If anyone ever wondered how civilized Christians in Spain, France, England, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany could have come out of their homes to enjoy watching their neighbors and friend burned at the stake, broken on the wheel, or drawn and quartered... if anyone wonders how humans in Iran and Afghanistan could have enjoyed a good execution by stoning, or how supposedly civilized people could have cheered when watching the World Trade Center fall, this thread depicts in real life the declination that makes those things possible.
Here on this thread we see how normal people quickly decline into precicely the frame of mind that makes those things happen. When presented with differing thoughts in the areas of religion and politics, there are a surprising number of people who are predisposed (by a number of factors) to shed civility and restraint, and go into a frame of mind that, when led by the wrong people and circumstances, becomes blood lust. Studies show that this is related to deep insecurity. The inability to abide a differing opinion is widely considered a sure indication of deep insecurity with one's own belief.