The (Destuctive) Power of Negative Suggestion.

In the last week or so, Britain's Channel 4 have broadcast an episode of the talented and astute hypnotist Derren Brown's TV show entitled "Trick or Treat."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ1fyOWsrFY

“..My negative suggestion there, “Don’t look inside the box,” is designed to sit heavily on their minds and stoke their curiosity.”

The focus of this episode is to demonstrate, in an entertaining way, the power of negative suggestion on people particularly impressionable, young people. In this section of the show he uses small children in a classroom to do this. The result is very charming and amusing but his fascinating explanation of what has happened and why, has also triggered a train of thought in my mind!

In my St Valentine's Day (Feb. 14th, 2008) blog entry - "Britain, Gutted by Stealth,"
I refer briefly to the psychological power of suggestion and repetition in relation to the main stream media and our government.
What has our news been preoccupied with this weekend? - Yet another teenage murder. www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157151715028?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23467020-details/Two+teenagers+stabbed+to+death+in+seven+hours/article.do

I don't suppose, by any chance, there is a group of muscular young men regularly visiting the schools and youth clubs of London giving talks to young people about the dangers of being in a gang and carrying a knife or a gun?

What about sex education in schools? Teenage pregnancy? Aids?
What about drug education in schools? Glue sniffing? Smoking?

I am definitely not saying it is wrong to talk to young people about any of these matters or to give them the information they need. It is vital.
However, Derren Brown talks of triggers in relation to the power of negative suggestion and perhaps we need to rethink ( or monitor more stringently ) the approach taken to young people because it seems that our society has never talked so much about these matters, there is more information about these matters now than ever before, yet the incidents seem to still be increasing. In fact they appear to be escalating. It is possible to successfully teach children about harmful aspects of life- we all know how to cross the road safely, it can be done! So what has changed in recent years?
In relation to sex we have had an Ouroboros situation here for decades where health workers, doctors, clinics, family planning experts, educators, pro-death celebrities and the media legitimise liberal sex and abortion and it is taught in schools. The authorities legitimise their view and actions based on the perception of women's demand and need for liberal abortion but girls and young women in turn demand abortion because it has been presented to them in the media and by the authorities as acceptable, good, legal, moral -even fashionable! A truly vicious circle!
An example of this being that nearly all popular magazines in Britain aimed at girls, teenagers and young women promote promiscuity, casual sex and abortion services and are funded in turn by expensive advertising for the clinics and health charities that women will have to turn to for help. It is a similar concept to a computer virus if you think about it. The virus is mysteriously created and then we all have to purchase the remedy.

I find myself wondering, are the education authorities mistaken in their current approach to educating young people about the unpleasant and difficult side of life? Highly unlikely, Psychology is a well established field of study in which Great Britain excells - the Tavistock Institute, for example. Who in Britain has not studied Psychology at some level or in some context? Thousands of students are awarded degrees in this subject every year!
Or is some disgusting, nihilistic agenda at work here, and being practised on our young people by a veiled, hate-filled clique - hidden inside the field of education?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LrYsc8wfXM&feature=related