From: Arlo J. Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Sat Jul 30 2005 - 04:21:29 BST
Hi Erin,
[Arlo]
However, I wouldn't call the soldier or the "terrorist" "biologically dominant".
Both I WOULD call "socially dominant".
[Erin]
I think this gets into knowing the motivations/intentions of the person.
Exploring the different motivations I still think some soldiers would be
biologically dominat and some socially dominant. (same with criminals and
lilesque women)
[Arlo]
Maybe. Based on what I've heard, more social level reasons are given than
biological. Maybe you can answer me this, what "biological Quality" are the
"terrorists" pursuing? Lila is obviously pursuing "sex". Drug users are
pursuing biological "highs". What biological Quality would you say the
"terrorists" are pursuing? Murder? They are killing simply for the pleasure of
killing? Do you think they are revolting against the social layer, trying to
revert the world to biological patterns?
Misguided as their actions are, I can't see how they are undertaken in the
pursuit of biological Quality.
[Erin]
I wrote a long time ago that Karen Horney's three types of neuroticisms reminded
me of the three levels....Moving against (bio), Moving toward (soc), and Moving
Away (int). Maybe this is biasing me ...It is really hard for me to put
somebody who is destructive to others higher than somebody who is
self-destructive. Personally I know I would rather have a lilaesque person
living next to me than the typical terrorist (regardless if they belong to the
same culture).
[Arlo]
Please don't misunderstand, I don't condone the biological violence used by
terrorists (or anyone else). I'm only arguing that it is used not in the
pursuit of biological Quality, but of what they perceive to be social Quality,
or the intellectual Quality of self-determination.
In the end, the amount of bullets fired by either side won't accomplish a
thing... because it is not a biological pattern, but a social one.
Arlo
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