Power - and maybe priviledge.
I read recently that sometimes, in some situations, having no power at all can in fact be a very powerful thing.
The example given was very extreme, so I apologise if it offends anyone. But it went something like this:
A bad person takes a hostage , and holds a knife to the hostages throat. The bad person says "Do what I want, otherwise I will do something very bad to you that you don't like". In this situation the bad person has all the power. And it appears that the hostage has no power.
However, the hostage does have a way of taking back their power. If the hostage says to the bad person "Go ahead and do something bad to me, I don't mind/care whatever (trying not to inflame the probably unstable person weilding their power)", then suddenly the hostage is potentially the most powerful person in the room, situation, company etc etc.
This may seem obvious to many people here, but when I read it recently I found it really interesting. obviously it is a pretty bad example to be using on an aviation forum.... but anyway.
Another interesting way of looking at it was (well interesting to me anyway? ) was "Beware of ugly people, they have nothing to loose."
Last edited by LHLisa; 23rd May 2012 at 05:32.