Comments on: Darwinism http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/ Gerry Hayes' Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Trousers http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Trousers Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:08:34 +0000 http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=77#comment-161 No way, RM! This illustrates my point nicely. Snobbery is a completely artificial concept really. At an atavistic level, the only snobbery our species would have experienced was that feeling of relief that they had managed to outrun the rampaging mammoth as their, less fit, neighbour was trampled to death. This (scandalous) accusation of snobbery is probably driven by political correctness, the daft end-point of our species' over-altruistic urges. Our societal altruism has gone to such lengths that it has produced political correctness where we can't even slag off the chav, much less beat him over the head with a club so that he couldn't compete with us for valuable resources - in this case, fish and chips. Society has placed these restrictions on us. Hobbes might reckon that it's for the common wealth or good but I reckon that society has changed the way our, otherwise, natural selection would work. We're helping Homo fatuus (I must copyright that) to outlast us and we're scared to slag them off as we do so. I sincerely doubt that you are a bad person. This is probably small comfort coming from me however, as I think I'm starting to sound like Richard Littlejohn. P.S. I love a nice bit of smoked cod but our local chippie burned down and it's left me codless. No way, RM! This illustrates my point nicely. Snobbery is a completely artificial concept really. At an atavistic level, the only snobbery our species would have experienced was that feeling of relief that they had managed to outrun the rampaging mammoth as their, less fit, neighbour was trampled to death.

This (scandalous) accusation of snobbery is probably driven by political correctness, the daft end-point of our species’ over-altruistic urges. Our societal altruism has gone to such lengths that it has produced political correctness where we can’t even slag off the chav, much less beat him over the head with a club so that he couldn’t compete with us for valuable resources – in this case, fish and chips.

Society has placed these restrictions on us. Hobbes might reckon that it’s for the common wealth or good but I reckon that society has changed the way our, otherwise, natural selection would work. We’re helping Homo fatuus (I must copyright that) to outlast us and we’re scared to slag them off as we do so.

I sincerely doubt that you are a bad person. This is probably small comfort coming from me however, as I think I’m starting to sound like Richard Littlejohn.

P.S. I love a nice bit of smoked cod but our local chippie burned down and it’s left me codless.

]]> By: rockmother http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-160 rockmother Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:20:41 +0000 http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=77#comment-160 That was excellent Troosers - write more please. Survival of the Drunkest - that is so true. I got told off by 'him who snores like a bison' the other day as he came back with fish and chips as it was late and we couldn't be bothered to cook. He was bloody ages and said it was really rammed which is why it took so long. So I replied: 'Oh god, was it full of ugly, fat chavscum in ill-fitting sportswear?!' I then got accused of being a snob. Ok, I probably did sound like Margot from The Good Life when I said it but it was only an observation and by all accounts - quite right! Does that make me a bad person? (not that I give a shit by the way). That was excellent Troosers – write more please. Survival of the Drunkest – that is so true. I got told off by ‘him who snores like a bison’ the other day as he came back with fish and chips as it was late and we couldn’t be bothered to cook. He was bloody ages and said it was really rammed which is why it took so long. So I replied: ‘Oh god, was it full of ugly, fat chavscum in ill-fitting sportswear?!’ I then got accused of being a snob. Ok, I probably did sound like Margot from The Good Life when I said it but it was only an observation and by all accounts – quite right! Does that make me a bad person? (not that I give a shit by the way).

]]> By: dotdash http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-159 dotdash Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:29:26 +0000 http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=77#comment-159 Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo Q: Are we not men?
A: We are Devo

]]> By: Graeme http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Graeme Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:35:28 +0000 http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=77#comment-158 Get down your nearest High Street on a Saturday night armed with a bile proof digital camera and you'll get all the padding you need. I've got the expression 'Marauding Gangs of Feral Chavs' scooting about in my head - perhaps we could make an anthology of anti-moronic rants. Get down your nearest High Street on a Saturday night armed with a bile proof digital camera and you’ll get all the padding you need. I’ve got the expression ‘Marauding Gangs of Feral Chavs’ scooting about in my head – perhaps we could make an anthology of anti-moronic rants.

]]> By: Trousers http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Trousers Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:30:29 +0000 http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=77#comment-157 Graeme: Thanks a lot. I am indeed attempting a little writing on my sabbatical and I'll certainly bear your words in mind. I'm not sure that I've necessarily got enough meat on the bones of this particular rant to fill a book though. Maybe a pamphlet. Or maybe one of those tiny things - The Little Book Of Evolutionary Ranting. Probably need some pictures to pad it out too. Graeme: Thanks a lot. I am indeed attempting a little writing on my sabbatical and I’ll certainly bear your words in mind. I’m not sure that I’ve necessarily got enough meat on the bones of this particular rant to fill a book though. Maybe a pamphlet. Or maybe one of those tiny things – The Little Book Of Evolutionary Ranting. Probably need some pictures to pad it out too.

]]> By: Graeme http://stareintospace.com/2007/06/06/darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Graeme Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:52:53 +0000 http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=77#comment-156 Fucking fantastic, Trousers (and I ain't just saying that because you plugged my blogs) - 'Survival of the Drunkest' sounds like it could be a book title in waiting. You did say you were trying to do a bit of writing on your Career Break, didn't you... Fucking fantastic, Trousers (and I ain’t just saying that because you plugged my blogs) – ‘Survival of the Drunkest’ sounds like it could be a book title in waiting. You did say you were trying to do a bit of writing on your Career Break, didn’t you…

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