Kill the innocent, but not the guilty?

[manu1959]

Actually there is an incredible amount of anxiety in the modern world because people have so many choices in life and can't deal with them. In primitive societies your lot in life is determined by sex, caste or class, even position in birth order. For some people that's a lot easier to deal with than the blank slate we are born with in modern America.

darwin's therory in action

 

[kurtsprincess]

tony stewart is leading

For a while there I thought all our helicopter pilots were in the race. A lot of hovering, rolling and spinning today, huh, manu?

 

[manu1959]

For a while there I thought all our helicopter pilots were in the race. A lot of hovering, rolling and spinning today, huh, manu?

reminded me of the olde figure 8 stuff i used to go watch at altamonte

 

[Nuc]

darwin's therory in action

I'd agree with you except that the bizarre demands of modern life produce a lot of "successful" people who are totally screwed up. Maybe we've strayed too far from nature. For example in primitive societies we wouldn't have this argument about the death penalty. Someone becomes a liability they'd just stone 'em, end of story.

 

[kurtsprincess]

reminded me of the olde figure 8 stuff i used to go watch at altamonte

Demolition Derby there for awhile!

 

[manu1959]

I'd agree with you except that the bizarre demands of modern life produce a lot of "successful" people who are totally screwed up. Maybe we've strayed too far from nature. For example in primitive societies we wouldn't have this argument about the death penalty. Someone becomes a liability they'd just stone 'em, end of story.

successful and screwed up i can deal with.......unsuccessful and it is not my fault take care of me i can't handle.....i always thought if you were a liability we would would just leave you for the wolves.....

 

[Hagbard Celine]

I'd agree with you except that the bizarre demands of modern life produce a lot of "successful" people who are totally screwed up. Maybe we've strayed too far from nature. For example in primitive societies we wouldn't have this argument about the death penalty. Someone becomes a liability they'd just stone 'em, end of story.

I think everything humans do is "natural." Otherwise, we wouldn't be doing it! The problems arise out of the struggle created between those who want progress and those who want to preserve the status quo.

 

[MissileMan]

I'd agree with you except that the bizarre demands of modern life produce a lot of "successful" people who are totally screwed up. Maybe we've strayed too far from nature. For example in primitive societies we wouldn't have this argument about the death penalty. Someone becomes a liability they'd just stone 'em, end of story.

This might make a good discussion for another thread...Is man, through medical technology, mucking up the works of evolution by allowing survival of not just the fittest, and doing irreparable harm to the human gene pool?

 

[kurtsprincess]

I'd agree with you except that the bizarre demands of modern life produce a lot of "successful" people who are totally screwed up. Maybe we've strayed too far from nature. For example in primitive societies we wouldn't have this argument about the death penalty. Someone becomes a liability they'd just stone 'em, end of story.

I'm sure people in centuries past felt the same way about the "bizarre demands of modern life"...........

Adaptation is crucial............and one of the first lessons of adapting is learning which choices keep you and the species alive.

 

[Nuc]

This might make a good discussion for another thread...Is man, through medical technology, mucking up the works of evolution by allowing survival of not just the fittest, and doing irreparable harm to the human gene pool?

"Fittest" no longer seems to have a physical component.

 

[manu1959]

This might make a good discussion for another thread...Is man, through medical technology, mucking up the works of evolution by allowing survival of not just the fittest, and doing irreparable harm to the human gene pool?

go for it....i have moved on to the masturbation thread

 

[pegwinn]

Simply investigate murders with truth serum and lie detectors. When the killer is found, hang a sign on him/her that reads "failed human being", then shoot them in the back of the head and dump the body.

 

[Hagbard Celine]

This might make a good discussion for another thread...Is man, through medical technology, mucking up the works of evolution by allowing survival of not just the fittest, and doing irreparable harm to the human gene pool?

No, because the ability to practice medicine is an adaptation that ensures our species' future.

 

[manu1959]

"Fittest" no longer seems to have a physical component.

disagree.....heart disease...genetic links to cancer....etc...

 

[Nuc]

disagree.....heart disease...genetic links to cancer....etc...

Steven Hawking?

 

[MissileMan]

No, because the ability to practice medicine is an adaptation that ensures our species' future.

Explain that to a virus!

 

[Hagbard Celine]

In evolutionary terms, "fittest" refers more to virility, but you're right about cancer and all that.

 

[Hagbard Celine]

Explain that to a virus!

Viruses adapt to ensure their future as well. Evolution is a "struggle" for dominance.

 

[manu1959]

Steven Hawking?

did he reproduce?

 

[Mr. P]

go for it....i have moved on to the masturbation thread

LOL...I hear there is a lot of that self gratification stuff on the LEFT coast.. :wank: True?