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Warren DeMontague

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Thu Sep-27-07 01:28 PM
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112. Uh, in short, no. The Greeks came up with the Olympics to redirect competitive pack-band urges that

can be argued to lead to war.

I don't think that the war in Iraq has anything to do with masculinity, or a lack thereof. It has to do with our global petroleum addiction, pure and simple.

If we want to address any "basic, root" causes, we should start with THAT.

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