I think the lesson we could best learn here is that slavish belief in any given doctrine can be hazardous to your health ...
What saved the colonists is that they gave up their preconceived ideas that they knew "the one true way", and actually listened to the advice they got from experts. Unfortunately it's a lesson that seems to be lost on most. On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 08:52:23PM -0000, Bob W wrote: > I think it's true that most of the early colonies had difficulties feeding > themselves, however they organised their societies. > > There are plenty of examples of native people all over the world who have a > very different concept of property to ours, yet who are perfectly capable of > surviving in places where we would fail, however we organised ourselves, > simply because we don't know how to exploit the available resources, and > they do. The same applies vice versa, of course. I'm sure a native of the > Irian Jaya rainforest, left overnight in Fortnum and Mason, would probably > go hungry, even if he was a member of the Republican Party. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 28 January 2006 20:30 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc > > > > You should read the history of the colony, all food > > production was owned common, all food distribution was by > > need, everyone explored or searched for gold, no one produced > > food... Everyone starved. The creed that saved them was > > each got a plot and ate what they grew. > >
