--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I've grown older, I am more and more astonished that the
> Holocaust happened in my own father's lifetime. I often find
> myself thinking that humanity hasn't evolved much in the 50 years
> that have passed, at least in the biological sense of evolution.
> Perhaps our memes have made more progress than our genes, though.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I'd hope in my country, if the police started rounding up an
> ethnic group and shipping them out, that the majority of
> people would march in the streets and force the police to stop.
Whenever I have the occasion to walk from the Bureau of Labor
Statistis Building to the Frances Perkins ("Main") Labor Department
Building, I pass by one of the newest, most moving, and perhaps least-
known memorials in all of Washington, DC. It is a memorial to the
Japanese-Americans who were rounded up into internment camps.
Whenever I walk by there, I can't help but be astonished that it was
*only* 60 years ago - and yet it seems so absolutely unthinkable
today. Sure we can all talk about technological development over
the last century, but our ethical development is almost as awe-
inspiring - compared to ethical development over the previous range
of human history.
JDG
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