[mrnoodle]

Not at all, I love life. I didn't say we were EVIL evil, but our natures tend to lean that way. As innocent as little kids are, one of the first words they learn is "mine." When a baby wants a bottle, do you get a polite tap on the shoulder and a pleasant smile? Nope, you get the full volume of baby's displeasure. These aren't evil things, but they do indicate that as soon as we come out of the chute, the first thing we worry about is, "what's in this for me?" and that doesn't significantly change over the subsequent 75 years.

Of course, we do lots of good things too. But during the course of a day's interaction with your fellow primates, you will probably experience their selfishness far more often than their goodwill. It's not that we don't TRY to be good, we're just not good at it.