Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:02:08 -0600
From: Old Goat <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: Anarchism?


john bechtel wrote:

> Damn, goat! Your fingers hurt after all that typing?  But seriously...indeed
> your 'natural' state is to follow the most violent / aggressive of your group.
> Chimp (chimps being our closest relatives) groups are dominated by the most
> physical member of the group. Humans have the advantage of being smart enough
> not to bow to that form of heirarchy. Not that many realize that we're being
> dominated, which is a big part of the problem.

yep, that "land of the free and the home of the brave" scam has played pretty
well over the years.  's what happens when the govt runs the schools:  the kids
like as not have their critical thinking apparati pretty much excised.  ("if big
daddy says so it must be true.")

as for the chimps i can't say, but i had a aunt who married a Siciliano who
looked suspiciously like a gorilla.  my cousins, their children, are certainly
more'n a little suspect even though none o 'em appear, at first glance, to tend
towards  violence.   Goat groups, howsomever, are led / inspired by the eldern
and (hopefully) most sagacious who -- so being -- know enow to butt out o other
folk's bidness.

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