What does the kidnapping of girls in Nigeria tell us about
human behavior? What would you say about the people in Cameron who buy these
girls for $12? Despicable, deplorable, bestial, inhumane and primitive are just
a beginning of a list of adjectives that we could use to describe the
situation. It could never happen in the Untied States. We all know that. You
know that but seriously ask yourself why it could not happen in the Untied States.
It sounds like a ridiculous question, so why bother asking it. Now ask yourself
the question, knowing it is against the law “If you advertized in a U.S. newspaper,
16 year old girls for sale for $12 each”, would you have people who answer your
ad?
Did you know that Christian-Muslim violence has torn apart the
neighboring country to Cameron, which is the Central African Republic? To
repeat, “despicable, deplorable, bestial, inhumane and primitive are just a beginning
of a list of adjectives that we could use to describe the situation.” Ask
yourself about North Carolina where the Legislature passed a law dealing prohibiting
Sharia law from being used in our courts. Now advertize in the paper for people
who want to fight for Christianity to show up at a certain location with their rifles
and hand guns. Do you think armed men would show up at the appointed place?
When we start thinking, “we” are so superior to the next country
or the next population, consider thinking that some but not all of us are. The
objective of this post is to point out that human cultural values are extremely
variable. We should be extremely wary when we encounter extremist groups of any
kind vying for power, even if what makes them extreme seems innocuous, the
extremism is the dangerous thing. They are sincere in what they believe—to them
it is not only acceptable but also moral. They are often willing to die for
what they believe, even if it is pure evil or only trivial to 99.99% of us. The
danger is not that they will convince others to follow their lead as much as it
is dangers for the damage they can do to others. For example, a group of gun
owners, who were willing to die to defend what they sincerely believe,
surrounded Rancher Clevin Bundy. Think of those who sincerely believe they have
the right to own guns. Think of both sides of the especially poignant abortion
issue. Think of both sides of building a mosque near the site of the World Trade
Centers. These are not just a crazy group of people who want to defend what the
believe is their right to handle serpents; in some cases, these are significant
sized groups.
Culture is something that we can describe as being “channeled”;
meaning it is something that hates extremes. Humankind can move culture in one
direction or another but only slowly. What seems to be happening is that we eliminate
extremes; thus, move toward a center, something no one can define. We call it
humanization, which means we are moving away from bestiality but bestiality still
exists so be careful.
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