Quite often our bad qualities are the ones that ensure our survival and progress. Nowadays, most of us are neither insane nor violent. But I am sure those things contributed immensely in making us the dominant species of the planet.
Possible, but I don't think in this case it's worth it. I definitely agree that a lot of war, blood and death was needed to bring us to where we are now....But I think that even in such things, there's a code or a balance, and some sort of end justification. To me it seems like these elephants were slaughtered for trinkets, which I see as an example of the kind of unjustified, and gratuitous cruelty and insensitivity humans are expert at. It's dumb, and embarrassing and sad. I feel sad for us and for the elephants. Tragedy of "intelligent" life on Earth.
Quite often our bad qualities are the ones that ensure our survival and progress. Nowadays, most of us are neither insane nor violent. But I am sure those things contributed immensely in making us the dominant species of the planet.