Man has a cerebral advantage from all other species. It is obviously
what keeps us at the top of the food and evolutionary chain. The polar
bear can survive in weather that would kill us in one minute. All the
other species can do things that would kill a man instantly. BUT man
has this brain; this incredible brain that thinks the most complex
thoughts, creates the most complex engineering feats, sews the most
beautiful clothes and makes coats to keep him warm. That IS our
advantage. The OTHER advantage is that man also has and needs the help
of the group to survive. If I have a medical issue I NEED someone else
to help -- a doctor who has tremendous expertise I do not have.
One
of, in my opinion, the most IMPORTANT characteristics of the human
species (some have it more than others) is our ability for empathy; our ability
to walk in the other guy's shoes, to cry, to help others EVEN WHEN we
put our own life at risk. Few other species do this OR if they do it is
the exception.
Therefore, it saves the group when we take care
of each other; when we empathize and when we avoid the utter
devastation of war. If we think three days of interrupted electricity
is not acceptable then what would we god forbid do if electricity were
the exception and not the rule. We live in a delicate balance where war
truthfully helps no one. War kills and if we are not careful it will
kill man and his complex society once and for all leaving the earth to
regroup, heal itself and start over!
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