Mina Nichols wrote:
>
> Don't over-estimate the value of aggression.  many of us are here today
> because our ancestors ran from an inflammatory situation, or learned to get
> along rather than relying on physical might.
> I think the realization that people are naturally going to consider
> aggressive ways to get what they want makes it all the more important that
> the rest of us make sure we support those processes that promote peaceful
> resolution and band-together to defeat bullies.


Hmm, "support those processes"?? The "processes"
where a group of weak hearted weak minded committee
people decide the vitality and brilliance of a
particular individual are beyond their personal
tastes and that individual needs to be curtailed?
Welcome to hell. Give me the occasional bully
anyday, rather than a society that brutally
enforces weakness and blandness for the "common
good"...
-Roman

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