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From: Robert on 7 May 2008 13:34 On Wed, 7 May 2008 15:12:13 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: >In article <ZeSdneSp_sjmK7zVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >HeyBub <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: >>docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: >>> In article <roKdnRyyZfhul7zVnZ2dnUVZ_rKtnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >>> HeyBub <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> 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. That's why men take risks and women don't, but are attracted to alpha males who do. That explains Eliot Spitzer's actions. http://www.newsweek.com/id/121492
From: Anonymous on 7 May 2008 14:15
In article <3gp324hpne0gupfejqjiovgen0j8vj071a(a)4ax.com>, Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: >On Wed, 7 May 2008 15:12:13 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: > >>In article <ZeSdneSp_sjmK7zVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >>HeyBub <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: >>>docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: >>>> In article <roKdnRyyZfhul7zVnZ2dnUVZ_rKtnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >>>> HeyBub <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> 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 |