Comments on: Surrendering Wilderness http://www.woodswanderer.com/2008/10/17/surrendering-wilderness/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:26:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Walt http://www.woodswanderer.com/2008/10/17/surrendering-wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Walt Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:50:52 +0000 http://www.woodswanderer.com/?p=31#comment-123 Yeah, I'll bet. My thoughts run pretty dark there, too. Yeah, I’ll bet. My thoughts run pretty dark there, too.

]]> By: Phil Rudd http://www.woodswanderer.com/2008/10/17/surrendering-wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Phil Rudd Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:00:06 +0000 http://www.woodswanderer.com/?p=31#comment-122 You wouldn't want to hear nor think my thoughts at the local grocery store, Walt. You wouldn’t want to hear nor think my thoughts at the local grocery store, Walt.

]]> By: Walt http://www.woodswanderer.com/2008/10/17/surrendering-wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Walt Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:50:31 +0000 http://www.woodswanderer.com/?p=31#comment-121 Phil, we're all quite capable of it, but a trip to the local grocery store is so much easier. Then we can think whatever we want to think. Phil, we’re all quite capable of it, but a trip to the local grocery store is so much easier. Then we can think whatever we want to think.

]]> By: Phil Rudd http://www.woodswanderer.com/2008/10/17/surrendering-wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Phil Rudd Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:08:04 +0000 http://www.woodswanderer.com/?p=31#comment-119 You write: "If highly civilized people such as Ms. Robinson ever tried to chip a spearhead, attach it to a shaft, and get their lunch with it, they might see the fundamental error built into their preconceptions." This captured my interest. Children, especially feral boys such as the ones I attempted to "raise", exhibit this spear/shaft/lunch behavior if you allow them. They "get it" instinctively. We are quite capable of returning to that way of life. You write: “If highly civilized people such as Ms. Robinson ever tried to chip a spearhead, attach it to a shaft, and get their lunch with it, they might see the fundamental error built into their preconceptions.”

This captured my interest. Children, especially feral boys such as the ones I attempted to “raise”, exhibit this spear/shaft/lunch behavior if you allow them. They “get it” instinctively. We are quite capable of returning to that way of life.

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