I repeat my earlier question, what is a caucasian? I assume that means someone from the Caucasian Mountains.
How do you establish that “caucasian” means “white”? If we are all evolved from Africa and before that “Lucy” then are we not all just mutations of the same genetic base?
Yes, the “Hun” was used as a nasty title for invaders. Semantics do play a large part in our interpreation of a people. Yet, the Scythians whom they invaded were equally warlike, just that they lost and the huns won.
So we can establish that perhaps there is a “genetic” cause behind the behavior in eastern Europe. Yet if we are all simply varying shades of brown then we share so much genetic similarity that this whole prejudice is purely an academic study of siblings objecting to the variations which seem to give one sector more than another sector.
Yes, people who adopt, or people who use embryo transplants would most likely prefer to reproduce themselves. This will soon be possible with cloning.
What about the designer babies? What will happen to the gene pool when all these babies who have been produced by the ideal sperm donor grow up and meet? Suppose they do not know that their feelings for each other are fraternal and make the mistake of believing it is the kind of love that leads to procreation of the species?
Where does the proclivity for violence come from? Is it a recessive gene from Attila the Hun which then makes us not responsible for our behavior? If we choose we can always go back to “Lucy” the chimpanzee who is the mother of humanity.
It is the lack of patience, and the unwillingness to explore the possibility of new or opposing ideas that is a sign of our uncivilized heritage.
Who are the criminals? They are the ones who whether by reason of genetic structure, or bad parenting have chosen to believe they are entitled to the benefits which other people have produced.
There was an interesting interview with a serial killer on TV, he simply said that killing was his job! It was what he did well and what he enjoyed. And, everyone needs a job. That is an example of the criminal mind which does not comprehend that others are equally entitled to individual rights of expression.
I am happy to dialog on any esoteric issue and debate the pros and cons of all views. I have little respect for those who find it necessary to “attack” anyone who appears not to share the same view. A simple fact of life is that there is nothing that is universally acceptable to all people at all times. That is our punishment for eating from the “Tree of Knowledge”.
Anarchy or communism are simply opposite sides of the same issue. Democracy is in the middle neither right nor left. Power tends to try an amplify itself and becomes convinced that it is the authority of what’s best. Just as at one time in this country you could not vote unless you owned property.
We as a civilization should debate how much “government” is good government. How much are we responsible for our neighbors, and how responsible are we for ourselves?
Because we disagree, does not automatically mean that the person with whom we disagree is a “bad” person who deserves to be whipped into submission. That is democracy.
People who cannot or will not follow the rules of our society are “labeled” as the criminals. People who can not or will not follow our social morals are “labeled” as crazy. All that means is there are more of us than them. A paranoid schizphrenic who imagines that he is Napolean can be a much “happier” person, can be well adjusted into his delusion and very satisfied with his life. He is living his dream. Why is he committed to an institution
? Because no one else agrees that he is Napolean.
What is “normal”? What is average? What is right? What is wrong? All paradoxes that can only be solved by individual communities which determine what is normal in their community. We as a civilization cannot even agree on what is “truth”?
So if you think that we are responsible for those less fit to participate in our community you have to ask not how much will the most fit give back to these…but how much willyou be willing to give? We do not have the right to take from one person to give to another person more than they feel is right, that is “criminal”. We do have the right to give what is ours to whomever we wish.
As people and members of humanity we have the duty to take care of those less capable, but we do not have the right to assign that duty to someone else.
You even get a tax break for driving one!
