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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (10718)	12/9/2010 7:46:29 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

We easily think about eliminating undesirable influences so that we can more readily advance desirable features of society. Elimination as an ultimate solution doesn't seem to pan out though, since there would be too few who would make the 'desirable' cut according to most efforts I've seen to establish the proper criterion. Considering the weeding out process quickly shows itself to be un-doable; producing frustrations, anxiety, and ultimately anger which only exacerbates the problem, especially when competition to be the weederer in charge eventually takes shape. Beginning by selecting characteristics you can work with to develop and produce the quality of participants who are smart, decent, conscientious and wise defines what a society is to become and the level of quality in life it's members will enjoy, if that is indeed the vision of society at all. Parents are the arbiters of this selection process from the time they consider their partners until they have raised autonomous adults to pick up the cause. So the solution seems to be more in the front end. However, once you have allowed heinous criminal types to take charge of societal institutions (As the case is in human trafficking) you have lost your grip on the issue. When you have adverse cultural mores associated with your leaders, which you have accepted or even bowed to like 'Oh well, they all lie,' (In the case of politicians) you have sacrificed your ability to control the outcome to ends which are ethical, principled, and which are in consideration of well being.