I think better description is "born neutral."

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Tom Brosz — 3/13/2006 1:50:47 AM (archived)

Upbringing settles most of what happens after that, although there are distinctive inborn individual traits that can tilt things one way or the other. Ayn Rand liked to use the term "tabula rasa," but that doesn't account for everything.

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10 Questions for Matt Stone and Trey Parker - gbaikie - 3/12/2006 9:37:19 AM
- I think better description is "born neutral." - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2006 1:50:47 AM
  - agree, except... - alcaray - 3/13/2006 5:18:46 PM
    - Maybe "environment" would have been a better word to use than "upbringing." - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2006 5:33:12 PM
- Born wild, made civilized. Good or bad depends on the civilization. - Mary Anne - 3/12/2006 4:35:01 PM
  - re: Born wild, made civilized. Good or bad depends on the civilization. - gbaikie - 3/13/2006 12:12:58 AM

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