----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b at dd-b.net> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: Re: Culture (was Architecture question for Steve based upon theSun, the Moon & > Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: > > > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 11:14, Scott Schultz wrote: > > >> The idea that we're somehow "above" Nature (i.e. the ecosystem and > >> everything in it) is laughable. Heck, the idea that we're something special > >> is equally laughable. > > > > I'm not certain how above, below, or to the side fits into this, except > > that we ARE at the top of the food chain; a position I rather like. > > I'd have thought the *top* of the food chain would be the carrion > eaters. Or at least the obligate carnivores. > -- > David Dyer-Bennet Nope, as we eat them too. Only one land animal will actively hunt and eat man without being sick, starving or otherwise affected. Care to guess what that creature is? (Hint: it's a mammal) Jeff G.