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Lifting the arms embargo on the Bosnians, as advocated by U.S. Senate majority leader Robert Dole, would necessitate a withdrawal of U.N. troops by NATO forces, a dangerous operation that could prove unpalatable in Washington if it meant sending U.S. soldiers. What's more, it would probably trigger an immediate response from the already heavily armed Bosnian Serbs, resulting in what a U.N. official indelicately calls a "Dolocaust." The Pentagon opposes Dole's plan, and he has postponed bringing it to the Senate floor until June at the earliest. If Congress passes it, which is likely if only to embarrass...
Whether a loner or not, the Unabomber clearly craves attention and publicity. Complaining in his letter that "it's no fun having to spend all your evenings and weekends preparing dangerous mixtures" and "filing trigger mechanisms out of scraps of metal," the Unabomber offers "a bargain." The campaign of terror will end, he says, if the Times or another nationally prominent publication, such as Time or Newsweek, publishes a long tract explaining the group's ideas...
...finger pulls the trigger,'' says Leonard Berkowitz, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin. "But the trigger may also pull the finger. It's not just that having a gun is a convenient way of settling an argument. The weapon itself is a stimulant to violence...
...participants' behavior, but those exposed to the rifle threw more sponges. Similar studies have replicated the weapons effect worldwide. Psychology professor Ann Frodi found that Swedish high school students administered more and longer electric shocks to other students when a weapon was present. "Objects with clear aggressive connotations can trigger violent acts," says Frodi. "Parents know that kids who play with toy guns can become more aggressive. It's the same with adults, and it's provable...
...truth to the false beliefs that these groups hold," says Dennis Johnson, a clinical psychologist and head of Behavior Analysts & Consultants, in Stuart, Florida. "Perhaps [it is] a piece of legislation they can point to and say, 'Here, look. Here's our justification.'" But then they look beyond that trigger and see a world that is painful, malevolent and out to get them...