Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA27699 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:23:12 GMT X-Originating-IP: [194.117.133.84] User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.3 Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:15:31 +0000 Subject: RE: Rumsfeld Says.. From: Steve Drew <srdrew_1@hotmail.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Message-ID: <B8AEB205.2CC%srdrew_1@hotmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200203081251.MAA26906@alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk> Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2002 20:17:41.0756 (UTC) FILETIME=[4CDB3BC0:01C1C6DE] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 18:38:02 +1100
> From: Jeremy Bradley <jeremyb@nor.com.au>
> Subject: RE: Rumsfeld Says..
>
> At 09:55 PM 7/03/02 +0000, you wrote:
>>
>> Query. was there anything before the Europeans came that could have been
>> used as transport in Australia?
>>
>>
> Yes Steve
> Feet. Do not be drawn by the meme that transport was a condition of
> civilisation. I could well argue the opposite (lol).
> Jeremy
No, i wasn't implying that. I was musing on the effect of transport on
violence early on. Foraging using transport greatly increases the range of
territory that can be accessed for resources, and also brings you into
(potentially) into contact with more groups.
The Inca's did pretty well using legwork to build a civilisation.
Regards
Steve
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