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Cannibal gene? law of the jungle
"John Gilmer" wrote in message ... [...] I have difficulties imagining that anybody could not distinguish between ape and human. I don't believe this. Believe what you want. But I have been told by more than one source that once you take off the skin, (and the head) a BEAR looks a LOT like a human. I would say that an ape would be at least close! I can't go along with you on this one, John. Because few people know jungle animals as well as do denizens of the same jungle, it seems completely illogical to conclude that the cannibals don't consider the pygmies to be human beings. Of course, since the pygmies are not members of the cannibals' tribe, it may be far easier for the cannibals' to justify their actions (only among themselves, of course). Even so, I think it is a rather big stretch to go from a sociopathic, tribalistic view, to a suggestion that somehow the cannibals confuse the pygmies for monkeys. One thing I am curious about is whether or not the civilized nations of Africa have been funding any research aimed at curing cannibalistic tribes of their flesh-eating propensities. Governments may have concluded that is is a far too large and deep-rooted problem to deal with. How do you cure a cannibal? As far as what might be discovered by such research, I would wonder whether if one's ancestors have engaged in cannibalism from time immemorial, there might not be some sort of genetic problem in the mix, in the same vein that an "alcoholic gene" has been identified. Is there a "cannibal gene"? Perhaps research will be done on this in the future. By the way, since Usenet remarks on any sensitive issue are notoriously easy to misunderstand and/or deliberately distort, I hasten to add that I am well aware that a great many African tribes have no history of cannibalism whatsoever, and consider such behavior as utterly reprehensible as anyone else does. Further, there have been horrifying cases of Caucasian cannibals,such as Dahmer, Albert Fish, and Ed Gein, so no one can reasonably make this into any sort of racial problem. Even so, that would not necessarily preclude the presence of a cannibal gene, because among races, almost no one will dispute the fact that some races (and even ethnic groups within races) are more prone to certain diseases than others are, so perhaps Dahmer, Fish, Gein, etc., had a genetic mutation which produced the cannibal gene (IF such a gene exists, and no one knows at this time, since apparently no research has been done on this). It would certainly be of benefit to human society if the governents of nations wracked by this horrible affliction would fund some research into the matter. It could help their own countries, too, in many other ways, such as increasing tourism by making visitors to the jungle feel safer. the alt.genius.bill-palmer --firing posts at random from the window of the office upstairs from rec.arts.prose |
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Cannibal gene? law of the jungle
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:45:01 GMT, "palmer.william"
wrote: One thing I am curious about is whether or not the civilized nations of Africa have been funding any research aimed at curing cannibalistic tribes of their flesh-eating propensities. Governments may have concluded that is is a far too large and deep-rooted problem to deal with. How do you cure a cannibal? One common misconception with cannibalism is that it does not typically exist to supply a food source, rather, it is ritualistic to absorb the power of your enemy. Hal As far as what might be discovered by such research, I would wonder whether if one's ancestors have engaged in cannibalism from time immemorial, there might not be some sort of genetic problem in the mix, in the same vein that an "alcoholic gene" has been identified. Is there a "cannibal gene"? Perhaps research will be done on this in the future. By the way, since Usenet remarks on any sensitive issue are notoriously easy to misunderstand and/or deliberately distort, I hasten to add that I am well aware that a great many African tribes have no history of cannibalism whatsoever, and consider such behavior as utterly reprehensible as anyone else does. Further, there have been horrifying cases of Caucasian cannibals,such as Dahmer, Albert Fish, and Ed Gein, so no one can reasonably make this into any sort of racial problem. Even so, that would not necessarily preclude the presence of a cannibal gene, because among races, almost no one will dispute the fact that some races (and even ethnic groups within races) are more prone to certain diseases than others are, so perhaps Dahmer, Fish, Gein, etc., had a genetic mutation which produced the cannibal gene (IF such a gene exists, and no one knows at this time, since apparently no research has been done on this). It would certainly be of benefit to human society if the governents of nations wracked by this horrible affliction would fund some research into the matter. It could help their own countries, too, in many other ways, such as increasing tourism by making visitors to the jungle feel safer. the alt.genius.bill-palmer --firing posts at random from the window of the office upstairs from rec.arts.prose |
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Cannibal gene? law of the jungle
wrote in message ... On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:45:01 GMT, "palmer.william" wrote: One thing I am curious about is whether or not the civilized nations of Africa have been funding any research aimed at curing cannibalistic tribes of their flesh-eating propensities. Governments may have concluded that is is a far too large and deep-rooted problem to deal with. How do you cure a cannibal? One common misconception with cannibalism is that it does not typically exist to supply a food source, rather, it is ritualistic to absorb the power of your enemy. That's always delightful news for their dinner, I'm sure. Twinkles, the alt.genius.dwarf Hal |
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Cannibal gene? law of the jungle
"palmer.william" wrote in message . com... "John Gilmer" wrote in message ... snip One thing I am curious about is whether or not the civilized nations of Africa have been funding any research aimed at curing cannibalistic tribes of their flesh-eating propensities I love achedemics and liberals, African governments cannot fund food programmes, or health schemes, untill recently the head of one of the leading African countries mainatained that AIDS was caused by lack of nutrition. Pray tell me sir, which of these countries are civilised, I have traveled the continent for 35 years and Civilised (as in the Western sence) and African are definately not synonymous. I look forward to your examples of African Civilised Counties. |
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