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Originally Posted by Altaru
Some people do help. Most don't.
The people that help are the superior in our species. Like I said, if the WHOLE human race was like that, I wouldn't have any problem calling us superior.
Did I ever say that any specific person was inferior (with the exception of that dumbass, whom shall remain nameless, that said "we're superior because we can kill them all")?
If you take a look around, we have been destroying the world without even realizing it since we became a "civilized" species. Even things we now KNOW destroy the world, we continue doing.
Take, for example, hunting. Sure, they can claim that it's about keeping down the populations of the animals they hunt, but if humans hadn't killed off half their natural predators, then we wouldn't have to use population control. now would we?
On that topic, why is it that we think we can get away with population control on other species when we can't even control our own.
That's one of the reasons for this thread as a whole, no?
...Of course, the best population control we have is one of the only things humans do that no other animals do. You know, killing each other...
I heard a perfect joke that works QUITE well in this situation. I believe it's by a comedian named Eddie Izzard (spelling in question...).
I quote:
For some reason, when we have a dog, we get away with the constant 'BAD DOG!' comments. Think about it. "Bad dog, bad dog. You stole a biscuit. Bad dog."
Of course, the whole time the dog's looking at us thinking, "Bad dog? How am I bad? You humans have had suicide, homocide, genocide, and general slaughter of your own species, among others. I just ate a biscuit. How am I the bad one?"
"... Good point. Here, have another biscuit."
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Hmm as valid as most of your points may be, killing each other is by no means a viable solution. "We" may have f*cked up the Earth but that is merely through our own weaknesses. Animals simply do not have the ability to cause the same level of chaos because they do not have the same depth of intelligence. The intelligence in humans is what makes them so prone to mistakes. Deciding and choosing between right and wrong is our ultimate weakness. You could say it is the curse of having Intelligence.
It is also something which goes beyond just "survival", unlike animals.
When animals kill each other, it always boils down to their survival instinct.
When humans kill each other, it is rarely because of an instinct to survive.
What you are proposing is as bad as any other human who wreaks havoc on Earth. That actually makes you one of those "weaker" people, if you think it really is a justified course of action.
On the other hand, if people always chose the appropriate course of action, they would be perfect. Then, like you said, we would be superior.
However, nobody is perfect.