From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Sun Oct 05 2003 - 21:50:34 MDT
At 06:08 PM 05/10/03 -0600, you wrote:
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>I have no reason to believe that primitive societies are NOT violent at
>all. However, I do not accept the reasoning attempted to prove that
>primitive societies are more violent than non primitive societies.
I think a good case could be made for primitive societies being more
violent than non primitive societies. They certainly are at the level of
violence seen by the murder rates.
>What you are showing me is the study where the researchers are
>extrapolating *one* form of violence and trying to sell the idea that
>primitive societies are more violent than non primitive societies. imo, it
>is neither valid nor factual.
You are welcome to point me to studies or other evidence that indicates
there is a lower level of violence in primitive societies. There is
possible evidence for less of one kind of violence in primitive societies
compared to non primitive ones. It was found that bone collections from
primitive societies show almost none of the "bone bruises" you see on
children who have been abused today. But as the article pointed out, this
might have been due to the ease of killing unwanted kids early.
(Sorry, I could not find the article. Might not be on the net.)
Keith
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