On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Stefano Mori wrote: > It is said that thousands of years ago when we were separate tribes, > anyone from a different tribe was fair game. You protected your own, > whilst it was OK to kill "others". > > Where does that fit with your thinking?
Do you think this has changed? This is still a great source on the nature of war that points out some of the commonalities between tribal and national conflict. <http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/4216987/used/Massacre%20on%20the%20Gila:%20An%20Account%20of%20the%20Last%20Major%20Battle%20Between%20American%20Indians%20With......... > -- The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. -Paul Valery, poet and philosopher (1871-1945) _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
