Do you think some people are just inherently cruel, or does everyone always have a chance to change?
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Updated: Apr 14, 2020
raingirlpoet
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Feb 9, 2016
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I think everyone has a chance to change. There was something or someone that made that person cruel. Maybe it was a monster in their own head. Everyone deserves the chance to prove themselves. You may see the good in them. Help them try to see the good in themselves. But in the end, they have to be the ones to decide to change.
Anonymous
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Feb 11, 2016
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Psychopathy is a mental disorder, neurologically and psychologically. But sometimes people act out in anger or out of serious oppression and rebellion. Sometimes they see flaws in the world or are witnesses of cruelty themselves and can see no other alternative.
Do these people have a chance to change? It depends on why they're cruel, and if they want to change.
Steelymic
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Feb 11, 2016
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I feel everyone deserves the chance to change once their problematic behaviour has highlighted and explained to them. Some people then might take this on, others, might need a bit of time to adjust, and then some others will just repeat their behaviour because they do not see their behaviour as problematic, despite it being pointed out to them. It's the last cluster of people that you might want to consider if you want to hang around and see if they will make any changes this time, or the next. Or you might see the pattern and realise that's that just who they are
cherryblossom78
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Feb 16, 2016
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I think everyone has a chance to change if he/she really wants to. But genetics and environment do influence the person a lot.
XKiraX
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Feb 22, 2016
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I think everyone has a chance to change, nobody is just inherently cruel. The world would be much worse if people were inherently cruel
iambrandi
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Mar 21, 2016
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I think that anyone can change. If he/she wants it bad enough it's definitely possible! Without the will to change the chances of change are very slim.
miraculousNight81
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Apr 4, 2016
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I personally think everyone has a chance to change but they don't realize it. Or they don't wanna change. I used to be a bully and i didn't want to change at first because I was scared that if I'm not a bully I would be bullied. I also thought that even if i tried to change my friends wouldn't like me anymore because I'm not mean. I decided that if they didn't like me anymore than they weren't my real friends after all. I took a chance and they accepted me for me. Everyone has the chance but its the matter of them knowing the chance exists. If someone you know is cruel or mean or isn't in the right mind let them know they can have it better if they just work towards being more considerate.
Anonymous
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Jul 26, 2016
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I think everyone has a chance to change provided they want to. I think that comes with time. Anybody is capable of anything regardless of how heinous, or sublime. You just hope they act on wisdom.
GraceFaithAndSummer
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Sep 6, 2016
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Everyone has a chance to change! No matter who you are or where you come from! There may be problems like poverty and hunger, due to the people in this world, but there are also children who wake up every morning, looking cheerfully at the sunshine peeking through their window!
LeonMcLion
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Sep 10, 2016
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I don't think cruelty is inherited but rather a character they developed as they grow older. People who are cruel might have a terrible past, Everyone always have a chance to change depending on the person whether they want to change themselves for the better. Every day and every moment in our lives we get this chance to change.
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