Posted by Dinah on February 22, 2010, at 22:43:27
In reply to Re: Good for you, Rod! » Dinah, posted by sigismund on February 22, 2010, at 22:17:12
The myth of the noble savage, Sigi? Uncorrupted by civilization? I think I'd be rather offended as the "savage" in question.
People are people wherever they happen to be.
I'm sure people were people in hunter gatherer society as well. Certainly neither ancient Greece nor ancient Rome seemed to be a paradise of human virtue. Perhaps the glorification of the primitive, a la Avatar, is only possible toward societies lacking in written material, and therefore also lacking in proof of all the sins of humanity.
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