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Bozeman 
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Posted on: Aug. 17 2000,12:43 |
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If you mean race as a species, then yes, there is only one species: homo sapiens. (there were about 13 others, but they died out, see Scientific American magazine) But if referring to skin color, there is a great diversity. Nationality is another difference, and there is also the factor of heritage. Some people think these factors have some political meaning, and the values for one are different from another, but I think we are all born equal.
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Firefox
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Yeah, but do you guys think we will last that long? Hell, as it sits right now, we have only been around a fraction of the time the dinosaurs were around... and we all know where THAT led. I suppose it would be possible to completely cross-breed the earth in a few centuries, although some countries are very isolationist and protective... in India, is it still considered a "shame" to marry someone outside of Indian blood (many of those cultures believe in maintaining purity in blood lines to propagate their nationality, etc.)...I think that would be the only way to ever completely get rid of racism. But really, it may not solve anything. We would get rid of racism because of skin colour, etc., but we would still have ugly people and handsome people, smart people and dumb people, rich people and poor people... there would still be "labelling", as it were, just with different things. Besides... the UN has made an estimate that the Earth's population will do one of three things in the next few decades: 1) Rise above 10 billion, and then rapidly drop due to extreme famine in certain areas of the world 2) Rise above 10 billion and keep rising, with the earth getting exponentially more crowded by the day 3) Rise to approximately 10 billion and then level out, as the "invisible hand" of population control (cost of living, societal changes, etc.) caps the population around 10 billion, with only very slight increases. And I hear that #3 is seen as the most likely candidate right now by many scientists, etc. That actually didn't have too much to do with races, but I thought I would throw it in for fun. 8) -FFox ------------------
ICQ: 436346 "A christian, an anarchist-slash-prostitute, figures out the true meaning of freedom. Not freedom like America, freedom like a shopping cart."
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