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The good old days
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:59 pm
by kbs2244
From todays news.
This is an opinion worth reading.
http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/local_ ... d=topstory
It explains the current North American pap about "First Peoples" and "Native Americans" as well as other current and past fables and myths.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:57 pm
by Minimalist
Didn't someone suggest, not too long ago, that the transition from H/G lifestyles to agriculture actually resulted in poorer nutrition and decreased life span?
I thought we had a discussion about it.
Anyway, on the basic point, all myths need to be vigorously explored.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:58 pm
by Digit
Yep! We did.
Roy.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:46 pm
by Leona Conner
Sounds a lot like "Holmberg's Mistake." The idea that the natives left no footprint on the land, because they could not control their environment. That they were mainly passive people with no history. According to him all natives were simple, gental people living in a form of paradise.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:19 pm
by Frank Harrist
For a second there I thought you said "genital" people. Imagine the questions that arose in my mind.