Posted by Susan47 on August 22, 2004, at 16:25:35
In reply to Re: The real Dinah, posted by fallsfall on August 22, 2004, at 11:27:09
> I think there is value in being who you really are. Because if you aren't who you are, then who-you-are is lost to the world. I think you are saying that perhaps the world wouldn't be losing much if the real you *were* lost. But, to get slightly spiritual (which I don't usually do..), I think that the real you was put on this earth for a reason and that the real you has things to contribute. So if the real you is lost, then the world loses that contribution. Sort of like endangered species? I guess that sometimes species disappear, and that is part of the evolution of the planet (i.e. dinosaurs). But sometimes they disappear because others on the planet are selfish and push them out (Time magazine has an article on how the populations of "big cats" is declining). Should we defend those species who are endangered - and maintain the diversity in the world? Or should we let "nature take its course" - and count on survival of the fittest to govern how the world evolves?
The species that are endangered are most often as a result of humanity's activities, I believe. Could be wrong. But if I'm right, then don't we have a responsibility to pick up the pieces? Trouble then is, how far back do you go and what action can you take? And will your counter-actions mess things up even further?
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> I don't know the answer to that question. I feel that fighting against the natural order of the world (i.e. fighting to protect a particular species of owl by "crippling" other species' abilities to grow to their potential) is counterproductive to the truth that our world does evolve. But I do have real sadness about the uniqueness that we extinguish by our callousness.I'm thinking that we're part of the natural world and our brains stimulate themselves to do certain things in a more radical way than other species so even though I believe we're on a crash course for a bad end, that would be a natural consequence of who we are. Because we're part of the world. We're here. Can we change history and be different? Time machine, anyone?
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