tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883281516588008936.post4297096048635699995..comments2023-10-23T14:08:23.778-04:00Comments on Do these shoes match this purse?: Walking a thin lineMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01283944377017377125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883281516588008936.post-58152535697924851412010-07-23T07:10:56.626-04:002010-07-23T07:10:56.626-04:00I think it's both (and I don't normally si...I think it's both (and I don't normally sit on the fence, so this is something). I think that the possibility to do wrong, really wrong and evil (I lump them all together here because they all stem from the same place) resides deep within us. It's a natural thing. We are sensitised to peace and cooperation vice violence and selfishness through nurture, though. It's nurture, in the form of our environment, that lets us develop a refined sense of (good) judgment. It's nurture in the form of civil society that encourages us to accept and adapt to a rules-based order. And it's nurture in the form of supportive people around us that temper the selfishness and make us realise loved ones are those that matter, nothing can replace them and we don't want to disappoint them. But when nurture breaks down, that dark part of us breaks free.<br /><br />Or maybe it's just the Giant Chicken playing with us all.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08054312958599233396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883281516588008936.post-83608652329223572742010-07-22T13:06:43.131-04:002010-07-22T13:06:43.131-04:00I just spent 3+ hours in the waiting room at the g...I just spent 3+ hours in the waiting room at the garage while my car was being fixed. Total strangers began talking about this very thing. We concluded after much discussion, that it has to be a nature vs nurture thing. We don't believe that kids are born troublemakers, it has to be in the nurturing they don't receive from the cradle on. Interesting thoughts from a bunch of retired men from diverse walks of life.Jimmie Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117301181626973474noreply@blogger.com