Oct 4 2011: I think it is important to realize that some those who commit crime sometimes do not think rationally. Take terrorist organizations for example. Terrorists have evolved out of fear of globalization. I think they might have overreacted a little bit. in fact most people think that strapping a bomb to a small child is a poor idea. The kind of person who does something like that is incapable of thinking morally no matter the psychological help they might receive. The only thing that everyone understands is fear, whether they choose to admit it or not. While in some cases I believe teaching criminals might be effective, it is fair to assume that an irrational sociopath might not pick up the message so quickly.
Oct 4 2011: I think that our purpose is to find a way to defeat our instincts of savagery. Since we have arrived, in whatever fashion you choose to believe we did so, we have been innovators. We are different from the other inhabitants of Earth in that we are capable of creation. This is our purpose. To create is to reject savagery and to forge bravely into the future. It is only through creation and imagination that we can achieve understanding. Creation is a drive that all human beings share, on different scales, but a shared notion nonetheless. I think it is important to realize that humanity is ingrained with a spirit born to run, so to speak. We were meant to drive forward, not lazily meander about. This mindset has already taken us to the moon and beyond and personally I can't wait to be a part of the voyage that is to come.
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