From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 06:44:35 MST
In a message dated 2/18/2003 10:45:27 PM Central Standard Time,
lcorbin@tsoft.com writes: I do want to readily admit however, that these
ancient drives are not necessarily optimal for the future, and should be
subject to possible editing. But the editing could go either way. If SAIs
are borg-like, then evolution may cause them to be more bellicose than their
creators!
Lee,
The writer John Taylor Gatto in his book Dumbing Us Down makes a very
good case for the sources of patriotism -- If I understand you correctly you
believe that " Patriotism (which is a form of community spirit) helped to
make organized society possible."
Gatto's analysis is a little bit different than yours but he does
believe there is a benefit resulting from the long association within a
community. Patriotism, however, sounds to me much more like the arrangements
that early man made for the protection of his family as described by Desmond
Morris in his books Naked Ape and then the Human Zoo.
Ron h
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