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In reply to the discussion: Jared Diamond: Do Hunter-Gatherer Societies Raise Their Children Better Than Americans Do? [View all]XemaSab
(60,212 posts)9. So they respect their kids so much
they allow them to wander into the fire?
No, sorry, that's just shitty parenting, whatever your culture.
Under that same logic, a woman who's fucked up on dope and lets her 4-yo cook her own macaroni is just letting the kid do what she wants.
It's especially reprehensible if it leaves legit scars. Like I "burn" myself while cooking about twice a year, and I have 0 burn scars because by the time I started cooking my own food, I was old enough to not put my hand down on the burner, or set my clothes on fire, or put my hand in the boiling water.
Jared Diamond is a toolbag made of other, smaller toolbags.
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Jared Diamond: Do Hunter-Gatherer Societies Raise Their Children Better Than Americans Do? [View all]
xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
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
That's not the way humans organize themselves once a certain population threshold is reached
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#15
Evidently the threshold is below that of the population of every significant nation on the planet
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#31
And I bet they keep their bow and arrows unloaded with trigger locks when not in use.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#5
hate to break this to you, but that's hierarchical. and you sound approving of it.
cali
Jan 2013
#18
I think r/K selection is facinating stuff, and Guns, Grems, and Steel was brilliant n/t
galileoreloaded
Jan 2013
#39