From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 11:49:13 MST
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"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> From: "Dossy" <dossy@panoptic.com>
> > "You may get more bees with honey than vinegar, but
> > a good bug spray will kill them all."
>
> Bees are sometimes referred to as "angry" when irritated by meddlers or when
> their hives are disturbed. Remember that without bees, plants (crops) don't
> get pollinated, and that can lead to massive starvation. So, again anger (in
> this case insect anger) serves to enhance ecological cooperation.
Anger is of singular importance for consensual cooperation, as a signal
of lack of consent. Without such a signal, players would just run
roughshod over each other, oblivious to others desires and needs, and no
consent would actually occur.
Mike Lorrey
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