GRGR(3) talking dog 44.20

[calbert at pop.tiac.net]

> On Charles' point of our all being  inundated with morality in childhood I
> guess this is true--but mostly  in the sense that we TOLD by our parents,
> teachers, clergymen , etc. what is right or wrong.   But does this necessarily
> result in a moral person. I'm thinking of all the talk about bad kids (who
> shoot people etc.) lately. There are theories floating around about what went
> wrong with THEIR moral conditioning. Theories beyond those of Dan Quayle and
> Gary Bauer I mean. Was some mysterious factor of bonding with humanity
> missing.?A missing mother figure or something of the sort? Is Mother the
> original Pavlov without even knowing it (or how she does it)?


Putting my money on that classic bogey man - nihilism. Tends to come 
around every decade, sorta like acid. Think it is really easy to 
digest.

love,
cfa