In a message dated 1/22/00 9:21:13 PM Central Standard Time,
d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au writes:
> Well, yes, but out of millions of animal species, humans are the only one
> who have any problem with kids copying
> each other's term papers, or driving fast through red lights in busy
> traffic, or new husbands killing the former husband's babies - is this
> entirely the consequence of *warped* social norms?
Actually, I think the latter practice is not uncommon among non-human animals.
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