Quote Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
I'm sorry, phar-I, I'd have to defiantly recluse your first statement, whatever that means. You just called me a racist.
true, i called everyone a racist.
that was more for theatrics. i did mean what i said about us all having prejudices.
think about it in an early-man survival situation: you're on the plains, doing whatever early man did on the plains. you see a figure appear on the horizon. you have to make a quick determination.
do you scoot back to the village and raise the alarm?
do you approach to engage in trade or what have you?
do you hide and watch what this stranger does?
these decisions would have to be made based on what we see, what we know from past experience, and what we've been taught.
we make an initial snap judgement.
we may be proved wrong later, but we pretty much have it wired in to us to make quick decisions with what info is available.
unfortunately, i think we still do this, even tho' we know better and may reevaluate almost as quickly.

didn't mean to be a dick.