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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (60340)	9/30/2002 4:34:09 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

I have to say I LIKE the new thread title. But (a little wistfully) I was hoping we could be the litter box. Sigh Sharks is good too

To: epicure who wrote (60340)	9/30/2002 4:51:30 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It is meaningless to talk about "genes" being selfish or "memes" being selfish. Not only do they not have the requisite consciousness to be selfish, but putting the individual at the service of the species or the cultural cohort is anything but self- interested, and is a sheer misuse of the term. The improvement of the species may vary well require the sacrifice of numerous individuals: of their happiness, their health, or even their lives. Indeed, it is rather grimly totalitarian, the individual completely submerged in the corporate.