Originally posted by the Bear:
capable of art, capable of caring, autruism, love, respect, honour,
sacrifice... and more...
doesn't that make some parts of humanity the most beautiful and
blessed of all? 
The qualities you describe as above do exist in humankind, but
apparently most of us cannot yet apply it to things non-human,
including the own planet we walk on. 
We are blessed
with intelligence, but not yet wisdom... and that may well turn out
to be our curse.
