Posted by gabbii on July 2, 2005, at 15:00:04
In reply to Re: medicating a sick society, posted by Nezirov on July 1, 2005, at 23:12:43
> Destructive power is growing exponentially, but altruism appears to be decreasing. Not good trends.
That seems to be a popular statement, I'm not sure what the basis for comparison is though.
Personally, I consider it to be a drastic improvement that I can't have a neighbour burned at the stake on a whim, legally own a black person as a slave, hobble a child in order that they cannot run away from their labors or bring a lunch to watch the Christians be fed to the lions. I don't have to worry about being forced to wear a chastity belt, my friend was not abused at a residential school like her mother was, (a punishment for being First Nations) and it really wouldn't go over well with the neighbors if I surrounded my house with people impaled on stakes so I could watch their suffering for entertainment. I don't fear the "mouth pear" or an "iron mask" or worse, for not being Christian, and though I suffer from depression and do not always agree with psychiatric treatments, I'm quite thankful I have not had to suffer having the "evil spirits" tortured out of me.
Anything else?
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