SA, you are in touch. -Peter
On 16/11/2007, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [SA previously] > > > Does this me not seeing a cougar throw a wrench > > into what you were onto? > > [Peter] > > No. It invalidates somewhat, but I, too, have seen > > animals hesitate, > > obviously considering what is the right thing for > > them to do. > > I'm interested in the question of whether non-human > > beings can act from the > > intellectual level. Bo says the intellectual level > > is characterised by SOM > > activity which we would normally assume to be > > exclusive to humans but I > > think we do the other animals an injustice. > > > I've read this true story before about this > person from Alaska (an Amerindian) who commented upon > the National Forest Management (NFM) of wildlife in > that state. The NFM were capturing wildlife (I > believe at the time it was moose), and putting > tracking systems on these animals. The Amerindian > said and I paraphrase, "Did the NFM ask the moose if > they could do these things to them?" > Calvin Martin wrote this book called "The Way of > the Human Being" according to his personal experience > with Amerindians and how Amerindians elaborate upon > their own cultural stories, and what these cultural > stories mean to them, in other words, what values do > these stories provide in meaning to their perspectives > about life on this earth. This comment from this > Alaskan Amerindian to Martin goes to the heart of what > Martin finds Turtle Island has to say about itself. > > woods, > SA > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
