MannyC wrote:
What would be helpful is a precise definition of
superior and
inferior characteristics in the human species. If this is a problem we are to resolve for ourselves then we must define the goal in exacting terms.
Please list the desirable human traits in one column and the undesirable in another column. I understand that you feel that something must be done and this is where we must start. Be careful not to include anything in the
undesirable column that could describe you or me.
I agree that it must be discussed, but can we do it honestly and without the PC police? This is what you mean about a
nasty topic, right?
Starting from the bottom first,
Yes, can we please have a respectful and honest conversation about this
nasty topic. Thank you.
It's clear to me that the only thing that ought to be discussed publicly is that this endeavor MUST be carried out within the confines of our individual families. What we discuss here must be discreet and self-censored. Where the work should be done is with our children, nowhere else. Teach them, suggest to them that as parents it is our/their responsibility to direct and supervise them in whom our descendants ought to procreate with. Teach them that they should be respondent to the guidance that comes from within, however
they see fit. But instruct them that they need to be careful, that it matters a lot who they marry. This way the less desirable, through many generations, will fall away if this seed implanted in the family culture becomes tradition. Make it a part of the conversation with our/their soon to be paired up kids, and so on.
Other than that, I don't think anything else is appropriate. All we can do is emphasize the positive to our kids. Tell them what they should be looking out for in a desirable mate. That way, the
nasty topic will take care of itself.
I don't see how else it will progress. The quality of motherhood and fatherhood is the key.