Don't forget angry mobs. (my favorite)

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:29 AM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Church services, lodge meetings, funerals, elections, fraternity/sorority
> hazings, swearing in ceremonies, graduations, sure we have...
>
> On 11/9/2010 11:20 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
>>
>> Don't think that because we've outgrown the tribe, we've outgrown the need
>> for tribal rituals.
>>
>> They're a hold-over whose purpose may no longer be clear; vestigial organs
>> of a human society ... like the vermiform appendix.
>>
>> From: Scott Loveless
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:49 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Tribal Bonding Rituals
>>>>
>>> That's not it.  The New York marathon isn't a tribe.  It's a small
>>> city moving through a large city.  If you had, say, a group of New
>>> Balance 990 enthusiasts who got together to run long distances in
>>> their chosen shoe, that would be a tribe.  Much like PDMLers at GFM,
>>> or at any other PDML gathering for that matter.
>>>
>>
>
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