re good neighbor political hypocrisy test in article c s gz ze apollo hp com nelson p apollo hp com peter nelson writes all human communities impose their values on individuals that s virtually an operational definition of one if you can find an example of a human community that doesn t then you have discovered a new phenomenon in nature it s pointless asking whether communities should do this they do do this it s like asking whether a leopard should have spots it just evolved that way human communities evolved in both the biological and social senses of evolve to have this characteristic you can debate whether some particular matter should be left up to the individual or not this is part of the above process of evolution but it is the nature of a human community to impose its values on individuals and you will not find a single counterexample in nature peter at all times in human history people have killed and stolen from one another if you can find an example of where this hasn t happened in history then you have discovered a new phenomenon in nature it is pointless asking whether people should do this they do do this it has just evolved that way humans have evolved to have this characteristivc you can debate whether this should be particular matter should be left up to the individual or not but it is the nature of humans to kill and steal from others and you will not find a single counterexample of a society without these types in nature please find a better argument than that s the way it has always been child mortality has always been yet we find it in our hearts to have made an attempt to change that john viveiros jviv chevron com chevron usa standard disclaimer applies midland tx
