On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:29:02AM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > FACT: the 'Noble Savage' is a myth. when he reads the forensic reports > from the graveyards of the yeoman farmers in Europe, and compares them > with the examination from indigeneous hunting tribes, he finds that the > latter shows *20 times* the number of male skeletons who died as a > result of violent assult. Data that predates the influence of the > colonial powers.
Of course, of course, or course: The key word is `finds'. The reason is, we don't as often *eat* the people we've killed, and, we actually ceremonially bury even our enemies, and we tend to kill people before burying them! -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9
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