tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9631141.post114719499676196382..comments2023-08-09T03:15:40.201-05:00Comments on Coalition for a Republican-Free America: MYOPIA OF THE MASSES: EXCHANGING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR "FOOD ON THE TABLE"BibleBeltedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833861419528904916noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9631141.post-1147369483438250802006-05-11T12:44:00.000-05:002006-05-11T12:44:00.000-05:00Believe me, I do not wish to fall into such a camp...Believe me, I do not wish to fall into such a camp! However, I believe selfishness is within all of us, and it is a fundamental part of being human. If we were building a human, that would be component number one because without it, that human wouldn't survive.<BR/><BR/>Love, cooperation, and altruism are a result of our evolution (socialially or anthropologically), but they have not replaced nor can ever replace the self-importance and greed, as I said, these qualities are not mutially exclusive.Ragnarokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769299462192732685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9631141.post-1147363642991771942006-05-11T11:07:00.000-05:002006-05-11T11:07:00.000-05:00In a certain sense that is true, Ragnarok, but by ...In a certain sense that is true, Ragnarok, but by the same token, love, cooperation, and altruism aren't exactly UNnatural desires either. I wish I had the material in front of me, but there is an evolutionary explanation as to the purpose that the qualities I mentioned above were important in the overall evolution of our species. In the end I suspect that it comes down to a choice as to which side we're going to embrace. Whether you're a religionist following a faithful call to love thy neighbor and turn the other cheek, or an agnostic or an atheist looking for logical and rational reasons to treat human beings with a certain degree of gentless and kindness, we have a duty to the society at large to behave like something more than a right wing Social Darwinist. Judging from your past posts and comments I would not place you in the survival of the fittest camp.<BR/><BR/>Jolan TruBibleBeltedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833861419528904916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9631141.post-1147340004340980642006-05-11T04:33:00.000-05:002006-05-11T04:33:00.000-05:00Greed and self interests ARE natural orders, regar...Greed and self interests ARE natural orders, regardless of leadership. Even a system of government designed to reverse such an order only managed to increase it (Marxism, Communism, whatever you wish to call it).Ragnarokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769299462192732685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9631141.post-1147262110403560382006-05-10T06:55:00.000-05:002006-05-10T06:55:00.000-05:00Question: "Does the genetic makeup of any sane hum...Question: "Does the genetic makeup of any sane human rest on having food on the table for the rest of his/her miserable life?"<BR/><BR/>Answer: Yes. <BR/><BR/>Freedom, rights and food are by no means mutually exclusive, but the human race and all other species relies on survival of the fittest. First a human fights for survival, then it fights for freedom.Ragnarokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769299462192732685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9631141.post-1147230289890544412006-05-09T22:04:00.000-05:002006-05-09T22:04:00.000-05:00Advocate:Thanks for the compliment.Having been bor...Advocate:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliment.<BR/><BR/>Having been born and raised in an overtly patriachial, republican-style authoritarian govt here, I was appalled to hear that people actually do not treasure their rights.<BR/><BR/>The truth is, our govt in Singapore fears liberalism. They think that once the government releases it hold on the masses, the people will start to go ape and riot like chimpanzees.<BR/><BR/>People have been jailed for what the govt deems as "seditious" remarks, politicians have been jailed for allegedly "defamatory" remarks against the govt, and one opposition politician is currently questioned by the police for forgeting to fill in a form and quarreling with the elections department over the petty issue.<BR/><BR/>This is not the country I want to live in. Sure, there is food on the table, but this is not the kind of environment I want to raise kids in, much less feel any pride towards this obnoxious system.BEAST FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679628160308289045noreply@blogger.com