FirmhandKY -> RE: Who is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientist? (1/29/2012 10:53:28 PM)
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In other words, you are as tribal as those you condemn. My! My! Aren't we are quick off the block today, Firm? Thank you for confirming my point. We're all tribal in the sense that we all belong to cultures. You me and everyone else in the world. Aylee was claiming special privileges for her 'tribe'. I was trying to point out to Aylee that her tribe was just another tribe and had no unique claim to special privileges. As no tribe is inherently better or worse than any other tribe, the only way we can all get along is to have one set of rules that apply to everyone equally. If you accept that logic, and it appears that you do Firm, then the logical consequence of that is that you condemn the murders of the Iranian scientists as terrorist acts. I'm glad you've finally seen the light. Just applying your own logic to your own words, my dear. [8D] That being said ... You are using a very expansive understanding of tribalism. I do believe that "tribalism" is most likely an inherent biological construct of the human evolutionary history and mind, but so is culture and so is society. I believe that we are predisposed by our evolutionary history in these matters, but not necessarily restricted to them. "Tribalism" as you are discussing it is more "in-group/out-group" and nation-states, instead of the classical and more common understanding of the organization of tribes. As well, I disagree with your "no tribe is better than another" claim. Any group which actually believes that is doomed to extinction, and the earth will be populated by groups who do not believe in such foolishness. As this has likely already happened 100,000s or millions of years ago, your argument has been weighed and found wanting a long time ago. Whether or not the killing of the scientist in Iran is "murder" can only be determined based on the motives for the killings. I tend to guess (since neither I nor any other poster knows beyond any real doubt) that it isn't murder, but part of a nation-state conflict, and therefore legal and sanctioned, and therefore not "murder". Anything else you want to try to rope me into, tweak? [;)] Firm
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