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Originally Posted by JoshBB
In ways I agree, and then in ways I don't.
A standard definition is "a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with the captors"
Obviously we have to try to rearrange this in context to the big brother house, but I do believe that in ways they are relating with Marc and empathizing with him so I would probably say that there are slight elements of ST.
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Except Marc isn't their captor. And it's Big Brother, they know nothing can happen to them and that they can walk at any time. To compare their position to those who might suffer Stockholm Syndrome is just plain daft.
Aaron,
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