Two articles worth a read in today's Globe!

[Bob Keeter]

Was reading through the daily Right Wing Rag from Beantown
and came across two articles that might be of interest in
these abodes.

The first (in spite of the title!) has absolutely nothing to
do with Boy George, but rather the trappings of "culture"
amongst non-humans (including chimps that dance in the rain
(like nobody is looking!), punk humpbacks, and the answer to
the five-second rule for Japanese macaques! Even ties into the
nut-cracker stones from Africa!

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/330/science/Crashing_the_cu-
lture_club+.sht ml

The other, from a darker time in the not distant enough past,
when intellectual elitism and run-away egotism carried the day
even in the ever-so-cultured and oh-so-educated Bay State. . .
. . . . . . .

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/330/metro/Eugenicists_used_-
Shutesbury_in_s tudy_on_sterilization_idea+.shtml

One wonders how some of the "superiority complexes" of today,
which allow the practitioners to place themselves above all
others in terms of rights, respectability and even
"humanness", will be viewed in 70 years?

Regards bk

[Firstjois]

"Bob Keeter" <rkeeter@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:BA099EED.20CAF%rkeeter@earthlink.net...

: The other, from a darker time in the not distant enough
: past, when intellectual elitism and run-away egotism carried
: the day even in the ever-so-cultured and oh-so-educated Bay
: State. . . . . . . . . .
:
:
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/330/metro/Eugenicists_used_-
Shutesbury_in_ s
: tudy_on_sterilization_idea+.shtml
:
: One wonders how some of the "superiority complexes" of
: today, which allow the practitioners to place themselves
: above all others in terms of
rights,
: respectability and even "humanness", will be viewed in
: 70 years?
:
: Regards bk

Loved this. Sent this to everyone I know in Massachusetts!

Jois
:

[Bob Keeter]

in article uaadnTv8GamW-3igXTWcpg@comcast.com, firstjois at
firstjoisyikes@hotmail.com wrote on 11/27/02 7:40 PM:

>
> "Bob Keeter" <rkeeter@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:BA099EED.20CAF%rkeeter@earthlink.net...
>
> : The other, from a darker time in the not distant enough
> : past, when intellectual elitism and run-away egotism
> : carried the day even in the ever-so-cultured and
> : oh-so-educated Bay State. . . . . . . . . .
> :
> :
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/330/metro/Eugenicists_use-
> d_Shutesbury_in_ s
> : tudy_on_sterilization_idea+.shtml
> :
> : One wonders how some of the "superiority complexes" of
> : today, which allow the practitioners to place themselves
> : above all others in terms of
> rights,
> : respectability and even "humanness", will be viewed in 70
> : years?
> :
> : Regards bk
>
> Loved this. Sent this to everyone I know in Massachusetts!
>
> Jois
> :
>
>

Ah yes, it is good that we are more enlightened in our modern
age and dont automatically assign truth, logic, reason, common
respect, AND basic human rights to the holder of a piece of
paper. 8-)

Regards bk