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Human evolution

Well, I'm here to discuss the evolution of human beings from our very beginnings to where we are today. Now, to set things straight, yes I do believe in evolution. As a Christian, I believe that God had a hand in evolution from monkeys to humans. So please, don't start flaming me on religious grounds.

Now, it was many thousands of years ago when monkeys began developing, relying less on their arms as a form of balance and more of walking on two feet and beginning to stand straighter.  They developed a more defined, straightened spine as they began moving. Some would even go to call it a backbone.

Now, evolution continued until the very beginnings of true humans as we see today, with the ideals of the caveman in mind.  Very hairy, primalistic, but still, a human nonetheless. Now these were the starts of backbones. True backbones, the term used for a person that is willing to fight for what they believe in, whether it be a moral cause or just to put some damn food on the table.

Then you get into the basics of civilizations, where primal instincts were needed less and less. Governments came to rule, and people began developing fear of these governments.  With this fear came apathy.  Just not doing a damn thing, just because you think that the higher power will always win, because in many ancient civilizations, it did.

Development continued with the Romans, who truly brought back the idea of a backbone, and the ability to form massive armies and kick some serious ass.   Backbones continued prominency through the medievil times, again with large armies fighting for what they believed in(lets just ignore the Crusades though. that was a massive power struggle with the church and yeah, a schism in the time of backbones.)

Backbones quickly declined into silence for a long time, especially after the creation of a first true democracy here in the US. We discovered that we could run to someone else for all of our problems, and go and whine to them until they got sick of it and made a new law purely to shut us up. Now you may ask "isnt that showing a backbone because your fighting for what you believe in?" no, its really not.  Its just someone's momma bitching about how their little baby got mistreated at a little league baseball game.

In order to fight for what you believe in, you must have a good argument. You must be able to argue with the higher powers, not sit and cower in fear of them because things havent gone your way in the past couple of times.  Just because you lose once or twice doesnt mean you have to run like a scared little dog with your tail between your legs every time you think you want something changed.

Stand up for yourself. Be proud. I mean, for Christ's sake, all teenagers ever do is sit and complain about how they can't win against their parents? You know why? Its because as a pre teen they got shot down because their parents wouldnt let them go to the movies with their crush. And now, they let those few losses dig deep into their brains to where they no longer try.

Dont you think that standing up for yourself would help you so much more than hurt you? You gain respect from it, whether it be your peers, your parents, or yourself.

So grow a backbone. You have a spine, but grow a backbone. fight for what you believe in.

The Fighter, The Friend, The Bassist

JR Lackey