Re: [MEDIA] Chicago Suntime's death penalty poll

Paul Hughes (planetp@aci.net)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 23:55:05 -0800

BilLee Miller wrote:

> > > > "In the event of your murder, would you want the killer executed?"
> > > >
> > > > YES: 87% NO: 13%
> > >
> > > Proof that 87% of the population are still operating primarily on
> > > reptilian emotional-territorial circuitry. Am I supposed to be
> > > surprised?
> >
> > How about that 87% beleive in doing the job right the first time....or
> > that they are operating on the hominid circuitry (since usually only
> > hominids kill members of the same species with no intention of using the
> > carcass for food...). How about that only 13% of the population is still
> > operating on their vegetable circuits....
> >
> > Mike Lorrey
>
> I can kind of grok the concept of hominid circuitry, but what exactly is
> the nature of vegetable circuitry.

What is sometimes called vegetable circuitry is also called biosurvival circuitry, although I disagree wholeheartedly with Mike Lorrey's use of the word. All living things posses some form of vegetable circuitry, which concerns itself with nourishment, safety and survival. For a more thorough description of the 8 Circuit Model of contelligence, goto:

http://www.deoxy.org/8circuit.htm

Paul Hughes