On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:14:43 -0800, Julie Kangas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Crowding, limited resources,
>societal changes all modify "normal" behavior and
>bring about other sets of behaviors that as
>thinking animals we find repugnant (I hope.)

I agreed with all of your well considered statements up until this point.

The implication here of the oxymoron "thinking animals", is the popular modern
disinformation that mind proceeds from the body.

This absurdity is at the root of all dysfunctions in modern society.

No well-balanced ancient culture could possibly be convinced of such nonsense.

Only moderns totally out of touch with reality could believe that a room full of
chimpanzees had actually typed all of Shakespeare's works by sheer random
coincidence...


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Cheers,

Ken
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