" can do
no
> wrong, while "their thugs" can do no good. Unfortunately, this primitive
> tribal mentality dominates the US political discourse and spills over to
> social sciences.
>
> Wojtek
>
>
> ^^^^^
> CB; A weakness in your argument here is that it may be that orders of
> magnitudes more people think of the U.S. government as an authority
figure/
> "role model"/legitimizer than think of gangsta rappers as the same.
>
Although I have to admit that sometimes I have a hard time telling the two a part.