@AlWest13 i don't feel that you're a person to be taken seriously anymore (i once did) because of your insults.
@AlWest13 oh, well, thats good! not how it comes off in your tweets, blogs, comments, tho.
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@hbdchick I assume this is to do with the word 'altruism', but not sure. -
@AlWest13 also how you seem to often say that the theory explains *everything.* never said so. do not claim so. it does or can not. -
@hbdchick Not so much that it can everything. But I am incredulous that genes are the primary cause of differences in corruption, etc. -
@AlWest13 well it is of course fine to be incredulous, but cant we just discuss it? in a civilized manner? thats all i ask! (^_^) -
@hbdchick Unfortunately, you are not the only person who espouses or discusses this view, & others take it as gospel. -
@AlWest13 i have said many times on the blog that this is a theory - an idea. says so on my "start here" page: http://hbdchick.wordpress.com/start-here/ -
@hbdchick Yes. It seems others don't listen. You are aware of this, I hope? -
@AlWest13 yes, but i can hardly be accountable for the beliefs and actions of others, can i? (or are we back to the rat discussion again?) - 2 more replies
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@hbdchick Extremely clannish people who don't marry their cousins & never have? -
@AlWest13 yeah. or some very commonweal oriented groups who DO marry their cousins (long-term). do suggest! suggest away. -
@hbdchick Trouble is, of course cousin marriage is going to correlate with clannishness, but for social reasons. -
@AlWest13 yes, could be. but then you have the change in medieval europe. elimination of cousin marriage came first THEN disappearance... -
@hbdchick It's controversial, I think - Robin Fox takes it as given that Germanic kindreds influenced Catholic law instead of other way. -
@AlWest13 i haven't seen where he says that. all other historians i've read have said the opposite. (goody, mitterauer, mechemblaud [sp?].) -
@hbdchick On the basis of kin terms, though - not eg Anglo-Saxon law. -
@AlWest13 oh, right. yeah, he should look at the laws. especially the canon laws, obviously. and all the complaints by the missionaries...
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