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<P>I agree 100% Siarlys. I know it was easier for me to just ignore it than get in on the argument. Just me. Anyway, here is a thought:</P>
<P>The future in to which you walk is as dark to you as the pavement before the feet of the blind. When next you see a blind man walking down a busy street, do not think to yourself, "There goes an unusual man!" The courage to walk in to the unknown is the courage required of all human beings. Think in stead, "There goes a man who knows no more about his next step than I do about mine. In this world we are all brothers." ---Robert Russell</P>
<P>Frank<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>From: gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net
<DIV></DIV>To: Frank McMullin <fjm39@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>CC: "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] Energy Levels
<DIV></DIV>Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:50:01 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>Ever since someone started complaining about the appearance of animosity
<DIV></DIV>in our discussions, exchange of any thoughts at all has fallen to near
<DIV></DIV>zero. Could we each contribute something in the next three days that is
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>a) provocative and interesting enough to generate a round of comments,
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<DIV></DIV>and
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<DIV></DIV>b) not of a nature to leave us all feeling mortally offended?
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<DIV></DIV>I have two modest contributions to offer.
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<DIV></DIV>1) I really enjoyed the list of "Literary Insults" that recently came out
<DIV></DIV>from GCFL. I liked Lincoln, Reed, Reston and Twain the best.
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<DIV></DIV>2) I am reading a book called People of the Lake by Richard E. Leakey and
<DIV></DIV>Roger Lewin, about the beginnings of humankind. One of the most
<DIV></DIV>fascinating conclusions so far is that early human existence was anything
<DIV></DIV>BUT the "nasty, brutish and short" life that 19th century Victorians
<DIV></DIV>attributed to it. For one thing, hunting contributed only about 20% of
<DIV></DIV>the human diet, complex social organization existed, including probably
<DIV></DIV>families. (Many primates live in bands, but only humans live in family
<DIV></DIV>groups within bands. In fact, it seems that gatherer-hunter societies
<DIV></DIV>remaining, almost anywhere in the world, exist in tribal groupings of
<DIV></DIV>about 500, because that is the number within which new adults can find
<DIV></DIV>mates without resorting to incest, starting new families.) Finally,
<DIV></DIV>people generally could supply all their needs in about three hours work a
<DIV></DIV>day, even in desert environments -- not the image of working from dawn
<DIV></DIV>till dusk to scratch out a meagre survival.
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<DIV></DIV>Siarlys
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