BS... this is just trying to pigeonhole people into one of three
categories, and many people, myself included, usually don't fit well
into any one category. Also, it seems like whoever cooked this up is
looking to classify those they don't agree with as non/sub
human. The history of the 20th century should be lesson enough to
shout down anyone trying to label anyone as non/sub
human. 212,000,000 million human beings were murdered by their own
governments in the 20th century, because those people were considered
less than human. I *don't* want to see those same kind of numbers
for this century.
Julian
At 06:42 AM 11/30/2005, Stan Zaske wrote:
There are 3 types of beings in this world:
The 1st type are the machine beings who live in their heads and in
denial of their hearts. These are the people who are replacing human
"checkouts" with automated "checkouts". They are the mathematicians,
scientists, scholars, politicians, lawyers, journalists, doctors,
priests, businessmen/women etc. These people are out of touch with
themselves, don't want to know how you feel and live in denial of
their own human reality. They have nothing but contempt for feelings
and the gentler side of our nature. They try to pretend that our
biology is somehow different or "divine" from the animal. The
grittier aspects of waste removal and sexuality are things "we don't
want to talk about".
At the opposite side of the spectrum are the animal beings who live
exclusively in their emotional selves and in denial of their brains
who base their lives and decisions on "what feels right" despite the
fact that their decisions are largely "self-defeating" and
"self-destructive". These beings are often characterized as having
low "self-esteem", addictive personalities, endlessly pursue
physical pleasure and even though they would not willingly give up
the spoils of intellectual creativity and scientific achievement
(the cars, the stereos, the drugs) they have nothing but contempt
for machine beings characterizing them as "geeks", "dweebs" or
"nerds" for their scholastic pursuits. These beings are fully in
touch with their animal biology deriving great humor from jokes
about flatulence, defecation and the full spectrum of sexual expression.
The 3rd type of being and throughout history the smallest percentage
of the three strives toward "wisdom" which is the fusion of
intelligence and emotion. These beings strive to use their brains in
a manner that is consistent with "reality" and "function" while
remaining in touch with their feelings. They ask themselves: why do
I do this, why do I feel this way and is this the best way for me to
live my life? Of the three types, these are the beings most closely
associated with being "human". Of the three types, these beings are
the least likely to believe in "certainty" because they know that
there is no certainty. They live with the sure knowledge that there
is no "perfection" and all we can do is "do our best" and "make the
best of it". They pursue intellectual achievement and strive to
understand our animus, our motivation, our behavior. They try to
focus within as well as observe others in the attempt to understand
themselves and what it means to be truly "human". Intelligence and
feeling is what describes this smallest of minority beings on the
planet and hopefully in the future, if our species matures, the
majority of people can be characterized as truly "human" as they
are! Happy Holidays everyone!
