----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Jackson" <cqmv at pdx.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: RE: Al-Q Honcho Hit
> There is no empirical basis for this dark view of human nature. Are
> people capable of nasty behavior (e.g., blowing up their enemies)? Sure.
> But is this the "natural" state of humans, once we peel away the
> veneer of civilization?
The "veneer of civilization" is merely informal social rules writ large. Without some formal or informal set of rules governing social interaction, I think the world would indeed more closely resemble "a war of all against all."
-- Luke