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cali

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25. so where do you live? And what the fuck do YOU know about my way of life, dear?

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 07:48 AM

Jan 2013

by the way, let me tell you a little story about two men I knew when they were boys living on the same commune I lived on. They were about 5 and the mom of one of them had much the same beliefs that you apparently espouse. She was off fucking someone and her son and the other kid were playing with his nifty bow and arrow. Her son shot an arrow into the eye of the other kid, blinding him. Btw, the kid who was blinded grew up to be a wonderful creative man, husband and father. The kid who shot his eye out grew up to a beautiful, extremely fucked up man-child.

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Jared Diamond: Do Hunter-Gatherer Societies Raise Their Children Better Than Americans Do? [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

this strikes me as "noble savage" garbage cali Jan 2013 #1

By and large tama Jan 2013 #4

well, aside from the fact that your run on sentence is rather garbled, so what? cali Jan 2013 #7

Exactly what "slew of ills" do h-g societies host ... ananda Jan 2013 #42

If you ask top of hierarchy tama Jan 2013 #46

"noble savage" meets "indigo child" Quantess Jan 2013 #14

Human behaivior is about 98% predictable galileoreloaded Jan 2013 #49

Freedom and responsibility tama Jan 2013 #2

fuck those child labor laws. cali Jan 2013 #3

I get very well tama Jan 2013 #6

Can you answer my questions? Do you think we should get rid of all laws protecting children? cali Jan 2013 #8

I don't think you should ask loaded rhetorical questions and then demand an answer. Bucky Jan 2013 #11

oy, nothing rhetorical about the questions I posed. cali Jan 2013 #16

Yes tama Jan 2013 #13

That's not the way humans organize themselves once a certain population threshold is reached Fumesucker Jan 2013 #15

That's not a valid statement tama Jan 2013 #19

ironic. hunter/gatherer societies have hardly been an evolutionary success cali Jan 2013 #20

Hunter gatherer societies have a far longer track record than agrarian ones Fumesucker Jan 2013 #24

Of course not tama Jan 2013 #26

Your point is not in conflict with my own Fumesucker Jan 2013 #21

Which threshold? tama Jan 2013 #28

Evidently the threshold is below that of the population of every significant nation on the planet Fumesucker Jan 2013 #31

50 million? tama Jan 2013 #33

That population threshold being two people. N/T Chathamization Jan 2013 #40

thanks for answering. cali Jan 2013 #17

Talking about rape tama Jan 2013 #22

so where do you live? And what the fuck do YOU know about my way of life, dear? cali Jan 2013 #25

Not much tama Jan 2013 #30

lol. I live in the rural Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and cali Jan 2013 #41

Somehow tama Jan 2013 #44

And my brother shot me in the leg and head blueamy66 Jan 2013 #37

How about a happy medium? blueamy66 Jan 2013 #36

And I bet they keep their bow and arrows unloaded with trigger locks when not in use. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #5

LOL tama Jan 2013 #12

hate to break this to you, but that's hierarchical. and you sound approving of it. cali Jan 2013 #18

Yeah, whatever tama Jan 2013 #23

So they respect their kids so much XemaSab Jan 2013 #9

! xchrom Jan 2013 #10

I don't think it's the protecting Shankapotomus Jan 2013 #27

It seems to me that each generation in our society Downwinder Jan 2013 #29

American apples v. Hunter Gatherer oranges demwing Jan 2013 #32

Fruitsalad tama Jan 2013 #34

"Better"? Jesus Christ. Brickbat Jan 2013 #35

Better, no. Different, yes Marrah_G Jan 2013 #38

I think r/K selection is facinating stuff, and Guns, Grems, and Steel was brilliant n/t galileoreloaded Jan 2013 #39

I agree with Cali, noble savage BS. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #43

I agree with the "noble savage" comments gollygee Jan 2013 #45

I kept waiting to hear the better part... Johonny Jan 2013 #47

It's impossible to say. Small, traditionally organized quasi-communal tribes are so different Zorra Jan 2013 #48

Thanks tama Jan 2013 #51

I would not call this "noble savage garbage" cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #50