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In reply to the discussion: Jared Diamond: Do Hunter-Gatherer Societies Raise Their Children Better Than Americans Do? [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)16. oy, nothing rhetorical about the questions I posed.
Given the comments of the poster I addressed said questions to, they're eminently reasonable. And I'm curious. Why on earth would you think those questions are rhetorical?
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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