GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)
rj
rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
Sat Dec 11 21:28:48 CST 1999
Cjhurtt
> just because everything that humans do comes down to human nature does not
> mean that i or anyone else has to excuse anyone's behavior.
Quite right.
> another element
> of human nature is the desire to weed out the less savory aspects of our
> natures.
But who decides what is more or "less savory"? And who will be the
weeders and who the weedees?
> this is where cultural conditioning comes in.
> some one does something bad...it's human nature.
> some one wants that person to stop...also human nature.
> society builds a jail.
> all human nature.
I guess so. Sadly.
best
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