Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What attracts people to conflict?

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From wars to just arguments among friends, what really drives so many to watch in morbid fascination?

Comments

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Jealousy...... or lack of stimulation in their life..........as for war probably Greed. I think we can safely say the 7 deadly sins always play a part

[seegwa.livejournal.com]

Comraderie based on commiseration, I think. You get to relive and re-express old pains and hurts as a form of attention. Which is usually the point of the initial contact - getting attention.

[miriyasterling.livejournal.com]

Well right now I'm feeling like murdering someone. Bit difficult to explain the nuances of that at the moment...

I guess it's something...

[mikesmaddie.livejournal.com]

...that you just can't help yourself from being drawn to.

You know that you should avoid. But you can't and you don't like yourself for noticing. But again, you can't seem to stop yourself.

That's the best way I can explain it.

Hope that you and yours are doing all right, that things are going okay, and that today goes all right for you all.

Hugs. *HG*

God bless and take care. :).
Olga/Maddie

[texasts.livejournal.com]

Man is an aggressive creature by nature I think.

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

Our nature as an aggressive animal.

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say all the reasons listed above with a dash (or several) of morbid curiosity.  We are strange yet complicated creatures.

[corporatebeach.livejournal.com]

I'd think it was to get their heart pumping. Some thrive on the adrenaline.... the drama.... the stupidity. :)

[padiwack.livejournal.com]

Not EVERY one is attracted to conflict, darlin'. Some of us avoid it like the plague.

Happy Hump Day, my delicious Brit!

[painted-dreams.livejournal.com]

I have a theory that some people like conflict because it is the only way they know they are alive.

[sabatoa.livejournal.com]

I come for the chance to mock usually. heh

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Way too many things to list, from the smell of blood to the betting line.

[kay.livejournal.com]

Testosterone ::nods::

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

I don't know.

Confrontation gives me the shakes. I can handle it if I have to but afterwards, and for a good while after that, I'm a shaky wreck.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Human nature. As a species we're rather aggressive and violent.

[sirenity.livejournal.com]

The prospect of seeing bloooooood 'n guuuuuuuuuuuts.

Woo!

[razzberee.livejournal.com]

Nobody wants to be the bad guy.

[ktsies2.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* I personally avoid conflict like it's the plague. :)

[cyano.livejournal.com]

People:Conflict as Moths:Flame

Next up, FIRE Is HOT! News at Eleven!


All snarking aside, I think it is very hard to totally avoid conflict. In many respects, avoiding drama is good, but to avoid all conflict at all costs leaves one with a pathological fear of pushing back against what is wrong.

I am sorry that there were people who misinterpreted friendly comments as something more than what it was. I think the real question is "Why do people feel the need to CREATE conflict where there was non to start with?"

I think the answer to that is boredom and diverting/attracting attention.

[xsongbirdx.livejournal.com]

I have no idea..I hate being around any kind of conflict. I can't stand watching people even argue. It makes me really nervous.

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Stories.

The base model for storytelling is protagonist and antagonist and their conflict.

It's how we relate to almost all situations.

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Animal instincts and nature. Now brought to an abstract level under the thin veil of civilisation!

Monkeys love to organize in social groups, fight for hierarchy within their groups, and then compete against other groups for supremacy and genetic survival.

Nothing has changed all that much during the course of evolution.

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

I do believe, Lovey Pants, that you have stumped me for the first time ever....

I wish I had an idea....but I don't. Human beings befuddle me...:)

[pi-girl.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of it is people don't necessarily like conflict but are forced into it in order to stand up for themselves because there is no one viewpoint and we are not robots. People are bound to clash naturally.

[o-annie-o.livejournal.com]

Maybe many people need the drama to make themselves feel alive.

Maybe...

[prettydeth.livejournal.com]

It could be my lack of conventional morality, at least according to the "How Moral Are You?" quiz I took...

[nonickname96.livejournal.com]

Our sin-nature.


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[castlelady.livejournal.com]

People's negativity, making assumptions, and jumping to conclusions before the facts are known.