re: fundamentalism might be called a refusal to evolve.

Yeti — 10/22/2008 4:21:27 PM (archived)

And to beat the analogy further, we still have sharks and alligators around us. As long as we know what we are doing they can be used for sport (and booth leather)... but if we are not wary- they can still be dangerous and simple minded beasts with only one response in their archaic vocabulary: the sharp tooth.

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What this election is about - TB - 10/17/2008 8:36:40 PM
- The real tragedy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 5:36:25 AM
- is the pendulum swinging. (n/t) - podrock - 10/20/2008 3:31:52 AM
- You pegged it: "about friggin' time" - Fox - 10/19/2008 2:36:30 PM
  - :) (n/t) - Jody - 10/19/2008 6:11:29 PM
  - It's no much a move to the left, - Lee - 10/19/2008 5:59:09 PM
    - The Fundamentalist approach.. - Yeti - 10/19/2008 6:19:09 PM
      - The term "fundamentalist" isn't always a bad word. - Lee - 10/19/2008 6:29:07 PM
        
        Except that as a philosophy of life, it historically always fails. Always. - Yeti - 10/21/2008 5:30:05 PM
        
        Well said - Fox - 10/22/2008 12:05:26 AM
        
        re: fundamentalism might be called a refusal to evolve. - Yeti - 10/22/2008 4:21:27 PM
        
        Please elaborate what *you* mean by cultural evolution. (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 1:48:44 PM
        
        Two examples - Fox - 10/22/2008 5:31:21 PM
        
        Thank you! (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 6:45:14 PM
        
        Another way of looking at it - TB - 10/21/2008 10:11:16 PM
        
        Logic is not the argument - Yeti - 10/21/2008 11:14:28 PM
    - Should be "It's not so much a move to the left" (n/t) - Lee - 10/19/2008 6:02:33 PM
- re: What this election is about - Eric - 10/18/2008 12:16:46 PM
  - Yes, but we don't just look to liberals for guidance, we are the liberal leaders who give guidance! - z - 10/18/2008 5:14:14 PM
    - All we need to do is look... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 5:45:02 AM
- When Colin Powell (probably) endorses Obama on Sunday, it should be very interesting.... - z - 10/17/2008 8:51:29 PM

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