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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 3480491, member: 488"] I'd argue that self interest and survival is endemic to [I]all [/I]individuals. Our perspectives on anything are born from our experiences and by extension limited by our ignorance. In a healthy, fully functioning democracy, both of these perspectives are incorporated into our way of life and eventually refined by the systems that endure from it. I can see how you'd describe my post as angry, but I'd ask you not to fill in the blanks where there aren't any. Our instinct to self-preserve may work as a double-edged sword, but a commitment to transparency can only liberate and enrich the lives around us. Not one person associated with the networks, businesses, or institutions involved in this process has any interest in that. [/QUOTE]