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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Father Terrence who wrote (27799)	1/9/1999 2:56:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Not funny, McGee. Cook was a true hero of the enlightenment. He, more than most, understood the mixed blessing he was presenting to the Natives. 18th century English society was cruel and unjust. The amazing thing is that any of the English, Spanish, and French ships returned from their cruises in the Pacific. Many didn't. Europeans were so enamoured of the often loving and human societies that they touched -- particularly the lack of puritanical hatred of sexual pleasure -- that desertions and attempts to start new societies was common. Read Mutiny on the Bounty (and try to understand it), Typee, Omoo, and Cook's voyages. It is an unfortunate fact, that our scientific, greedy, self-centered society of today is full of miserable and sick people. We have a lot to learn about loving each other before we head for the stars.