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syzygyish
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02 Jun 2010, 8:14 am

All the top predators on planet earth achieve a state of extreme exertion
followed by a state of sleep, lethargy, indolence, and play.

The Human Race have also indulged in this state of grace,
known as the 'Hunter/Gatherer' phase.

We added a state, colloquially known as 'Wisdom'


Parisitising on the back of the Agrarian economy,
the Industrial/Military complex has denied the Human Race the ability to
play,
indolence,
lethargy,
sleep,

and Wisdom!





So, the question I am asking you All, is,
Are you predator
or prey?


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02 Jun 2010, 5:47 pm

[quote="syzygyish"

So, the question I am asking you All, is,
Are you predator
or prey?[/quote]

We are all predators. We eat sheep and cows and pigs and chickens.

We argue amongst ourselves but that is a different matter.



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03 Jun 2010, 4:00 pm

Analogizing human society to the life cycle of individual members of predatory species is not necessarily a viable model.

For my part, the Military/Industrial complex has not inhibited my play, my artistic expression, my ease or my effort. It is a facet of our economy, but that is not the sum total of human society.


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03 Jun 2010, 4:13 pm

I hunt cows at McDonald's and chickens at Wendy's.