Or prevented by raising better humans (meaning teaching parenting). I think if we had humongous numbers of cars that run the way humans do, not starting, stalling, going out of control, catching fire, whatever, we'd be in those factories in no time demanding that they improve.
And... we'd JUNK the ones that were shit.
If a factory worker showed up drunk or high, he'd be fired. When it comes to making the
world's most important commodity, humans, it's anything goes. Drunk, high,
rage-filled, needy, depressed, single parent, it's all acceptable. Take
out people like Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka (I don't really know who
they are) and put them in the vastly reduced prison system that would
follow from raising humans that function better. Unfortunately, that's a
fantasy, and I'm on the verge of giving it up.
I don't think ANYONE is denying you that people have a lot of work to do.
> Who're "we"? The hypocritical puritan american press?
No, you, Lawrence, Eric, me (well, not really me), Joe Average who complains al Jazeera isn't playing fair by showing people what war really looks like.
Revenge is universal because it's a product of the crocodile brain. Revenge is a way to work through emotions that can be worked through in far more productive ways.
> >How to punish, I don't know. That could be agreed on. > > Clearly it cannot because the capital punishment debate constantly rages. >
Sure it can. Put them into solitary forever. It's worse than capital punishment. Lots of room for creativity if one could just engage one's neocortex.
In the abstract we agree. In principle, revenge and taking people out are emotional responses. But, even agreeing in principle is better than nothing.
Here is something I wrote yesterday but didn't send.
All the evidence points to a reduced standard of living for most Americans in the not too distant future. That's why I say civilization is a mirage. Approachable, but then it disappears. Around 1970 the population of the world was something like 3.5 billion. Now it's something like 6 billion. The more humans, the more problems.
Again, I direct you to Pianka. What do you say about his 'theory'?
I know someone out there will say it's because there are relatively fewer white people. At least invading Iraq
has disproved any bias toward white people being less capable of evil.
> "I've got an itching swelling brain and I'm OUT OF CONTROL"
Sounds like a quote from a sci fi. I don't recognize it. See ya later. Until then, keep watching the skies ...
paul
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