BOBO
The Magnificent!
Apparently a lot of people think so. Before one opines one way or the other on this subject I would suggest you read the below. During my studies in post K-12 education I engaged in lively conversations/debate in many classes of different academia. None of these studies proved as robust in debate/opinions as the fields of psych, sociology & philosophy. In particular my 101 sociology class, with that class theme based on "Serial Sexual Mass Murderers" or how SSMM's come into existence, raised some "heated" debates.
My sociology professor got the debates 'smoking hot' with his revelations & suggestions based on historical research. One of his voiced observations which split the class right down the middle is as follows...
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR NATURE. THE ONLY SUBSTANTIAL & MEANINGFUL CHANGE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT HIS/HER LIFE IS THAT OF TECHNOLOGY."
That quote is as close to exact as it can be considering I heard it 23 years ago. The divide in our classes students derived from one side that advocated that individual natures 'evolve' into a state of 'perfection of mankind' through group education, the other side stating that they agreed with our professor.
Another statement our soc instructor made to the class had an equally dividing effect on the classes students(not exact but CLOSE quote)...
"Societies throughout history in an attempt to squelch POLARIZATION within their ranks make pacts/covenants among a particular society that was deemed a benefit for all. The purpose of these pacts/covenants were deemed a VITAL NECESSITY for the society in question as the pact/covenant was viewed as the ONLY effective bonding agent that could ensure the survival of a particular 'coherent' society."
Adding my own input on this topic I will use the illustration of the act of marriage. Marriage in it's purest definition is a pact/covenant between two individuals. If the particular marriage is a 'legal' marriage it is then also considered a pact/covenant to the society that the two individuals REPRESENT. A divorce involving such a marriage is deemed a BREACH OF CONTRACT by the society in general. Such a divorce can be seen as destructive to the society at large as it suggests an erosion of common values towards it's survival(dissidence). Divorce, handled fairly & in a non political way is limited in it's corrosive effect on a society & is not deemed as significant enough to collapse a particular society.
Now, on a much larger scale with much more significant impact is a breach of contract involving the pact/covenant that guarantees essential INDIVIDUAL Liberties. A break down in the pact/covenant not only undermines essential individual sovereignty & Liberties, but becomes life threatening(civil war). Human nature does not change & I agree with that. I must attest that unlike insects humans are not of a herd mentality. Humans are of a social nature but FIERCELY protective of their own domain. They will socialize on their OWN terms with who, what, where & when they choose to do so.
The next time you hear a social engineer say that he/she "has a better way" than the pact/covenant that is our Constitution... you may well want to investigate that persons motives & desires in depth. A case in point can be found in the article that is contained in the link below...
Senate approves $662 billion defense bill - Yahoo! News
"But a constitution of government once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."{John Adams/ July 17th, 1775.}
My sociology professor got the debates 'smoking hot' with his revelations & suggestions based on historical research. One of his voiced observations which split the class right down the middle is as follows...
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR NATURE. THE ONLY SUBSTANTIAL & MEANINGFUL CHANGE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT HIS/HER LIFE IS THAT OF TECHNOLOGY."
That quote is as close to exact as it can be considering I heard it 23 years ago. The divide in our classes students derived from one side that advocated that individual natures 'evolve' into a state of 'perfection of mankind' through group education, the other side stating that they agreed with our professor.
Another statement our soc instructor made to the class had an equally dividing effect on the classes students(not exact but CLOSE quote)...
"Societies throughout history in an attempt to squelch POLARIZATION within their ranks make pacts/covenants among a particular society that was deemed a benefit for all. The purpose of these pacts/covenants were deemed a VITAL NECESSITY for the society in question as the pact/covenant was viewed as the ONLY effective bonding agent that could ensure the survival of a particular 'coherent' society."
Adding my own input on this topic I will use the illustration of the act of marriage. Marriage in it's purest definition is a pact/covenant between two individuals. If the particular marriage is a 'legal' marriage it is then also considered a pact/covenant to the society that the two individuals REPRESENT. A divorce involving such a marriage is deemed a BREACH OF CONTRACT by the society in general. Such a divorce can be seen as destructive to the society at large as it suggests an erosion of common values towards it's survival(dissidence). Divorce, handled fairly & in a non political way is limited in it's corrosive effect on a society & is not deemed as significant enough to collapse a particular society.
Now, on a much larger scale with much more significant impact is a breach of contract involving the pact/covenant that guarantees essential INDIVIDUAL Liberties. A break down in the pact/covenant not only undermines essential individual sovereignty & Liberties, but becomes life threatening(civil war). Human nature does not change & I agree with that. I must attest that unlike insects humans are not of a herd mentality. Humans are of a social nature but FIERCELY protective of their own domain. They will socialize on their OWN terms with who, what, where & when they choose to do so.
The next time you hear a social engineer say that he/she "has a better way" than the pact/covenant that is our Constitution... you may well want to investigate that persons motives & desires in depth. A case in point can be found in the article that is contained in the link below...
Senate approves $662 billion defense bill - Yahoo! News
"But a constitution of government once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."{John Adams/ July 17th, 1775.}