On 30 March 2015 at 08:39, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/29/2015 3:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Please! "Hunter Gatherers" - "warriors" is a boys' club term for it. >> > > I can accept that the term "warrior" glorifies something nasty, but what > term to use? "Hunter Gatherer" is not what I mean. I refer to the people > who directly confront other groups in battles to the death. Men are > naturally more suited for this sort of thing due to endocrine system > differences, that leads to bigger bodies, more muscles and more aggression. > > > I think it's silly to say "warrior" glorifies something nasty. That's a > politically correct judgement looking back at a different era through > current glasses. Having good warriors was sometimes the difference between > survival and extinction. Is what the men did in holding Bastogne "nasty"? >
Absolutely. If all men were cooperative then a single defector could rule the world, or at least make out like a bandit. Hence we have what I think is called a Nash equilibrium? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
