On 01/03/2014 03:47 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > Or the `successful' may just be apex predators, but still just one of > many possible species of person. They feed on the productivity of these > other species. Perhaps not wanting to be one of them, the drug addict > (unconsciously) denies the predator that productivity... As Arnade > observes, everyone makes mistakes, so perhaps we can just enumerate the > wolves and note that's what wolves do but that they get no further honor.
Well, it seems to me that the ascription of honor (or any other honorific) is a dynamic thing. Not only is society fickle like that, but it's also difficult to predict what your arbitrary weirdo might take _pride_ in. Witness: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/man-dies-eating-roaches-587314 or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes So, we can't prescribe what honor the wolves get. In fact, merely counting them might encourage more people to want to be them. I think the answer lies in creating/facilitating wolf-eating species. -- ⇒⇐ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
