[lbo-talk] sick perversions

[Michael Dawson]

I'm not saying all people everywhere need meat.  I'm saying that, in the
Amazon ecosystem, it's very difficult to have a varied and stable enough
agriculture to live without meat.  And, in any case, even if it were
theoretically possible with modern farming technology, that isn't the
Yanomamo way.  They hunt and gather to supplement slash-and-burn plaintain
and banana farming.

I'm not trying to prove the correct theory of Yanomamo life.  I was just
trying to mention an example that refutes Lance's heterosexism and
biological determinism.  Not even Chagnon's critics would argue that rape
and brutality play some serious part in Yanomamo life, which remains based
in part on hunting-and-gathering.  As Harris and others argue, it is the
issue of overhunting that provides the most convincing explanation for the
brutality.

Nature is no lawbook for humans.

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On Behalf Of ravi
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] sick perversions

Michael Dawson wrote:
> Then where do they get their protein?  From hunting.
>

why do you need to hunt to get proteins? i have never hunted or eaten
meat in my entire life (and neither have my hundreds of relatives,
present and past) and i (we) seem to be getting enough protein to lead a
healthy life.

	--ravi
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