[lbo-talk] sick perversions

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Michael:
> 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.

Going native and the noble savage delusion are well known occupational
diseases of anthropologists, for which there is no known cure - the affected
individuals remain blind to all facts contradicting their delusions.

Wojtek