How do we make sustainable environments? Is "Evolution" always the most applicable?

OldWiseGuy said:

I wouldn't go so far as to advocate denying any law abiding citizen a gun. However, I wouldn't sell a gun to a minority. It's just a personal preference.

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You do realize that "preference" sounds racist, yes?

EDIT: Never mind. Not worth it. I think I'm officially done responding to one poster here.

pitabread said:

You do realize that "preference" sounds racist, yes?

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Yeah, I know.

pitabread said:

You do realize that "preference" sounds racist, yes?

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"sounds"

Shemjaza said:

"sounds"

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"Is."

pitabread said:

You do realize that "preference" sounds racist, yes?

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Shemjaza said:

"sounds"

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Kylie said:

"Is."

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And yet he seems blissfully unaware, or indifferent to the charge. Almost as if it was the most natural position to take.

Of course, evolution has rendered distrust of the "stranger who looks different" a sound survival approach. What OWG seems to have missed out on is the use of rational thought - another evolutionary winner - to analyse (and readily discard) the intuitive dislikes and stereotypical judgements that come with the simplistic "stranger bad" approach.

Ophiolite said:

Of course, evolution has rendered distrust of the "stranger who looks different" a sound survival approach. What OWG seems to have missed out on is the use of rational thought - another evolutionary winner - to analyse (and readily discard) the intuitive dislikes and stereotypical judgements that come with the simplistic "stranger bad" approach.

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Alternatively, one could see it as a member of an oppressing majority being reluctant to risk a member of an oppressed minority gaining the potential to reduce the inequality, in case they think the way he does...

Gottservant said:

Hi there,

So what I have worked out, is that the meme "Evolution"

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It is not a meme, you just do not understand it and have shown, over the years, a complete inability to learn.