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Old 07-08-2008, 11:36 PM   #202
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Originally Posted by landpoke View Post
As I said in the other thread I'm quite content.
What I do despise, however, is hypocrisy and I believe it's the height of hypocrisy to pretend humans, at a base level, care about anything other than themselves.
It's because I care so much about myself that I make the decisions I do. You define "usefulness" so differently than I do. You define it with your gut, or, as you said, "at a base level."

Caring about endangered species is good for you. It makes you less selfish.
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