Jason (Memphis) wrote: > Here is an interesting article. It reminds me of the introduction of > "history of western philosophy" by bertrand russell when he talks > about the social fabric of law and order quickly collapsing and the > ensuing chaos including horror tales from failed Greek city states. > > http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081221_man_is_a_cruel_animal/
I think you have to recognize that three months of military basic training cannot and does not serve adequately to produce a killer out of a civilized human being. In war time 3 months is sometimes considered a luxury and six weeks is all that inductees actually get. The veneer of civilization is consistently and meticulously kept thinner than you think it is, simply so that that basic training will suffice to make a trained killer out of nearly anyone in a society, for the purposes of war. That begins with the cradle and continues until the grave. You have to radically change all of the world community, of society in the largest sense of that, if you want to truly civilize human beings. On the other hand i am not really certain that is such a good idea. Those aliens who are watching us from outer space, and visiting now and again, are all warlike and hostile. They want to compete too, for the whole universe and are just itching to have a nice war, testing out the killer instincts of humans ??? Might be Heinlein was essentially right, and what then ? Cheers. Robert Morpheal --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
