Re: Robbing the Cradle - ine Epistles/Origin of States - software help

September 5, 2003

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:23:23 EDT

ChrisMasterjohn@... wrote:

> In a message dated 9/3/03 3:34:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> slethnobotanist@... writes:

>

> > Yeah we will have to agree to disagree here. I think those alleged

> > contradictions can easily be resolved, but not here and not on this list

> > <weg>. Boy, I feel like I have been transported back to my university

> > days. God forbid! LOL!!!!

>

> It's probably about time we ended this wholly irrelevant tangent :-) If you

> have an electronic version of the paper you wrote you referred to earlier, I'd

> like to read it if you want to email it to me privately.

Yup, I think you are right. Perhaps you or someone on the list can help

me. I have a number of papers on old computer disks. I can't find any

software anywhere that will allow me to read them. They are circa

1993-96.

If I can get access I would be happy to send you a number of papers form

that time.

> I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Also, this isn't really a

> matter of opinion, so I don't see a reason to " agree to disagree. " While all

of

> these predate the advent of the state as we know it, the evolution of states

can

> be traced back to various forms of organization in ranked societies that are

> relatively new in the grand scheme of things. And while spirituality could be

> inferred as far back as neanderthals, the development of what we would

> consider organized religion has its roots in ranked societies, like the

evolution of

> the state. That's what I meant-- and what I think is accurate, though it's

> up for debate, since I don't know everything.

>

Yeah I think we best let this discussion go, as we would be talking

about some things WAY of topic. But for the record, yes I do think that

take is inaccurate.

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