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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: jbe who wrote (4623)2/3/2001 7:20:12 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Common sense would suggest (to me, at any rate) that Nature and Nurture both play a role, and that the interrelationship is a complex one.

I think what Nature provides is mainly the herding instinct. We are pack animals; each pack competes with other packs for available resources. It is quite natural that we apply a different standard of conduct within our pack than that which we apply to outsiders.

Not saying that there aren't individual variations, just that the general template is pretty consistent.

Do you think that the Serbs who rape and murder Kosovars, or vice versa, would rape and murder those of their own pack? Most of them, in their own group, are probably quite decent and virtuous citizens. But with the other, all is permitted.
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