From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	the value of education (OT-rant, long)
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:19:59 +1000

Kawaii writes:
> > Messy doesn't count. Messy food only happens when a culture learns more
> > about cooking.
>
> A deer just went down. You skin it first and start eating. Blood
> everywhere. Messy. See?

How do chopsticks help?

Messy food in the sense I meant was stuff like food covered with sauces,
etc. I.e., after cooking, it was still messy to eat with fingers.

Furthermore, messy only comes into it if the culture is fastiduous.

> This is why the various forms of martial arts were developed in China.
> They had to learn to fight an oppressive government withou the benfits of
> the weapons that the army had.

And THAT's the very point that I made that started this whole argument. :)

I said: Chinese people had all the weapons taken away. That's why they
invented chopsticks and martial arts. :)

The argument then started as to what chopsticks had to do with anything. :)

Anyway, 'nuff said for now.

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