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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Its not what we do, or listen to, or see/watch.
I think its how we respond to external influences.
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You are contradicting your points below somehow.
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Animals don't "choose", they survive on instinct.
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This is wrong on so many levels ... Animals CAN choose - otherwise they wouldn't be able to learn. Why is it that discussions about "what is human" tend to get "Animals are so low, we are so much higher, because .." and the definition of human must always include something like "We are better then animals .." We ARE animals (family Hominidae, biological order (bipedal) Primates).
Any definition that relies on behaviour to specify what a human is must (by its very nature) be incomplete - it will neither include babies, nor mentally ill (sorry, we cannot just leave them out), nor "monstrous humans". Adolf Hitler has been a human. This does not excuse his crimes - in fact, it makes them even more terrible. It would be so much easier to say "Yeah, well, he's not been a human - cant happen again" then admitting "Yes, he has been a human and it's our duty to not let it happen again".
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Of course some mothers fight for their young. But once the predator has the young in their mouths, the fight is over, and compare that to the daily fight mothers endure to raise human babies!
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You might want to learn about the behaviour of whales or elephants. (Or even rats for that matter - who lead their children to traps or dangerous places to teach them about them or show them poison in order to warn them).
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And Dr. Drib, yes, I will censor music I feel is in bad taste for my family.
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Why? Censorship is easy, a discussion about pros/cons and "why something is bad" is (of course) harder but might lead to more responsible behaviour.
Its the old discussion: Am I good because I am punished if I am evil - or am I good because I choose to be.
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We now have an entire culture of dope/gun selling encouraging, cop haters, women haters because people didn't feel they had the "right" to censor someone elses taste in music.
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This is a very, very dangerous argument. One that I would very much like to discuss - in a separate topic.
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Trust me, anytime the Burger Kind ad is played, the channel is changed.
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Understandable - it really is annoying (not a question of its "message" - it just is annoying and I like my time to have at least some value).