Originally Posted by dyna mo

i am very much interested in this behavior and did some snooping a while back. it's not a matter of obedience and not questioning authority. it's deer in the headlights syndrom.

what leads me to believe that is in looking into all of this i came across an interview of anders brevik. in it, he said the most suprising part of all of the killings was how people just stood there and waited for him to shoot them. often times they stood there right in front of him while he reloaded. no weapon at the ready.

they waited for him to reload and shoot them.

i don't see that as obedience. i see that as paralisis in a bizarre event. anyhoo, that's my take on it. fascinating aspect of human behavior though. very curious.