Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Huh? Other mammal species often kill the young of their rivals so that their young will survive. You call that tenderness? War, famine, death and disease have haunted us for a long time but we continue to struggle to overcome those problems. You're selling the humans short. The breadth of human success is absolutely breathtaking. Do I have to list all of our accomplishments in art, music, medicine, language, optics, mathematics, physics, etc? Maybe you don't realize that your life has been immensely improved by the work of all of our ancestors. Sure, humans hung with the chimps for a long time but we split off to do amazing things. The chimps have not been as successful. There is no going back...haha... Regards, Larry K. ---------------------- larry: Coudn't agree more. We seem to have, if anything, DE-volved. Compare the tenderness of of "other mammal species" with their young and each other as well as with us, if we behave ourselves around them for any span of time. It's from them that we stole the overused term, "unconditiional Love". Then look at the incredible, unforgivable mischief we have wrought on ourselves in the name of abstract concepts. Pick a war, follow the money, choose your chemical. I'd hang out with Koko and her crew any time. And, she shoots film - with an SLR, already! Who knew? Bob in Seattle