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Originally posted by ARTelevision
Dragonlich,
I submit no other animal brutalizes and destroys nearly the numerical or percentage of total of its own and other species as does man.
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I think it depends on the environment (war? culture?) and person (psychology). Most humans I know are perfectly normal. On the other hand, there are enough murders on a global scale to justify your claims...
Perhaps a small number of bastards are ruining it for the rest of us. They're just very good at killing or forcing others to kill.
Think about it: it is said that during the American civil war, a large percentage of soldiers never actually fired their gun, or at the very least did not aim at the enemy. It takes a lot of effort (target practice) to persuade a soldier to kill. The same applies to "normal" humans. Only people who see the rest of humanity as unimportant/unworthy are truly capable of killing without thinking about it - they're psychopaths. The rest of us cannot kill that easily.
So, I'd say that humans might be good by nature, and that they can be turned to evil... if one wants to apply such subjective terms to their actions.