Reply #13: Make Love, not war [View All]

[Jim__]

That's a hippie slogan from the sixties. There may be a lot of truth in it.

There is a book called Demonic Apes. It concerns warlike primates; and particularly chimpanzees. Chimpanzees do behave in warlike ways and the wars they have are extremely similar to wars that the Yanomano (sp) Indians have. The implication is that this behavior is indeed deeply embedded.

However, there may be hope. Bonobos, another primate species, never engage in this warlike behavior. A few interesting notes, bonobos do tend to be led by females, they are extremely active sexually, and are bisexual. Maybe they're just too tired after all that love making to bother fighting wars.

I think its worth a try. So, we should all practice exhausting ourselves through love making rahter than fighting.