I am also partial to the feeling of hot tar on your ass cheeks as you have those really toothpasty poos

To lighten the mood (this is a message board, after all) and bring us back into the original spirit of the thread (surprisingly, not Darwin or Native Americans or sustainability or population growth in third-rate countries).

Respect the cock. Taaaaaame the cunt!

"As the only species on the planet with an awareness of the ecological sciences, it is our responsibility to preserve the integrity of the environment we entered by working in concert with the natural world rather than in opposition to it"

A log? A single log? I'm not one of those who goes right when the train's about to pull into the station, I feel it coming a mile away, and I sit and ruminate over my bowls for a good 10-20 minutes. I find it relaxing. I love my poop vacations, and the collections of stuff I have around my bathroom. When I doo the…

And of course you would have to identify the traits you desired. But encouraging people who are "worthy" to have more children while just "asking" those "less-worthy" not to, only aids the genetic question, not that of population. Are there truly any endgame scenarios where force is not necessary?

LA, once again, I completely agree with you on sustainability. And interesting answer on the question of eugenics. Although, I suppose, an interesting question would be that, if something is necessary for survival, and people cannot be talked into it, at what point does it become necessary to do something by force?

"criticize the wastefulness of post-industrial culture," Again, I agree on all counts. I'm a member of a local co-op, I eat meat, but I buy local, antibiotic free. I don't own a car. If what you were getting at is anything like LA described in great detail, I don't disagree with any of it. It was, once again, my…

Once again, credits to Lone Audience. Yeah, I know this debased into name calling. The thing is, I had trouble seeing your following posts outside the context of the early Darwin/eugenics discussion and Lone Audience's first reply. That is indeed what colored my cursory responses. If I misread you, I apologize, but I…

Irving, I've been meaning to read Brideshead, but when I went to the bookstore a few weeks ago it had this bizarre movie tie in cover. Ugly as hell. Stupid as it sounds, I was relieved when there was a NYT piece on this a while back. Bad covers just really ruin books for me.

Once again, in case I wasn't clear, I invite you to expand on "Modern man's dismissal of genetic inheritance/evolution as irrelevant to his "progressive" existence" and

Look, the one point I will grant you is that industrialization has had and continues to have detrimental effects on the environment. But since you are so vague I can only assume you believe that industrialization and by extension technology in themselves are inherent evils, manmade creations that attempt to force a…

"Given how much you're capable of typing in only 4 minutes, you seem to have a very intense connection with your computer."

Is no one watching this show anymore?
Comments have really dropped off. Or is it just the long weekend? The regulars better be back for the finale

To clarify, I don't think environmentalism is bullshit. It's necessary. But that's because if we destroy the environment we destroy ourselves. Nature is a happy accident, an interrelated series of chemical and biological reactions. It is extremely human centric and narcissistic to hide behind this belief. The earth…

"The Appeal of Nature is only a fallacy if you view the Natural world through a human-centric lens. But this world does not belong to us; we belong to the world. We are products of our environment, and if we attempt to subvert it or transcend it through superficial means of technology"

"People like you—who have no awe for it—are what's wrong with the human race"

I love Catcher in the Rye (gonna be a dick and say only unintelligent hacks like Kevin Smith say it's their favorite book, intelligent people merely acknowledge that it is really good), because when I first read it at 14 after seeing it at a bookstore, I completely identified with Holden and thought he was great. It…

Jones I always read a book during my morning deuce (pulp) (and then a different one at breakfast (nonfiction, business, bio, etc), then something heavier at night.

The appeal to nature is, in fact, a fallacy, and you're just misunderstanding it.