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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I would say that some of it is genetic and the other is taught.  This thread 
would be a prime example of it being taught.  All but you are arguing that 
it is somehow o.k. because that is what humans do.  But some don't have that 
trait.  I know that my heritage didn't even have a word for murder until the 
invaders came along.  Yet the folks up the mountain did.  The folks up the 
mountain were always fighting with other folks.  My people thought it was 
crazy, a form of insanity <g> and to this day refer to the folks up the 
mountain as "those crazy ****."

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>


> So? Does that mean that nobody ever aggresses and starts wars on people 
> who
> don't want war? Once someone is attacked, they are at  war, whether they
> wanted it or not.
>
> Am I not writing English? I don't seem to be able to make my point that
> there are people, cultures, religions, etc. that DON'T start conflicts 
> with
> others. Bev and others have implied, or outright said that it's "just the
> way human are" to aggress against others and take what they want. 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?
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
>
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