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Date Posted: 19:17:47 03/09/08 Sun
Author: Jfish
Subject: Re: How Unconscious is it REALLY?
In reply to: Erin Risch 's message, "Re: How Unconscious is it REALLY?" on 18:37:21 03/06/08 Thu

Erin's right. The unconsciousness of the crowd is crucial to the whole mechanism. Girard answers the question of the silent dissenters by the snowball effect. The weight of the crowd ultimately carries the skeptical along with it as everybody begins to imitate each other. So perhaps they believed in the innocence of the victim at the outset. However, it doesn't last.

Also remember, being passive, that is, not participating, is the answer to the mechanism. These people you mention seem to be following Christ's model. They won't scapegoat the victim nor take his side because they see the whole affair as exacerbating the disorder in the community. So if these people exist that you speak of, in Girardian thought, they've managed to find a better model that protects them from the coalescing strength of the crowd. This is why the world has changed so dramatically since the time of Christ; we go out of our way to see victims.

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