Quote (Kookaburra @ Dec 20 2011 05:58pm)
"when you tally up the good humans did, against the wicked things done by humanity, well, were very well behind, and therefor undeserving of our great gift that is our mind."
I couldn't agree with you more. But you cant forget organized religion. That has much to do with the worlds wars. You could say the Iraq war is heavily motivated by religion among other things.
I took some more time to think about this. In ways you could say its our Instinct combined with our intelligence that made this whole fiasco. In primitive times I'm sure we argued fought and even killed one another for food, land, women, etc. As many mammals do, but with this new mind, these new thoughts such as the wheel, fire, magick, hypnosis, public speaking, religion, alchemy, and the list goes on. We have essentially become beasts with great knowledge with a lack of wisdom to guide that knowledge. So with the rising of nations and organized belief system we are doing what we have always been doing. Just on a larger scale. "What we are, is semi-civilized beasts, with baseball caps and fully automatic weapons"
George Carlin
a lot of animals rape also.. and not just any other females, they rape their own offspring. a lot of instincts are to go for ONLY what will benefit ones own well being, whether its a sexual urge or a hunger pang. also, animal instincts have a lot to do with acting outright about feelings like anger and passion.
i will agree that people cant seem to grasp their humane roots though.
Absolutely