Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-31 Thread Nurev Ind Research
-Caveat Lector- Nessie wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > >Your premise is logical but wrong. Logic is only a human construct. > Nature is. Hierarchy is the norm. > > It's not my logic. It's a basic axiom of anthropology, real 101, first > semester stuff. If everybody does something, it’s human natur

Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-31 Thread Nurev Ind Research
-Caveat Lector- flw wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > > That's because they know we are hardwired for hierarchy. Yes people don't want > > to be at the bottom, but they don't mind not being at the top either. The > > middle is good. Hence it's OK to be middle class but not low class. > > > > J2 > >

Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-31 Thread flw
-Caveat Lector- > That's because they know we are hardwired for hierarchy. Yes people don't want > to be at the bottom, but they don't mind not being at the top either. The > middle is good. Hence it's OK to be middle class but not low class. > > J2 > "Low class" is a state of mind, not a perman

[CTRL] Fw: Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-30 Thread Amelia
CTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime > -Caveat Lector- > > Curiously, the number of wealthy, slave-owning plantation owners > in the Old South was relatively few--as with any "

Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-30 Thread Nessie
-Caveat Lector- >Your premise is logical but wrong. Logic is only a human construct. Nature is. Hierarchy is the norm. It's not my logic. It's a basic axiom of anthropology, real 101, first semester stuff. If everybody does something, it’s human nature. If only some people do it, it’s not huma

Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-30 Thread Nurev Ind Research
-Caveat Lector- Nessie wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > >Humans seem to love hierarchy (is it hardwired into the system?) Yes. It obviously is. But it has nothing to do with love. It is the result of successful social evolution. > > Hierarchy is not hardwired into the system or else there would b

Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-30 Thread Nessie
-Caveat Lector- >Humans seem to love hierarchy (is it hardwired into the system?) Hierarchy is not hardwired into the system or else there would be no non hierarchical cultures. When, however, when hierarchy is imposed on a population, most members of that population tend to want to not feel l

Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-30 Thread Marilyn Wright
-Caveat Lector- Curiously, the number of wealthy, slave-owning plantation owners in the Old South was relatively few--as with any "aristocracy.". Many--if not most--of those who are now running around waving the Confederate flag and pining for those Dear Old Days are not the heirs of that wealth

[CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-29 Thread Amelia
-Caveat Lector- {{Well, as long as it keeps Jesse and the other Limousine Liberals in cash, it is a good scam. I can't help but wonder where the outrage at the war crimes committed against the civilian population of the South is, however. By today's standards, the starvation and destruction of

[CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime Robert Stacy McCain When he was the governor of Arkansas only two decades ago, Bill Clinton routinely issued proclamations, with the usual rhetorical flourishes, comm