Not directly, no. But “this person deserves what’s coming to them” covers a lot of ground, whether it’s a volunteer in an experiment or a lying, thieving kid.
I get a different impression from both.
For the Milgram experiment, it seems that they told them applying a certain amount of pain was necesary to conduct the experiment. And therefore, to properly conduct the experiment, which the “victims” volunteered for, they person who volunteered for the experiment would have to obediently increase the voltage. So, if you think that it’s necesary to get the proper results from the experiment, and you also think that the “victim” knows this and consents to it, then I don’t see that there necesarily has to be malice or sadism in conducting the experiment. I could see myself shocking the hell out of someone in the Milgram experiment because it was within the bounds of everything that we consented to, and I definitely don’t view myself as subservient to authority. If the victim said “ok, I quit, I want out”, though, I would stop it. But if they just appeared to be in pain, but still consenting to it - then yeah, sure, I’d shock them.
I do, though, believe that people can be far too subservient to authority. But I’d like a more conclusive and less ambiguous experiment to examine it.
As for this incident - I don’t know if the the aggressors in the situation were secretly enjoying it and wanted to continue the searches or not. The article makes it sound as if they hated what they were doing, wanted to stop, thought it was wrong, but still kept doing it anyway. That’s far, far more fucked up than the Milgram experiment.
They did say that they wanted out. They also claimed that they had a heart condition. At 150 volts the person “being shocked” said “Experimenter! That’s all. Get me out of here. I told you I had heart trouble. My heart’s starting to bother me. I refuse to go on. Let me out.” This was when the person thought they were giving only 150 volts. As the volts increased, the protests and the screams of pain increased. After 330 volts, the person in the other room stopped screaming or saying anything.
Before this experiment was done, Milgram went around and asked a bunch of people when the subjects would refuse to obey authority. All of those he pulled before the experiment said that the the subjects would stop before 450 volts, many said that they would refuse at 150 volts. However, not a single one stopped before the 300 volt level.
Or a foreign enemy of your country.
What evidence was presented to show he made the call. I presume phone records showed that a call was placed from his line to the store. Did the manager identify his voice?
Can his victims persue a civil suit?
I think the call was from a pay phone, using a calling card they were able to show he purchased. Not exactly a smoking gun but pretty persuasive.