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Page 184
... killing sick , lame , or useless dogs , even though they make their living by routinely killing other animals . The people at Colville Lake are so reluctant to kill their infirm and uselsss dogs that they try 184 THE SACRED COW AND THE ...
... killing sick , lame , or useless dogs , even though they make their living by routinely killing other animals . The people at Colville Lake are so reluctant to kill their infirm and uselsss dogs that they try 184 THE SACRED COW AND THE ...
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... killed by them . On the basis of optimal foraging theory , one would seldom expect hunters to take humans on encounter ... killing cannibal victims therefore cannot be charged to hunting ; rather , it must be charged to warfare . The ...
... killed by them . On the basis of optimal foraging theory , one would seldom expect hunters to take humans on encounter ... killing cannibal victims therefore cannot be charged to hunting ; rather , it must be charged to warfare . The ...
Page 221
... killing and eating captives would thwart the governing class's interest in expanding its tax and tribute base ... killed and eaten . Armies marching under the pretext of spreading higher “ civilization " encounter less resistance than ...
... killing and eating captives would thwart the governing class's interest in expanding its tax and tribute base ... killed and eaten . Armies marching under the pretext of spreading higher “ civilization " encounter less resistance than ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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