We are not naturally racists, but we are biologically descended from killer primates. In fact Franz Waal estimated that Chimpanzees are, by society, 5-17 times more violent than human societies-which is hard to imagine. We have reason to fear each other, because we often, hate, each other, and compete, like good, primates, for resources and females, ooh ooh! We can beat this genetic expression by working together, on agreed upon projects, for agreed upon and desired rewards or goals. It may be building a firehouse, or working on desalinization. Often this can beat the devil, so to speak.
-----Original Message----- From: Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Cc: - Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> Sent: Mon, Jul 22, 2013 2:21 pm Subject: Re: We are all naturally racists. Political correctness is likely to get you killed. On Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:03:54 AM UTC-4, Alberto G.Corona wrote: I can not resist to say something. THat something is innate or natural means that whatever to do with it must take into accout that this is innate or natural, no matter if this is morally positive or negative. Something natural can not be prohibited . Only can be regulated. Natural ignorance doesn't need to be prohibited, it can be educated into voluntary transcendence. It's natural to crap in our pants, but through a process which often requires much patience and unconditional love, even very young children can learn to first accept that they must participate in the political correctness of forced indoor plumbing use, and ultimately they may discover that indeed the community of anti-pants-crapping is a beneficial community to be a part of. Craig Take revenge for example. Revenge is something natural, an evolutionary instinct, that correspond with an evolutionarily stable strategy intended to impose, in the adversary, an evil greater than the benefit it may have taken with his offense, making further attacks to you unworthy. That works even If you loose in the process of revenge a lot of effort. Well that beyond the tribal life is deleterious for a civilized society, since retaliations can escalate etc. Many societies have the revenge ritualized or codified. Others create an institution, the justice, that judge and administer punishments to produce the same unworthiness of offenses, but avoid retaliations. So revenge by cool-blood killing an offender is punished as an horrible crime. But the law it does not punish the small retaliations in the workplace, between former friends, among couples in the day to day lves There is ample set of aspects where retaliation is permitted while it does not cause violence. It is logical: It would be comic to see people going to the justice like the children go to their parents saying "look my brother pushed me, punish it!" Well, with the hysteria of racism we are going in this nonsensical path. People want to be equally or more antiracist than the neighbor. Perhaps because people need to be united by some common beliefs and values, and when there is no belief nor values, they are fabricated, The more crazy they are, the more lies and half truths they imply, the more they work as elements of cohesion. See my other posts. The recently converted moral zealots of antiracism -or whatever is in fashion now- are scanning you. Take care 2013/7/17 Roger Clough <rcl...@verizon.net> Political correctness is likely to get you killed. We are all naturally racists. Blame it on Darwin. Zenophobia -- fear or dislike of outsiders--is what has allowed us to survive. Unfortunately the liberalized dictionaries I can find online refer to it as "abnormal" or "irrational". Is it abnormal to be cautious in the presence of strangers ? The left refers to such feelings as "politically incorrect". But I don't think it is irrational for a mother to tell her children not to talk to strangers, no matter what their color. We instinctively, for our own safety, are somewhat fearful and unfriendly to strangers, no matter what their color. Jesus said to love our neighbors, but he didn't say to go looking for strangers to love. So IMHO political correctness is likely to get you killed. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) 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