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Humans are scum

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Humans are scum
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RE: Humans are scum
May 22, 2016 at 2:09 pm
(May 22, 2016 at 1:47 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: We are the same creatures that once enjoyed the sight of burning people. The difference between deploring violence and loving it is a difference in programming.

The programming you refer to is uniquely human and progress compared to our more primitive selves. The fact that some of us still display barbaric traits is not sufficient reason to denigrate the entire species. 

Chimps are also naturally violent. The 'programming', as you call it, is the improvement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPznMbNcfO8
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Humans are scum - by ApeNotKillApe - May 22, 2016 at 12:44 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Aoi Magi - May 22, 2016 at 12:52 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by ApeNotKillApe - May 22, 2016 at 1:03 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by abaris - May 22, 2016 at 2:02 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Mermaid - May 22, 2016 at 12:54 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Cato - May 22, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by ApeNotKillApe - May 22, 2016 at 1:09 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Chad32 - May 22, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Cato - May 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by account_inactive - May 22, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by deleteduser12345 - May 22, 2016 at 1:19 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by ApeNotKillApe - May 22, 2016 at 1:22 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Cato - May 22, 2016 at 1:32 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by deleteduser12345 - May 22, 2016 at 3:40 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by ignoramus - May 23, 2016 at 8:02 am
RE: Humans are scum - by Athene - May 22, 2016 at 1:22 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Thumpalumpacus - May 22, 2016 at 1:30 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by ApeNotKillApe - May 22, 2016 at 1:47 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Cato - May 22, 2016 at 2:09 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by TheRocketSurgeon - May 22, 2016 at 2:47 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Thumpalumpacus - May 22, 2016 at 4:21 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Thumpalumpacus - May 22, 2016 at 2:40 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by deleteduser12345 - May 22, 2016 at 3:35 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by abaris - May 22, 2016 at 3:52 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by The Grand Nudger - May 23, 2016 at 8:17 am
Humans are scum - by KUSA - May 23, 2016 at 11:44 am
RE: Humans are scum - by ignoramus - May 23, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Little lunch - May 23, 2016 at 12:46 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Thumpalumpacus - May 24, 2016 at 12:47 am
RE: Humans are scum - by Seraphina - May 23, 2016 at 9:15 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by bennyboy - May 23, 2016 at 10:38 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Edwardo Piet - May 23, 2016 at 10:53 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by ignoramus - May 24, 2016 at 12:19 am
RE: Humans are scum - by Edwardo Piet - May 24, 2016 at 1:02 am
RE: Humans are scum - by ApeNotKillApe - May 24, 2016 at 2:38 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Edwardo Piet - May 24, 2016 at 3:53 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by abaris - May 24, 2016 at 5:16 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Angrboda - May 24, 2016 at 4:05 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Silver - May 24, 2016 at 4:06 pm
RE: Humans are scum - by Aroura - May 24, 2016 at 4:29 pm

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