POLITICS_How to handle bad behavior?

[Guest guest]

>For extra emphasis, " Much more extensive long-term information about band and

>tribal societies reveals that murder is the leading cause of death. "

>

>Chris

Isn't it the duty of the males to kill each other off to

keep the gene pool strong? Like, with herd animals, MOST

of the males get driven off or killed in duels -- the survivor

gets the females?

Also don't forget the last few centuries, when duels were quite

acceptable even in the upper classes, or duking it out

with bare fists and knife fights and gunfights ... those weren't considered

" homicide " exactly at the time but a lot of guys got killed.

The Romans had the darndest time " civilizing " the Germanic folks,

because they would get drunk in their longhouses and fight

and kill each other (and really, you should save your fighting

abilities to be in the Roman legion and kill enemies -- or in

the arena where more people can watch).

And the inner city in LA, guys don't expect to live past 25, they say.

The current LACK of " men killing men " is an historical anomaly --

probably because we have a strong system of laws and punishments.

But I think the lust for a fight is still there ... now it's channelled

into football.

-- Heidi