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In reply to the discussion: An anthropologist showed a game to the children of an African tribe ... [View all]Towlie
(5,332 posts)46. Yes, and thanks to the person who made it up! You have a charmingly creative imagination.
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elleng
Mar 2021
OP
Yes, and thanks to the person who made it up! You have a charmingly creative imagination.
Towlie
Mar 2021
#46
Americans, the rich ones, would pay for running lessons for the kids, so they could get the basket
Demovictory9
Mar 2021
#37
CORRECTION Ubuntu is Zulu, not from some remote tribe. It is like saying English is
SweetieD
Mar 2021
#5
So true. That is what civilization is all about. Thank you. The so-called advance societies...
brush
Mar 2021
#7
Yeah, that's a violation of nature. The 19th century buffalo hunters decimate the...
brush
Mar 2021
#71
Great story, and a true one. Just got a Quote of the Day a few weeks back by Desmond Tutu
c-rational
Mar 2021
#20
Also Ubuntu asserts that society, not a transcendent being, gives human beings their humanity
luckone
Mar 2021
#32
This story reminds me, in a wonderful way, of a sprint held during a Special Olympics type of event.
BobTheSubgenius
Mar 2021
#34
Some background on this "interesting story, but whose authenticity is very hard to assess"...
NurseJackie
Mar 2021
#44
Nice story but it's also tingling my antiracist Spidey-Senses in a not good way.
intheflow
Mar 2021
#49
We need to take lesson from them rather that the other way around. The world would be a better place
usaf-vet
Mar 2021
#55
Greed, cutthroat competition, and a total lack of empathy are not hard-wired, they are taught.
Martin68
Mar 2021
#82
Not so fast on that either. We probably fall somewhere between Chimps and Bonobos
JCMach1
Mar 2021
#85
I've been reading about the bonobo vs chimpanzee thing, but I'm not sure yet that
Martin68
Mar 2021
#86