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To: Father Terrence who wrote (33114)	3/23/1999 1:00:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

My dear lunatic libertarian, what on earth makes you think I have given you my attention? I'll grant you one hell of a cute bit of squirming around to justify sloppy grammar! However, you seem to be wandering a bit: I did not say that personal survival was apparently at stake. I observed that what may appear to be pure altruism may contribute to personal survival. Sit up and pay attention! LOL!

To: Father Terrence who wrote (33114)	3/23/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Terrence, that is only because you don't understand animal behavior. Altruism is a human rationalization of an evolutionarily fixed (and hence genetically defined) trait. Look at the behavior of animal mothers when their young are threatened. Look at the behavior of crows when a member of the flock is threatened. Look at the behavior of schools of fish. Because human beings are rational we are prone to rationalizing our actions, and the rationalization is the concept of altruism. Humans are tribal because tribal society had survival value in the past. And the implication of this kind af arrangement is that the group's survival takes behavioral precedent over the individual. But railing about this behavior is about as productive as St. Paul haranguing his flock on the evils of sex. TTFN, CTC