On 2/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Keith Henson</b> <<a href="mailto:hkhenson@rogers.com">hkhenson@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The original (stone age) evolved purpose of war was to kill a lot of<br>warriors. Modern wars are less discriminating.<br>
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It's the other way around: the evolved function of war is to eliminate
competitors. Sometimes women and children would be kept alive, but
often they would be killed off. The idea that noncombatants are
sacrosanct is a modern one.<br>
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- Russell<br>