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Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC



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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