Confession, or Group Therapy?

[bmattock]

Well if that kid was to survive he'd soon be "red in tooth and claw" and responsible for his actions.

Kill or be eaten. The end of innocence.

Blame attaches to wrongful actions. Animals cannot behave wrongfully, they are animals. I would posit that one human could also be blameless - it takes two humans or more for someone to perform a wrong, and someone to be wronged.

 

[Gumby]

I read these and wonder how much they care about my opinion of a lens hood.

I'd offer an opinion but my new year resolution is to be nicer... and I'm starting early.

 

[MikeL]

So you put yourself outside of the animal kingdom?

Are you mineral or vegetal?

Pitxu, you are on fire tonight! Another great post!

 

[bmattock]

So you put yourself outside of the animal kingdom?

No.

Are you mineral or vegetal?

All rubies are minerals, not all minerals are rubies.

In the same manner, all humans are animals, but not all animals are humans.

Humans possess all of the characteristics of animals, plus some that animals do not have. One of them is a sense of right and wrong, which, although the boundaries vary, appear universally in human cultures and which do not necessarily track to simple survival instincts. Another is fire. And then there is cable TV.

Right and wrong are human inventions. Therefore, for an injustice to be done, it must be done by humans and perpetrated upon humans. One human, I posit, can be innocent - as long as there are no other humans.

 

[Nh3]

Well if that kid was to survive he'd soon be "red in tooth and claw" and responsible for his actions.

Kill or be eaten. The end of innocence.

Nature red in tooth and claw is the very essence of life. For one species to live, usually it must kill another species; thus maintaining the ecological balance which all life depend on.

 

[bmattock]

I'd offer an opinion but my new year resolution is to be nicer... and I'm starting early.

I say play to your strengths.

 

[Nh3]

I'd offer an opinion but my new year resolution is to be nicer... and I'm starting early.

Its not 2009 yet so make the most of it while you can - vent!

 

[Gumby]

The government fiscal year started in October... I've been in 2009 for a couple of months. Does that count?

 

[crawdiddy]

Wow! I was away longer than I thought.

I was only going to say Freud was not strictly speaking a behavioral scientist.

 

[Gumby]

Right and wrong are human inventions.

Really? Is Satan human?

 

[Merkin]

Really? Is Satan human?

Some would say that Satan is a human invention. *ducks*

 

[bmattock]

Really? Is Satan human?

I do not know. Do you?

 

[Gumby]

I do not know. Do you?

Yes .

 

[Merkin]

"What does... God?... need... with a spaceship...?" -Capt. James T. Kirk

"It's worse than that. It's epistemology, Jim." -Dr. 'Bones' McCoy

 

[Gumby]

But the question really should be, "How would God vote in this poll?"

 

[Gumby]

But the question really should be, "How would Kirk vote in this poll?"

 

[Gumby]

But the question really should be, "How would Bones vote in this poll?"

 

[Gumby]

Maybe innocent should be defined as "guilt-free" then.

 

[back alley]

wwpd?

what would picard do?

 

[Gumby]

Maybe innocent should be defined as "guilt-free" then.

... or "without shame".