Is it really correct to use cavemen as mascots? Some people might say making fun of cavemen is funny and politically correct. They might say we aren’t hurting anyone, so what is the big deal? I don’t picture too many cavemen running to the ACLU to complain about slander or infringement of rights or anything. The poor neanderthals probably wouldn’t have the brains to do that anyway. Just because we don’t consider them to be people, like us, doesn’t mean they are nobodies. Come on, babies can’t always articulate their needs, but they aren’t nobodies.
We’ve come a long way from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens. We wear clothes, use tools, cook our food... the unlucky Neanderthals just popped out of the biological timeline, it’s not their fault they failed to evolve as gracefully as we have. They have a serious genetic deficiency that shouldn’t be overlooked in our enlightened, modern society. Just because they miss the boat sometimes doesn’t mean that anyone has the right to so blissfully and negligently demean them. It doesn’t matter if their constant use of old fashioned shirts only makes them stand out more. We should love them for who they are, and how they can contribute to improving our society and economy. They may be incapable of engineering, or computer programming, or flying planes, or performing surgery. However, their skills can be utilized in a variety of ways. They can make fire with sticks, and use long grass pieces to remove ants from ant hills, they can even hoot, sing, and dance. So, we have to ask ourselves: what can we do to make the lives of our lesser brothers better? What is so easy that a caveman can do it? Give them those tasks, allow them to contribute to the global economy, and you will satisfy the needs of our brother race.
We’ve come a long way from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens. We wear clothes, use tools, cook our food... the unlucky Neanderthals just popped out of the biological timeline, it’s not their fault they failed to evolve as gracefully as we have. They have a serious genetic deficiency that shouldn’t be overlooked in our enlightened, modern society. Just because they miss the boat sometimes doesn’t mean that anyone has the right to so blissfully and negligently demean them. It doesn’t matter if their constant use of old fashioned shirts only makes them stand out more. We should love them for who they are, and how they can contribute to improving our society and economy. They may be incapable of engineering, or computer programming, or flying planes, or performing surgery. However, their skills can be utilized in a variety of ways. They can make fire with sticks, and use long grass pieces to remove ants from ant hills, they can even hoot, sing, and dance. So, we have to ask ourselves: what can we do to make the lives of our lesser brothers better? What is so easy that a caveman can do it? Give them those tasks, allow them to contribute to the global economy, and you will satisfy the needs of our brother race.
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