For "a lack of interesting conversation" read "they could no
longer stand their own company". Scratch an explorer, a
developer, an alpha male or a bunyip and find someone desperately
trying to validate their own existence in the eyes of their
parents/teachers/peers/other adults in some sort of adult/child
transaction, with them the child (transactional analysis appleid
to the present rash is very rewarding. Again, the sociologists
are going to love it). And when the validation fails, as fail it
must in so many cases--as indeed it is failing for our new
vikings--then they create wonderful support structures of
empires, slavery in all its forms including moral and
intellectual, and amazingly banal instruments of torture.

BTW, glad to see someone including the entire indo-european gene
pool as "white man", given the immaculate performance in the
development of empire of all the egyptian/mid-east and middle
asian civilisations!

And yes, of course the best, in fact the only, time to
kickeminthenadgers is when they're down.

--
Flying Tadpole

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Scout wrote:

Tim,
As usual, you have lighted another side of a dark cave. Do I understand your
last comment correctly, in that you are saying a lack of interesting
conversation may be what drove mankind to explore other villages, other
lands, other planets, and now, other newsgroups? Could it be that the spirit
of adventure, even the roots of sailing, share a cause-effect relationship
with less than fabulous confabulation?
Are these outsiders just virtual explorers and exploiters? The new white
man? Let us not make the same mistake as those who have been intruded upon
before us! Let's get them drunk and finish them off as they sleep.
--
Scout
be back later - gotta take a Bertie

"Flying Tadpole" wrote
Scout wrote:

Does anyone else get the feeling that they had their own NG but realized
at
some point that they have nothing interesting to talk about?
Scout

A frameable quote! We are not alone!
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Truth be told, I am a fairly-firm believer in 'the Real Eve' theory (i.e.,
we are all 'out of Africa') as proposed by Oxford University's Stephen
Oppenheimer. Interesting stuff.
--
Scout
be back later - gotta take a Bertie

BTW, glad to see someone including the entire indo-european gene
pool as "white man", given the immaculate performance in the
development of empire of all the egyptian/mid-east and middle
asian civilisations!

Scratch an explorer, a
developer, an alpha male or a bunyip and their fleas may jump off on you...
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

katysails wrote:

Scratch an explorer, a
developer, an alpha male or a bunyip and their fleas may jump off on you...

No, they're alpha fleas and are bloodsucking so hard they don't
have time to...
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Flying Tadpole

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Flying Tadpole wrote in
:

For "a lack of interesting conversation" read "they could no
longer stand their own company". Scratch an explorer, a
developer, an alpha male or a bunyip and find someone desperately
trying to validate their own existence in the eyes of their
parents/teachers/peers/other adults in some sort of adult/child
transaction, with them the child (transactional analysis appleid
to the present rash is very rewarding.

Is it?

Bertie