1 Slow around here lately. Anyway, in spite of his light-hearted presentation, _I_ thought Gagdad's story was (quite literally) killer stuff. Murder or marriage may not seem much of a choice to us today, but that would be an anachronistic interpretation of the situation. In the comments he suggests that marriage is what made culture(s) even possible. -Bob

2 Are we supposed to comment or just discuss among ourselves? I did do the assigned reading even though it is a weekend, by the way. That should count for something.

3 You have to comment here, so I can monitor the quality of the discussion. This will bear on your "work habits" and "cooperation" marks.

4 Just as we need you, AG, to provide context, etc. to the discussion, I think people really do better with religion when they have priests/rabbis to do likewise. Imagine where we would be otherwise with devoid-of-context quotes like "Suffer the little children". I'd lose the "coons" scattered throughout the otherwise serious discussion, if I were the author. I learned that the hard way many years ago. I think Al Gore needs to add a few "coons" if anyone is to take him seriously, though. Academy-Award-winner Al Gore, that is!