Re: Hierarchy In the Forest: inequality is not the same as exploitation.

Dear Sirs:

     If one studies sociobiology in general that one will discover that
there are towo basic extremes in a heirarchy: Alpha and   Omega, the Alpha
being in command of deicions and the majority of resources, while the Omega
begs for his just desert and is outcasted, subject to the domination of all
other pack members.  Sociobiology is mainly based on strength but also on
cunning.  For example, high ranking females may mate with less strong lower
ranking mates in chimpanzee packs for selfish reasons that have nothing to
do with having the strongest mate for natural selection purposes.
    In all social packs, save ants for I fear they have no ants which
exhibit the following behavior traits, but essentially rogues, or those who
behave in a antisocial or otherwize (Wierd, for lack of a better term,
either overtly hostile, unusually withdrawn) manner tend to be either chased
from the pack, leave the pack, or become dangerouirs to the wellbeing of the
pack and the integrity of its territory (Rambo syndrome).
    SOciobiology is an interesting subject, but human behavior is a little
more complex than animal social groups, because of the presence of laws
enforced by gunpowder.  In ancient times, all women of other tribes, perhaps
would have went over to the Romans, for their robust muscle-powered armies,
for example but today gunpowder truly equalizes fights and therfore puts the
reliance more on cerebral ability to garner resouerces rather than brute
force, and hunting prowess.
    Perhaps, hunter-gatherer society (where there is no gunpowder) would be
a more apt study of sociobiology in all its forms (see Lord of the Flies).

Yours Truly
Tarik Khalil Ali Kiley  
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