Gompo there's no more reason to associate nazism with vegetarianism than there is to associate it with the Mahatma.

Doesn't take long to learn to give directions to a cab driver.

Science is about a constant open-ended rational advancement in the pursuit of logically consistent Truth. Constant revision goes on and is necessary to account for new information, & there is a constant attempt to establish greater comprehensiveness for theories. Science is a tool, and a very good one, but the equation Science (and only science) = (the only) Truth, is ridiculous. Those who think otherwise often take Science as a kind of religion, although they think they are replacing it. Unfortunately, some scientists themselves seem to have this belief, though not the best ones.

Science makes certain philosophical assumptions that have a quicksand consistency when they're taken to be absolute. It's a tool, used for logical investigations, but you can't paint a picture with a box end wrench.

@Tonyoad: Please don't take this as a pitch for 'religion', although I think there's more to be said for religion than what you seem to think. The point is, science is NOT religion and religion is NOT science, and every time they get mixed up with each other they indeed get all mixed up with themselves.

Ahem - I have spoken.

@Gompo: truth is, humans generally treat animals like sh*t, with the partial exception of their pets.

@Blobbles: YOur point #5: what makes you say that "China has always been fairly equal"?

General comment: As far as I'm concerned, those who see life in terms of winners and losers automatically put themselves in the latter category.

Winners and losers make sense only in the context of games.