Reason abandoned

Is it in our nature to take advantage of the weakest? Will we forever prey on the vulnerable and defenseless?

Will it always be survival of the fittest? The strongest survive, the unscrupulous win?

What is it within us that enables us to commit acts which hurt others, yet bring only momentary pleasure to ourselves?


One thing is punishing those who commit the crimes. Trying to deter others from doing the same.

Another is trying to eliminate that part of us which makes us able to do such things. That cannot be done. It still is survival of the fittest, only it is no longer survival. Take what you can, who you please.

What is it that enables us to completely disregard other people when making decisions that affect them? It is survival, it is the instincts we have and will probably always have. Will all of us, when put in the situation which triggers our inner beast, be able, and quite willing to perform acts we never thought ourselves able to? And not think it wrong, nor regret it afterwards?

It's not about physical survival anymore. We have what we need. But we crave more. So we take what we want. And the weakest still suffer.