From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 12 18:53:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from spoon.beta.com (mcgovern.ne.mediaone.net [24.218.8.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9291614C86 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:53:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Received: from spoon.beta.com (mcgovern@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spoon.beta.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA09607; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:51:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Message-Id: <199908130151.VAA09607@spoon.beta.com> To: tomg@nrnet.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the striaght dope on goatlike features Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:51:43 -0400 From: "Brian J. McGovern" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This would seem to indicate, at least in anthropological terms, good and evil > are a duality rather than a polarity, and are awful subjective. This should probably be moved to -chat, but I have to agree with this statement. As an excellent example, watch Babylon 5 - the first 3 seasons. They build the Vorlon race to be "Angelic", and the Shadow to be "evil incarnate". Both nuture and assist various races (both technologically and evolutionary), which then fight in periodic wars for "their side". However, in the end, it appears the differences between the two are merely philisophical. The Vorlon believe that evolution and advancement can only occur in strict, controlled (sometimes overly so) enviornments - to the point where they will destory creatures and races that step too far out of line. The Shadow, on the other hand, believe that evolution is Darwinian... survival of the fittest, and routinely blow the pants off of entire races... Those who survive and can fight back are fit to continue existance. In the end, you have to ask yourself which would really be better? Of course, they both think they're more right than the others. Anyhow, I think this conversation should really be canned. In the end, you'll never have everyone happy. I mean, after all, could we expect the Linux community to roll over if I had a religion where a penguin was a great sign of evil? :) -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message