"you're not suggesting that people's perception has anything to do with genes or heredity, are you? "

well, yes, as a matter of fact, I am seeing more & more studies and evidence that genes and hormonal balance and 'chance' may determine more about us that we'd like to admit...(when you look at animals, and observe that some breeds of dogs, for example, are more agressive, it is not hard to understand that some people may become heads of corporations or soldiers of fortune partly because of testosterone...) We have the unusual place in nature of being able to analyze the very traits we are subject to...and being able to lie to ourselves about the results!........Why do you think that so many police 'seek' the violence that they are supposed to curb..and justify to themselves ANYTHING they do in the course of their job?

I love the quote I read somewhere that "Theology is the finding of bad reasons for what we already believe by instinct or faith".......I suspect that a lot of the political, social and 'folk music' discussions could be included in that definition. (Which doesn't change my ideas of what is 'right'. It just makes my head swirl a bit more).