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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] It's almost over
  • Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:54:59 -0500


I'm saying that as long as there are people who DON'T do that, it
can't be a universal "human" trait...it is perhaps a trait in a subset
of humans, but not all. If violence and aggression were universal human traits, wouldn't ALL people be brawl and stealing?

****** No, not all people have adult physical relationships or even procreate, either, but it is still our primary biological imperative.

So do you think that a majority of humans are aggressive? I define aggression as ACTING aggressive, as Bev says, taking what you want through aggression and/or violence. Maybe I live in a different world, but I don't see it. I see lots of peaceful people with the rare aggressive/violent person. Even in the inner city; for every person wanting to rob/rape/murder, there are 99 people who DON'T want to. That aggressive/violent person is the anomaly, not the norm.

Lynn Wigglesworth




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