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Originally Posted by Donger
I agree, if that 'super-bug' can get them without any fault of their own. The fact remains that, sans accidental exposure, you have to seek this virus out through risky behavior. If you contract it through risky behavior, so be it. I view it no differently than I do some guy deciding to go base jumping and his parachute not opening.
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dammit, misspelled 'too.'
I like to call these 'special' members of the gene-pool the shallow-enders. they tend to kill themselves off young, albeit not young enough (a lot of them reproduce, sometimes long enough to leave the example for their cursed offspring).
a decent example; my parents. not to put too much of my personal life on the board, but my parents are the best motivation I have for not ending up in the shallow end like they almost did. my dad and mom have been potheads their entire life, sometimes delving into more 'dangerous' drugs. according to popular psychology, I should never amount to anything. I grew up poor, and everything I have I earned with my two hands and two feet, as well as my brain.
it's the classical nature/nurture. vincent bugliosi and charles manson both have genius-level IQ's (within a few points of each other, IIRC). only difference: bugliosi grows up in an affluent neighborhood to parents who care for him, whereas manson never knows his father, is the son of a prostitute, shuttled from 'relative to relative,' and grows up a sociopath.
is it in the genetics? we don't know. there are those in manson's position that grow up to lead perfectly normal lives, even productive lives as contributers to their communities. there are those who grow up in bugliosi's shoes (jeffrey dahmer comes to mind) that end up possibly worse than manson.
the issue is that we have no clue where the line exists, or even if there IS a line to be drawn. gray area.