In article <ZeSdneSp_sjmK7zVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
HeyBub <heybub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> In article <roKdnRyyZfhul7zVnZ2dnUVZ_rKtnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> HeyBub <heybub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> I learned, during my tenure as a cop, that people are basically
>>> funny. If you stress 'em a bit, the facade of civilization drops
>>> away. Ask any cop, ambulance driver, emergency room worker, or fire
>>> fighter and they can tell you stories.
>>
>> Many people have told me stories and I've lived through a few myself;
>> what I've learned is that it works both ways.
>>
>> As human being-type peope get stressed a bit for some 'the facade of
>> civilisation' drops, for others they get spurred to heights of
>> selflessness, courage, nobility and valor.
[snip]
>I agree.
>
>I was just watching the TV archives of the 9-11 attack this morning and
that
>story proves your point. Tens of thousands screamed like little girls and
>bagged it for Pennsylvania while a few hundred ran toward the source of
the
>mayhem.
From this it might be concluded that these characteristics of
selflessness, courage, nobility and valor are *not* genetically related;
those who run towards danger decrease their chances, once the danger has
passed, of having children.
DD
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