cognitive dissonance

Cognitive Dissonance hah. Nice subject to try and open. As far as the views on the subject I'm not sure what you mean by that. I do know a good example to give of actions generally associated with it is as follows. Say you have a cute little kitten and you love this cute little kitten so much that your hugging it and just petting it, and then all of a sudden you simply strangle it and throw its lifeless body to the side with no remorse whatsoever.That is cognitive dissonance as I understand it. Now my view on it is Im pretty sure that it is a mental condition. I say that because if someone can be that opposite in that amount of time, something has to be unstable in them.