I think there is a crucial difference in scale, and also in nature of the violence. Protecting yourself and your loved ones from an immediate attack (either by a hungry animal or an angry human) is fine and ok. That is part of survival instinct. But celebrating violence, torturing, planning machines that will destroy hunderds or millions. Those are things I think are wrong. Even though they might be 'part of human nature' (for nature is a construct and so is my idea of wrong, doesn't mean I will not wholeheartedly believe in it).
And no, I don't think we can evolve ourselves (by design) out of the bad aspects of our violent nature. But I am absolutely convinced that we can do things (and as a world society) are doing things to feed the bad side. So, I guess I am an optimist in saying I believe it could percievably be better. And I do my best to hope.
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Date: 2006-04-27 10:31 pm (UTC)And no, I don't think we can evolve ourselves (by design) out of the bad aspects of our violent nature. But I am absolutely convinced that we can do things (and as a world society) are doing things to feed the bad side. So, I guess I am an optimist in saying I believe it could percievably be better. And I do my best to hope.