Tamed animals but not civilized. They taught us everything it takes for us to slay the enemy and survive the episode. Survival in the jungles of south pacific islands was as close to animal instinct as one can get. Most folks who fought in that war had to reevaluate themselves after the war and remaster the protocols of civility. You might take note that the more wealth or power one has acquired, the more civilized one is.
Wealthy people can afford to be gracious and culturally refined.
Now, one would think that only the wealthy are civilized, but that is not necessarily true. Wealth can be accumulated by uncivilized means. I have learned that being human takes us on a ride through many corners of the maze of civilized society. I have also learned that there really isn t a complete civilized society as we would like to believe, but a society of tortured souls trying to decipher what is right and what is wrong in order to be at last civilized and human. Feel free to comment in the Patriot's Forum , or send Jack email .