Response to a Great Comment

Sojourner Truth wrote the following comment to my post "THE NATURE OF THE BEAST." Thus far she is the winner!

I find the beast simply to be an extension of conscience (which is really just a social device anyway), and I think more thought and morality actually go into tending the beast than the conscience itself because the beast is primal and untamed. A lot of times when feeding the beast comes up people feel as though they must justify why they continue to do so, which gives rise to a sort of counter-conscience. So, in a way it is a very handy device indeed because, if the classic concept of conscience is created by society, the beast is the one to keep societal views in check.

MY COMMENT TO HER:

The beast is primal. You have hit the nail right on the head. It is nature not nurture that is the beast within. I think many people fail to realize that we are but mere animals in clothes. Would you believe that one person told me that we are not animals that we are human beings. My argument back was that we are mammals. She did not get it so a definition was provided. It is unfortunate that her mental capacity could not grasp that we are grouped with monkeys, chimps, mice, dogs, etc. LOL I am glad that stupidity does not reign on Myspace. People like you reign! -Written to Sojourner Truth 4/13/06

Post Script (to those that don't know what P.S. stands for): People use a DICTIONARY! It does explain what a word means. it does provide the root word, and its origin! LMAO Rock my socks! Both of them!!