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Originally Posted by smooth
Are you agreeing with me?
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Not exactly, just making comment more than anything.
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Originally Posted by smooth
The section of yours that I was responding to hinged upon a racist statement that the 'western' world was more socially 'advanced' than other parts of the world. I dispute that, but never claimed anything was inherently wrong.
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I wouldn't say it was a racist statement. Well, I said it so I can tell you it's not a racist statement. All the examples I could think of were from Asia, Africa or South America, which just happens to leave what we call the 'Western World'.
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Originally Posted by smooth
I don't agree that 'westerners' have progressed any further than anyone else,
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Neither do I.
I was just pointing out that in some places, at some time in history, you didn't need much of a reason to off someone.
If there was so much variation in the perceived value of a human life then it would seem odd that it was covered by some 'natural' law.
The biology bit was not a slight on johnny foreigner for being less 'evolved' than me. I was just pointing out that we are biologically programmed to do our best to survive, as is every species. I imagine that not butchering every person we meet would come under this.