--- Tim May <butsuri@...>
wrote:
> > You don't have to be terribly
> > advanced to find your fellowman primitive!
> > You just have to have an attitude of
> > superiority.
>
> Did they?
They certainly held no great esteem for many
American natives!
> As long as they're aware of the concept of an
> invisible force that
> causes sickness and death which emanates from
> certain places and
> materials, then they can in principle be made
> to understand that
> that's what they're being warned away from.
Ancient superstition!
> They don't necessarily
> need to understand the physical processes
> involved.
Of course, but this presumes that they're simply
willing to let things lie. Human history should
teach us one thing: people don't let things lie!
Padraic.
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