In article <3gp324hpne0gupfejqjiovgen0j8vj071a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Wed, 7 May 2008 15:12:13 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
() wrote:
>
>>In article <ZeSdneSp_sjmK7zVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>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.
>
>In prehistoric days (your youth), the hunter who ran TOWARD the enraged
>woolly mammoth
>increased his family's chance of survival.
Leaving aside the concept of 'family' (as opposed to 'tribe') in the
Neolithic era aside... they did so, Mr Wagner, with greater chance for a
shorter life than those who watched tracks, trails and spoors, setting up
ambushes and snares accordingly.
Yes, running at a mammoth made for Great Glory and a Great Chance of
Getting Skewered... going for rabbits, wallabies and nutria carried a
better risk/reward ratio.
'Ogg run at mammoth, Thagg set traps for bunnies... Ogg widow sleep with
Thagg now.'
DD
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