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In some USA states, a punishment for murder is execution. In some other jurisdictions, execution itself is murder. The question is whose legal standards. They
by hyperpallium 8y ago
In some USA states, a punishment for murder is execution. In some other jurisdictions, execution itself is murder.
The question is whose legal standards.
They will have their own law, in their own jurisdiction. Human communities spontaneously develop language, trade and law. You can even verify this in the microcosm of your own communities, with jargon and customs.
And how does their "catastrophic" war compare to the wars of "civilization"?
- int_19h 8y ago> And how does their "catastrophic" war compare to the wars of "civilization"? In terms of deaths per capita, many small hunter-gatherer societies are more violent than our worst wars. It just doesn't look quite so horrifying because the societies themselves are so small, the absolute numbers to us don't even rise to the level of "war". On top of that, the conflict tends to be more of a constant state of affairs that's always in the background, rather than lengthy periods of peace interrupted by an explosion of violence.