From:	MC23 mc23@**********.com
Subject:	Rightful owners
Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 1999 06:18:15 -0400

Once upon a time, James Dening wrote;

>In fact, I'd posit the opinion that the background count in the states and
>Oz should be relatively low, 'cos they haven't been around in their
>current forms for very long....Europe and the Middle East have a good
>history of oppression and violence for, ooh, thousands of years, not mere
>hundreds...

So the native american indian nations did not fight amongst
themselves and the Aztecs didn't hold daily sacrifices? War and bloodshed
is the heritage of all mankind.

"Here we are, saddled with 4 1/2 billion years of biological legacy,
essentially designed to live short, aggressive and violent lives on the
plains of the serengeti, but yet are forced to be good, contemporary
citizens." -- Moby


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