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Re: THE FATAL FREEDOM (was Re: definitions
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DDeBar <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussions on the writings and lectures of Noam Chomsky <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 1 May 1997 17:50:51 -0400
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Thank you.
Don DeBar

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> From: brian j. callahan <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: THE FATAL FREEDOM (was Re: definitions
> Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 10:59 AM


>... I think homo sapiens have an ability we call reason that frees
> us to some degree from a pre-ordained pattern of society.  The change
from
> hunter gatherer to agricultural to industrial societies with large
variations
> in the social structure in each should show us that.  So let's use that
> reason to create a society where we can satisfy our natural needs and
> inclinations while allowing all the other homo sapiens to do the same.
> Wouldn't that be neato?

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