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To: Quila
Savagery may be a fact of life. The problem with the quote above is that Darwin encouraged the savagery. Decent people, decent theories discourage it. Decent people try to encourage others to do what is right, not what is worst.
369 posted on 03/28/2002 7:42:57 PM PST by gore3000
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To: gore3000
Decent people try to encourage others to do what is right, not what is worst.

That's us, but we're talking about nature where there's no morality, no right or wrong, only survival. If Darwin was suggesting that we take nature's way as a lesson for how to structure our societies, he was getting way out of his area of expertise and should have just shut up.

413 posted on 03/28/2002 11:31:00 PM PST by Quila
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