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Monday, December 22, 2008
eXpelled
So I watched the movie Expelled (Ben Stein) last night, it really got me thinking. I started to think more deeply into the idea of Social Darwinism, the idea that the strongest and the best will survive in a "man made" natural selection. It would seem this idea makes sense, it does to me. We see it all the time, the most educated and the hardest workers move up in the world, red heads are dieing off (Sorry guys), and other things in life seem to go unhinged using the idea that the strongest survive.
Social Darwinism though, in its purest form, attaches no basic value of Human life to it. We are born, we live, then we die. The strongest survive and the weak die out, we should all understand that and get on with it. If the poor are no longer able to feed themselves, so be it, you have lost the game and have become a victim of natural selection. In this idea of natural selection, Hitler wasn't crazy at all. Hitler just took natural selection into his own hands because he thought the Aryan race was the dominant race. Charles Manson had the same idea too, is he a lunatic? Or has he just took the idea that the weak must die out too far?
Joseph Stalin had it right when he exterminated MILLIONS of his own people, as a result, the Russian economy boomed because now the population was under control and MILLIONS of new jobs just opened up, and there was more money to go around! The funny part is, if we practiced this in America, our economy would be fixed, we don't need a bailout, we need an extermination!
Now I hope you know that I'm joking of course, because in reality, we hold value to human life. We were built in with these different emotions for sympathy. So when someone needs a little more help to get by, we spare our change, or buy them some food. We don't regard Hitler or Stalin as good people, because they don't have the right to take other peoples lives away. Yet with Social Darwinism, what right do we have to our own life? After all, we are born, we live, and we die. So what if someones speeds up this process for me? So where then do we get our values in life? I don't think anyone needs to be taught to take value in things. We are all programed, long before we were ever born, to have these emotions and in the same way we were all given inherent rights before we were conceived. Social Darwinism teaches us that we don't have inherent value, and these delusions have taken hold in the minds of people like Hitler, Stalin, and Manson of the like.
So where do you hold your value in life?
Here's to unnatural selection,
Brad
Social Darwinism though, in its purest form, attaches no basic value of Human life to it. We are born, we live, then we die. The strongest survive and the weak die out, we should all understand that and get on with it. If the poor are no longer able to feed themselves, so be it, you have lost the game and have become a victim of natural selection. In this idea of natural selection, Hitler wasn't crazy at all. Hitler just took natural selection into his own hands because he thought the Aryan race was the dominant race. Charles Manson had the same idea too, is he a lunatic? Or has he just took the idea that the weak must die out too far?
Joseph Stalin had it right when he exterminated MILLIONS of his own people, as a result, the Russian economy boomed because now the population was under control and MILLIONS of new jobs just opened up, and there was more money to go around! The funny part is, if we practiced this in America, our economy would be fixed, we don't need a bailout, we need an extermination!
Now I hope you know that I'm joking of course, because in reality, we hold value to human life. We were built in with these different emotions for sympathy. So when someone needs a little more help to get by, we spare our change, or buy them some food. We don't regard Hitler or Stalin as good people, because they don't have the right to take other peoples lives away. Yet with Social Darwinism, what right do we have to our own life? After all, we are born, we live, and we die. So what if someones speeds up this process for me? So where then do we get our values in life? I don't think anyone needs to be taught to take value in things. We are all programed, long before we were ever born, to have these emotions and in the same way we were all given inherent rights before we were conceived. Social Darwinism teaches us that we don't have inherent value, and these delusions have taken hold in the minds of people like Hitler, Stalin, and Manson of the like.
So where do you hold your value in life?
Here's to unnatural selection,
Brad
Monday, November 24, 2008
Haven't Blogged in Ages
For all the people that read my blogs (Mom) i will be posting more blogs soon. I've been really apethetic about these things but i think i might get back into this...
Here's to Blogging Rehab,
Brad
Here's to Blogging Rehab,
Brad
Monday, November 12, 2007
Splendid Weekend
Well well what a great weekend this was.
Friday, Shane, Chris, Ryan, an I went to the goodwill to pick out cheesy turtleneck sweaters for a christmas picture. Needless to say, we got a blast from the past as it seemed we stepped into a store that appeared to be stuck in the 90's. I got a lovely white sweater for exactly $5! aparently pre-century clothing aren't taxable. After that i went back home to celebrate my moms birthday! I had a good time talking to family and such. When the party got lame me and Kirstin went to the local CineArts to see the movie Lars and The Real Girl, because she had wanted to see it forever. The movie was briliant, absolutely briliant, i wont be surprise if it wins awards, i don't know why it doesn't "come to a theater near me."
Saturday Erik was back from So-Cal and it was picture time! As always everyone was late, and organizing for the picture was difficult. It was like a real family photo. We practiced after that for quite a bit, with a break for taco bell. That night i hung out with Kirstin and had much fun!
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Was a day for resting, I went to church then napped with kirstin, went to dennys where we had horrible service!... ahem.... and then got our reading done at barnes and noble.
Thank you veterans for your service and getting us Monday off from school, though all i did was work, in fact im procrastinating right now with this blog.... hmmm anyone want to be my butler?
Friday, Shane, Chris, Ryan, an I went to the goodwill to pick out cheesy turtleneck sweaters for a christmas picture. Needless to say, we got a blast from the past as it seemed we stepped into a store that appeared to be stuck in the 90's. I got a lovely white sweater for exactly $5! aparently pre-century clothing aren't taxable. After that i went back home to celebrate my moms birthday! I had a good time talking to family and such. When the party got lame me and Kirstin went to the local CineArts to see the movie Lars and The Real Girl, because she had wanted to see it forever. The movie was briliant, absolutely briliant, i wont be surprise if it wins awards, i don't know why it doesn't "come to a theater near me."
Saturday Erik was back from So-Cal and it was picture time! As always everyone was late, and organizing for the picture was difficult. It was like a real family photo. We practiced after that for quite a bit, with a break for taco bell. That night i hung out with Kirstin and had much fun!
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Was a day for resting, I went to church then napped with kirstin, went to dennys where we had horrible service!... ahem.... and then got our reading done at barnes and noble.
Thank you veterans for your service and getting us Monday off from school, though all i did was work, in fact im procrastinating right now with this blog.... hmmm anyone want to be my butler?
Thursday, November 8, 2007
First Timer
Hello there! This is my first time blogging, I guess? So I guess I'm supposed to tell you all about my life in these things huh? Creepy, I don't really want to have you know about my life... in fact stop reading this.... I guess I'll just be posting periodically about my days in the future.... maybe....
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