--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I've grown older, I am more and more astonished that the > Holocaust happened in my own father's lifetime. I often find > myself thinking that humanity hasn't evolved much in the 50 years > that have passed, at least in the biological sense of evolution. > Perhaps our memes have made more progress than our genes, though.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I'd hope in my country, if the police started rounding up an > ethnic group and shipping them out, that the majority of > people would march in the streets and force the police to stop. Whenever I have the occasion to walk from the Bureau of Labor Statistis Building to the Frances Perkins ("Main") Labor Department Building, I pass by one of the newest, most moving, and perhaps least- known memorials in all of Washington, DC. It is a memorial to the Japanese-Americans who were rounded up into internment camps. Whenever I walk by there, I can't help but be astonished that it was *only* 60 years ago - and yet it seems so absolutely unthinkable today. Sure we can all talk about technological development over the last century, but our ethical development is almost as awe- inspiring - compared to ethical development over the previous range of human history. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l