On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote: > If there weren't tribes we would have to create them. Teen gangs and kayak > clubs come to mind. I'm sure if you look around you will notice them > everywhere. You don't think corporations would exploit this need, do you? > Oh I agree totally. But when tribal ties are broken it becomes more difficult to continue with whatever old tribal issues existed before the break. We are making new ones, however, and they are just as likely to eventually resolve into the blind enmity or friendship that the old ones had. Fandom, clubs, gangs, cities. I often wonder why people become obsessive fans of a team that may have no players from their city or (sometimes, like hockey) from their country. Homo sapiens seems to be a herd animal. :P Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 29 2010 - 14:15:56 PST
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