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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Montana: "Let's make stupidity mandatory!"
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:30:14 +0700
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:07:10 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 1/16/2025 12:28 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 1/16/2025 10:30 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> On 1/16/2025 10:00 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In my opinion, the reason that humans rose to our place on the food
>>>> chain is because of our individualistic need to better ourselves and
>>>> our situation.
>>>
>>> Your rabid individualism has obviously stunted your education. Don't 
>>> expect that many will value your totally uneducated opinions.
>>>
>> Interpretation varies.
>> 
>> Mr Tricycle has a point, and a very good one at that.
>
>I suggest a test. Put Mr. Tricycle out in the wilderness all alone. I 
>predict he won't better himself or his situation. In fact, I predict he 
>won't survive long.
>
>OTOH, human beings working cooperatively have built entire civilizations.

Your argument sounds so logical... until one actually work with
primitive people, the ones the trike man is talking about. And yes I
have worked with this sort of people. In one case we had to call in
the Indonesian military to stop a "war" between two villagers over who
would keep a worn out plastic tarpaulin. Hardly an example of
"cooperatively".

By the way, the military solution was to simplify get out of the
helicopter and immediately shoot one of the two fighters. Fight over. 
-- 
Cheers,

John B.