Re: virus: _____ of Virus

Ken Kittlitz (ken@kumo.com)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 13:51:05 +0000

At 12:19 PM 11/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
>At 12:08 PM 11/24/97 +0000, Ken Kittlitz wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure Law is a good counter-example. Sure, it tends to prevent us
>>from giving in to vengeance urges etc., but that is certainly due in part
>>to our wanting to avoid the punishment that most legal systems have backing
>>them up. And Law also plays on our desire for justice and "fair-play",
>
>True. How is this an objection?

I interpreted your remark as implying that Law was opposed to human nature
*in toto*, though that might not have been the intent. (As an aside, your
comments are frequently so terse that the reader is left guessing at what
you're trying to say.)

>>What aspects of Law do you think fight human nature?
>
>For every crime there is an aspect of human nature behind the crime.

True enough, though probably the same can be said for every facet of law.
Was your point that the term "human nature" is vacuous?
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