RE: Why Europe is so Contrary

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Date: Sun 08 Dec 2002 - 01:58:24 GMT

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    > > Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 07:28:20 +1100
    > > From: Jeremy Bradley <jeremyb@nor.com.au>
    > > Subject: RE: Why Europe is so Contrary
    > >
    > > At 08:12 AM 7/12/02 -0800, you wrote:
    > > Snip
    > >> for example, seems to mark the begining and end of the dynosaurs.
    > >> Mitocondrial eve marks the beginning of mankind. This way of
    > >> looking at the universe seems so engrained in our nature that it
    > >> must occupy some deeper place in our makeup than a cultural meme.
    > >>
    > >> Grant
    > >>
    > > I don't think so Grant cos some cultures, mostly ones that we have
    > > defeated, had achieved stability and sustainability within their
    > > environments. These folk view 'development' as undesirable or bad.
    > > For them harmony with the nature that they found themselves in was
    > > the primary goal of existence. In all cases that I have found, such
    > > cultures have narrative patterning and content which predicates this
    > > cultural 'norm'. That's the short answer. Jeremy
    >
    > Not many cultures that I am aware of have achieved this stability with
    > their environment, unless you include the possibility of 'die back'
    > when things are scarce. Most cultures expand to the extent of their
    > resources. If Hitler was not aware of this we would have been spared
    > WWII.
    >
    Other examples of enviromnetally suicidal indigenous tribes are the ancient Easter Islanders and the Anasazi indians of the American southwest. It is a meme and a myth, kinda like the old 'noble savage',
    'ancient sage' saw, that older cultures were always wiser.
    >
    > Regards
    >
    > Steve
    >
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