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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  12/4/2008 07:22 AM,Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:


> 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

http://www.theserpentswall.com/page2.html  war has been around a long 
time for something that is not part of the race and it is a big part 
of our history.
Hard to deal with the word 'universal'. Maybe the people who don't 
want war are a subset?



Rob
becida AT comcast.net