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Jonny America · 04-20-2008

Lisa, are you trying to say that every dolphin would save every human every time? No. Absolutely not. I'm not very religious myself, and I think the Bible is a compiliation of everything that is wrong with the world today, but the fact that humans were given far more sophisticated neuro-capacities has to count for something. And that, I believe, is just for our self survival. We're not creatures with highly capable muscular adaptations, but with the power to think on a higher level we can formulate ways to keep ourselves alive. What do you think animals think about all the time? People talk about war like it's a man made invention, when other animals have been fighting, single or in mass numbers, for generations. All animals care about is keeping those themselves and those they have chosen to care for alive. The only times I've ever heard about animals saving humans and the vice is when the animal was domesticated, meaning it had formed a bond with the human, and even in that case, it's the animals emotional bond for the human that causes it to go after and save it.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is this. Usually whenever a person goes beyond a selfish desire, he or she ends up dead. All living creatures are designed to be selfish; it's the only way they'll survive. Thinking its our duty to go out and rescue any animal we can is acting against nature itself. However, in special cases like Tibet and Darfur, this condition is a level beyond selfishness; ignorance. Choosing to not acknowledge something you choose to not accept is another act of inhumanity. And this is a special case where humans should venture to end to aid themselves, but if the Coast Guard finds a dying animal in the middle of the ocean, they're not going to issue out calls to make sure it never happens again, and actually, they shouldn't.

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Jonny America (25) Kami of Earth Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: America Posts: 3,962 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 48	Re: We humans only care about ourselves. Lisa, are you trying to say that every dolphin would save every human every time? No. Absolutely not. I'm not very religious myself, and I think the Bible is a compiliation of everything that is wrong with the world today, but the fact that humans were given far more sophisticated neuro-capacities has to count for something. And that, I believe, is just for our self survival. We're not creatures with highly capable muscular adaptations, but with the power to think on a higher level we can formulate ways to keep ourselves alive. What do you think animals think about all the time? People talk about war like it's a man made invention, when other animals have been fighting, single or in mass numbers, for generations. All animals care about is keeping those themselves and those they have chosen to care for alive. The only times I've ever heard about animals saving humans and the vice is when the animal was domesticated, meaning it had formed a bond with the human, and even in that case, it's the animals emotional bond for the human that causes it to go after and save it. Basically, what I'm trying to say is this. Usually whenever a person goes beyond a selfish desire, he or she ends up dead. All living creatures are designed to be selfish; it's the only way they'll survive. Thinking its our duty to go out and rescue any animal we can is acting against nature itself. However, in special cases like Tibet and Darfur, this condition is a level beyond selfishness; ignorance. Choosing to not acknowledge something you choose to not accept is another act of inhumanity. And this is a special case where humans should venture to end to aid themselves, but if the Coast Guard finds a dying animal in the middle of the ocean, they're not going to issue out calls to make sure it never happens again, and actually, they shouldn't. __________________ -Out for the week, be back Saturday- [/b][/center]