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I'm not saying that the past is perfect at all,
is it a sense of honor, for example or something else?

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No,,the past is not perfect. Actually, if you look upon it in any detail it was far more violent than today especially considering the vast increase in our numbers. We become exposed to it upon instant images and that skew our perspective considerably.

If you lived in the Sahara and were surrounded by TV screens portraying monsoons you would think the world is a rainy place....

Everything is perspective,,,and experience. That is why I find conclusions so difficult to draw. In both cases mine,,,,as yours,,,are constantly changing.

I think honor has always been with us in some sense but that too is defined by cultural exposure. What duty is to me is far different than a Hindu woman carrying water to her family....

But,,as a man,,,I simply try to keep my nose pointed North...North being up,,,and up being better...

IMHO.

Lenny