On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:29:31 -0400, Juergen Botz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


> I concede that the myth of progress is little but a modern
> human conceit.  But I also believe that the nobility of the
> savage is little but a naive reaction to the former.

IMHO nobility is relative, and we must wonder, compared to whom?
I don't know that there were others to be noble to.

   Humans
> are imperfect beings and always have been.


This is religious dogma.
Paleofood is based mainly on the observation that remains were perfect,  
compared to ours.
AFAIK even their turds! :)


   Mostly, today,
> we're just imperfect on a grander and more tragic stage.


Agreed.


My wish for a presentation on "The Fall of Man" was prompted by the  
endless propaganda trying to show that paleolife was "nasty, brutish and  
short". I demand equal time!


William
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