The Syria Conflict, for dummies.

[Eaglehawk]

Without authority man is violent in his natural state unless you have authority that keeps it in check and anybody advocating for the subversion of authority is nuts.

archaeologist steven LeBlanc found in his studies that prehistoric peoples were violent and I believe syria is better off with assad then these pre historic like people seeking novice concept like democracy. these people are using violence as means to achieve an Idea of what they think the future might be or should be, they are destroying their own state and properties

Imitation is best form of flattery and Syrians rising up after the libiyans shows you the apple doesn`t fall far from the treee

[Eaglehawk]

The idea that violence is rooted in human nature is difficult for many people to accept. Many anthropologists, in particular, are committed, like Rousseau, to the view thatviolence is an invnetion of later civilizations, just as many people would like to believe that early societies understood how to live in balance with their local environments. Unfortunately, there is little evidence to support either view. The anthropologist Lawrence Keely and the archeologist Steve LeBlanc have documented at great length how the archeological records show a continuous use of violence by prehistoric human societies. Keely notes that in cross-cultural surveys, from 70 to 89 percent of primitive societies -at the level of the band, tribe or chiefdom- have engaged in warfare in the past five years, compared to 86 percent of states. Only a small minority of such societies report low leves of raiding or violence, an those are usually explained by environmental conditions that shield them from neighbors. Surviving groups of hunter gatherers, like the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert or the Copper Eskimos in Canada, had rates of homicide four times that of the United States when left to their own devices.

Francis Fukuyama, The origins of political order

[udun]

Bashar Al Assad over these extremist Salafists

E-Sista, I'm curious as to how you can reconcile your support for Bashar's brutal crack-down and your abhorrence for Saudi "human-rights abuses".

Sister Enlightened-Sister is brilliant with strong religious convinctions She also understands the game that is being played fake extemist salafists.