Talk:Milgram's obedience study

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"However, all the participants in Milgram's study were polled at a later date and asked about how they felt about participating. Close to 90 percent said they were "glad" or "very glad" they did so. Many wanted to join his lab and help with his work afterwards."

At this point, were they aware of what had actually happened? I'm assuming yes, but the article doesn't really say. Thunderkatz^Ho! 17:17, 29 August 2007 (CDT)

[edit] Poorly worded section

This section could use some love. Maybe not deletion, but some help. Original author, please?-caius (advocate) 23:02, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

It was someone called kilgoreSOMETHINGOROTHERexcelsis. It stands out a mile in the history, and it looks like it was someone mistaking the article for a talk page. I removed most of it, and I don't know enough about the subject to substantiate the stuff that was left.^{— Unsigned, by: 85.25.151.22 / talk / contribs} 23:04, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Not just Americans?

From the last para

An infamous "Prisoners and Guards" experiment demonstrated the serious problems with destructive obedience from Americans decades before Abu-Ghraib.

Is there anything in the two experiments that suggests that US citizens are more or less prone to destructive obedience. Unless someone says otherwise I propose to amend to An infamous "Prisoners and Guards" experiment demonstrated the serious problems with destructive obedience decades before Abu-Ghraib. ^{— Unsigned, by: Silver Sloth / talk / contribs} 14 August 2008

I removed mention of Americans. It's irrelevant. weaseLOId~ 11:51, 29 November 2008 (EST)

Good call, if anything it just proved that obedience is just human nature, nothing about Americans in particular so it just sounds like anti-yank snark. It be interesting to see if there is a cultural dependence on it, but getting that sort of experiment passed an ethics committee would be nigh on impossible. ArmondikoV^{...I'll navigate your squid!} 12:45, 29 November 2008 (EST)