----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b at dd-b.net> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:06 PM Subject: Re: Culture (was Architecture question for Steve based upon theSun, the Moon & > "Jeff" <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> writes: > > > ----- 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. > > > 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) > > The tick, obviously. > -- > David Dyer-Bennet Spoon!!! Heh. Actually, I was refering to the Polar Bear. Jeff