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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:49:18 -0700, ta wrote: Or it could be that I am confusing guilt with empathy. It's tricky. I'll say. But why not give yourself the benefit of the doubt? Also social or cultural conditioning comes into play not being good or bad but just being what it is. There has been a deep change to all this. For most of known history humans were in direct contact with ...

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.... Thought the vikings had a good take on this. Each season they rotated land ownership. But it's the idea of 'fair' that is the heart of the matter here. Fairness is also justice. This certainly opens it up. Thats when every thing started to go downhill in terms of human devolopment. With a ...

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... the very fact that the playing field is obviously not level -- that the rules are heavily biased toward a small percentage of the population -- that the philanthropy engaged in is guilt-driven. The playing field is reasonably level --- probably as level as can be expected, given that it is maintained by humans. (laugh) I think this is clear case of low expectations. ...