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Old 05-13-2008, 11:10 PM   #171 (permalink)
David Koresh
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Originally Posted by Pillbox Joe View Post
Okay, then check this out.

Powell's Books - The Sambia: Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) by Gilbert Herdt

In fact, the only animal that is proven to have sex purely for pleasure are humans (though some studies speculate that dolphins are the only other animal that share this trait).
I read the link. I don't doubt any of that is true and it is certainly very interesting. I don't think it offers very strong support for your argument though. I actually feel sorry for those young boys. They are being severely conditioned and instilled with great amounts of fear at a very young age. Any civilized country would consider that child abuse.

If you like anthropology you should learn about Napoleon Chagnon and his infamous study on the Yanomamo. He really pissed off a lot of his blank slate theorist colleagues back in the 70s

Napoleon Chagnon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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