Hmm... another case where people choose to elevate one issue to such an impossible importance, that these fights and maulings take place.
Grouped with the having to "act the part" because of the peer pressure built up around these centers...
I guess the one way to understand it is each team is a religion of sorts, and someone comes in wearing an opposing religion's vestments, there's going to be trouble, its their home turf.
To me, its still more lizard brain reaction and pack mentality held over from our less upright walking years. Not something that came of paint thinner fumes, DDT sprayings of kids, or exposure to Pat Robertson... much of reactionary human behavior boils down to these ancient behavior patterns that can be observed in wolves and other social species today.
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Date: 2007-09-14 01:44 am (UTC)Grouped with the having to "act the part" because of the peer pressure built up around these centers...
I guess the one way to understand it is each team is a religion of sorts, and someone comes in wearing an opposing religion's vestments, there's going to be trouble, its their home turf.
To me, its still more lizard brain reaction and pack mentality held over from our less upright walking years. Not something that came of paint thinner fumes, DDT sprayings of kids, or exposure to Pat Robertson... much of reactionary human behavior boils down to these ancient behavior patterns that can be observed in wolves and other social species today.