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'Pacifist' chimps face extinction within a generation ("jungle hippies" make love not war)
The Telegraph ^
| 9/7/05
| telegraph
Posted on 09/08/2005 7:32:50 AM PDT by Mark Felton
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Pacifists are slaves or leaches. In a tyranny they are slaves. In a free society they are leaches relying entirely on the willingness of others to sacrifice their own lives for the safety and freedom of the pacifists.
To: Mark Felton
""These are animals which search for peace whenever they sense danger, usually through approaching another and having sexual intercourse."So is this why the armed gunmen are hunting them? ;^)
(I had heard that the AIDS virus originated with the monkeys or chimpanzees and then "jumped" to man where it became lethal)
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posted on
09/08/2005 7:36:18 AM PDT
by
Mark Felton
("...before honor is humility")
To: Mark Felton
Four words:
"SURVIVAL of the Fittest!"
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posted on
09/08/2005 7:36:31 AM PDT
by
highlymotivated
(If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
To: Mark Felton
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posted on
09/08/2005 7:38:05 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
To: Mark Felton
They are among man's closest relatives Speak for your self there Bonzo
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posted on
09/08/2005 7:39:43 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
To: Mark Felton
bonobos?....followers of bono?
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posted on
09/08/2005 7:40:24 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
To: Mark Felton
Saddam and Chirac, preparing to settle their differences.
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posted on
09/08/2005 7:43:21 AM PDT
by
Reeses
To: Mark Felton
Ape shall never kill ape."
To: Mark Felton
Bonobo 1: You know, if we're about to be ripped to pieces and eaten by predators, we might as well enjoy our last few seconds here and die while having sex.
Bonobo 2: OK.
Bonobo 1: (to himself) Wow, I never expected that cheesy line to work.
To: Mark Felton
Pacifist chimps?
"NO WAR FOR BANANAS!"
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posted on
09/08/2005 8:23:24 AM PDT
by
laz
(They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
To: Mark Felton
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"If she doesn't show up soon I'm gonna start without her".
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posted on
09/08/2005 8:24:17 AM PDT
by
Old Seadog
(Birthdays start out being fun. But too many of them will kill you..)
To: Mark Felton
I saw a "nature" show on TV once, in which one learned academic argued that humans were like our relatives, the bonobos. What she meant was that humans just wanted to have sex with everyone. My conclusion is that, with regard to university professors and other academics, she is probably correct.
To: Old Seadog
They also pair off for sex at the slightest hint of danger, stress or friction, earning them their hippy nicknames for "making love not war".
They are among man's closest relatives and face the prospect of being the first great ape to be wiped from the planet.
Hmmmm...something doesn't seem to be working here.
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posted on
09/08/2005 8:32:44 AM PDT
by
frossca
To: Mark Felton
Pacifists are slaves or leaches. In a tyranny they are slaves. In a free society they are leaches relying entirely on the willingness of others to sacrifice their own lives for the safety and freedom of the pacifists. Their "pacifism" has nothing to do with their threatened extinction. They are being wiped out by men with guns, not by other chimpanzee groups.
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09/08/2005 8:36:04 AM PDT
by
malakhi
To: frossca
Hmmmm...something doesn't seem to be working here. Their strategy seemed to be working fine until they had the misfortune to have their territory turned into a human war zone.
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09/08/2005 8:36:58 AM PDT
by
malakhi
To: Mark Felton
Bonobos, gentle creatures found only in the remote war-torn forests of Congo, live in strictly matriarchal families and neither kill nor fight over territory.Hyenas also live in strictly matriarchal families but they do kill and fight over territories so they are not in any danger of becoming extinct. I think these chimps need to be evacuated to Hollywood, Cal.
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09/08/2005 8:41:13 AM PDT
by
scouse
To: frossca
Does it occur to you that giving birth does not ensure survival?
To: malakhi
Sounds like they ought to call this subspecies "Carter Monkeys".
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posted on
09/08/2005 9:15:11 AM PDT
by
Wristpin
( Varitek says to A-Rod: "We don't throw at .260 hitters.....")
To: Wristpin
Sounds like they ought to call this subspecies "Carter Monkeys". It wouldn't matter a whit if these bonobos were aggressive. They'd still be wiped out because they're facing men with guns, not rival chimpanzee groups.
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09/08/2005 9:18:17 AM PDT
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malakhi
To: Wristpin
"Sounds like they ought to call this subspecies 'Carter Monkeys'."
More like Clinton Monkeys. The only thing impotent about Clinton was his approach to North Korea, Rwanda, Somalia and metastasizing global jihad.
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