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[Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth 
<lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>  If violence and aggression were universal human traits, wouldn't ALL
> people be
> brawl and stealing?
>

My knowledge and experience of world cultures is limited, so any theory I
come up with would be extrapolated from my American-ness.  Like you, Lynn,
I've never been in a physical fight--at least not since I was a toddler.
But my lack of desire to fight may be a luxury based on the fact that I live
in relative comfort, safety and plenty.  I think that agression would be a
tactic I would consider only after many others failed, but if the health and
safety of innocents were at stake, I might consider a violent act.  In that
sense, I think agression is part of human makeup.


Cathy