(April 13, 2014 at 4:07 pm)FlyingNarwhal Wrote: Besides, the concept of "women and children first" is relatively new as well, its not as old and universal as you think.
The article you referenced was to the phrase "women and children first", not to the practice.
Let me say in advance that you may well find some cultures that didn't adopt the practice. I honestly don't know of any but hey, they might be somewhere in history. It doesn't change that there are certain physical realities that make the practice a must for any civilization that doesn't wish to court extinction. Perhaps there were some that tried and either went extinct or were lucky enough not to have to endure the kind of calamity that would have driven them extinct.
I think we've argued this point as much as we can and need to agree to disagree unless you have something else to offer. I usually end an exchange once it threatens to devolve into "nuh uh", "ya huh", "nuh uh", "ya huh"...
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