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2006-08-24 Fifth Column

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Posted by Mike 2006-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 excellent!

Posted by Flavitle Omart7450 2006-08-24 00:46|| 2006-08-24 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd argue that the syndrome described results from behavioural neotony (neotony is the retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood).

A plausible case can be made that behaviour is a sort of accelerated evolution. Neotony is a very common evolutionary mechanism. But bear in mind that evolution has countless thousands of failures for every success.

If neotony is at work in the evolution of behaviour we should expect the same very high failure rate in the behaviours it produces.

BTW, while Progressives may believe in evolution, hardly any of them understand it. Most think evolution is like Marxist historical determinism, which it most definitely isn't.

Posted by phil_b 2006-08-24 01:26|| 2006-08-24 01:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Indeed, hysterically (LOL) accurate.

The lack of cognition / denial makes it largely untreatable. We'll just have to wirehead 'em, warehouse 'em, or kill 'em.

I hope Dr Krauthammer gets to see this, LOL.

Posted by flyover 2006-08-24 05:18|| 2006-08-24 05:18|| Front Page Top

#4 phil_b, neoteny. With E, not with O.

Please check a dictionary. As I already noted a few days back, neotony is something else either related to tonus (then it would be neotonia) ot tone => neo-new; tone-sound.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-08-24 06:50|| 2006-08-24 06:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Progression into the "moral highground" of ostrich holes.

Posted by Duh! 2006-08-24 09:15|| 2006-08-24 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Superb. But I'd put #3 at #1.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-24 10:18|| 2006-08-24 10:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Damn, that should have come with a drink alert! ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-24 12:32|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-08-24 12:32|| Front Page Top

#8 somebody forward this to .com. We all knew LA was sick! LOL

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-08-24 16:15|| 2006-08-24 16:15|| Front Page Top

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