Riding home on the train last night, I had just put down the Herald and just sort of leaned back when I noticed some graffiti scribbled on the seat back in front of me:
"Mankind is kept alive by beastial (sic) acts."
Not true. It couldn't be further from the truth.
Mankind is kept alive despite bestial acts.
We are the only species capable of destroying itself (and sometimes we seem hellbent on doing it.) Our very survival depends on qualities like hope, sympathy, love, and kindness in the true Darwinian sense. Just as the polar bear developed its heavy coat to protect it from the snow, so have we developed personality characteristics that will ensure our survival. Without these qualities to temper aggression, we’d surely destroy ourselves.
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