The Response:

The essay is an interesting read. I didn't understand some of it, incuding the part about Nazareth, and the "words of Ezekiel". It was much more of a rant than a persuasive essay. The author drones on and on about how the rich people drink $100 bottles of champagne, have Hummers and great big mansions while others are suffering and dying. I realize that this is an important issue throughout the world, but I've read one to many articles like this. It merely seems like twenty six different letters rearranged into hundreds of different combinations.

I am not persuaded into thinking that the world is wrong and that we need to change the world. I realize that the world is corrupt and full of selfish dipwads that only want money for themselves, but there's not much we can do. Jose Porfirio Miranda's quote was confusing because I do not know who "Sarte" is. Despite that fact, I do agree with what he says. But as Fromm said, humans are part of the animal kingdom, and we do have some animal-like characteristics, although we have shed most of our instincts away. Miranda's quote is merely an example of how humans compete for whatever we need and want; a distant relationship with animals and their competition for food and water when their population exceeds the carrying capacity.