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nimby (not verified)
Fri, 2010-10-29 12:57
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Australian Sovereignty Party
Milly
Fri, 2010-10-29 19:52
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Why are we heading for an unsustainable future?
RichB
Fri, 2010-10-29 21:38
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Charities
John Marlowe
Mon, 2010-11-01 22:04
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Haiti Cholera another nail in the UNHCR Coffin
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 2010-11-01 21:39
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Growth lobby running scared
Sheila Newman
Mon, 2010-11-01 21:41
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Dick Smith is offering more
Milly
Mon, 2010-11-01 18:51
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"Out of Africa" does not justify ongoing immigration
Bandicoot
Tue, 2010-11-02 10:00
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Resisting Dickensian Gloom
Milly
Tue, 2010-11-02 12:21
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Damaging the lethal urban sprawl and high density housing
quark
Tue, 2010-11-02 12:31
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High density, high rise is unsustainable
Bandicoot
Wed, 2010-11-03 15:44
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Permanent residency/citizenship to foreign countries
Milly
Wed, 2010-11-03 17:50
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Dr Vandana Shiva's Sydney Peace Prize
nimby
Wed, 2010-11-03 22:28
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Woman who fed Fraser Island dingoes fined $40k
RichB
Wed, 2010-11-03 23:56
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The sooner a deadly flu
RichB
Sun, 2010-11-07 10:47
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Koala Sunshine coast..
nimby
Sun, 2010-11-07 18:53
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Symbol of hatred of our wildlife
RichB
Sun, 2010-11-07 23:45
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Hi Vivienne...Iam not from
nimby
Mon, 2010-11-08 15:23
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Why the hatred? Such is raw human nature
quark
Mon, 2010-11-08 20:04
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What children are taught
John Marlowe
Mon, 2010-11-08 22:03
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Why the hatred? - it is backward evil - deviancy like pedophilia
RE: 'Why the hatred? Such is raw human nature' (comment by Vivienne Ortega above, 8th November 2010)
My answer is that a small portion of humans are backward either intellectually or conditioned through misguided parenting, or both, such that they derive warped pleasure from cruel acts to other living beings. In psychology and sociology, this is termed a form of deviant behaviour. An instructive text to better understand this subject is one by Delos H. Kelly 'Deviant Behaviour: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance' (1989, St Martins Press, New York).
Childhood precursors of deviant behaviour are psychopathic tendencies that can sometimes be recognized in childhood or early adolescence. A good read of psychopathy is illuminating [Read Wikipedia as a valuable introduction].
Certain demographics have such types more prevalent. Certain cultures encourage such cruel attitudes and behaviour. Poorly socialised upbringings, (especially the lack of paternal moral guidance) can harbour delinquency and permit such cruel attitudes and behaviour. Institutional processing such as that of prison systems. William Golding's classic and disturbing 1954 novel, 'Lord of the Flies' is an analysis of the defects of human nature and a recommended read.
The only positive outcome of religion that I can identify is that it has isolated the moral concepts of good and evil. Moral evil is intentionally causing harm or destruction.
Holistic, pantheistic, and panentheistic spiritual traditions regard humanity as existing within a universal natural order and assign human "evil" as the result of ignorance of one's place with Mother Nature.
Cruelty is evil, like the Indonesians torturing West Papuan man, Tunaliwor Kiwo, on 30th May 2010; like individuals being cruel to animals. Shooting a baby Koala in southeast Queensland, and shooting a female joey then inflicting a blow to its head at Jimna are evil acts of cruelty.
Solution: Cruelty caused to any sentient being needs to be ultimately recognised as a crime under the Crimes Act. Penalty needs to be treated in the same vein as other deviant behaviour like pedophilia and those convicted listed on a national police deviant register. The parents and the primary school(s) where the convicted deviant attended should be identified for special investigation for the presence of cruelty cultures being inculcated.
nimby
Thu, 2010-11-04 10:23
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Patriotism in Chile is admirable
nimby
Fri, 2010-11-05 07:50
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Students crippled financially by loan debt
RichB
Fri, 2010-11-05 11:13
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A desperate US student who
Bandicoot
Sat, 2010-11-06 08:46
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Northam residents vent fury over refugees
David Z (not verified)
Sun, 2010-11-07 07:08
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Banks and Immigration
James Sinnamon
Sun, 2010-11-07 23:20
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"Making money" and "profit" are misleading terms
Bandicoot
Sun, 2010-11-07 08:41
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Rising costs due to population growth
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