Re: [Not so OT]Military discipline problems

Beth replied to my comment:
> >> Might appeal to the KV widows, though, if they're
> >> carnivores--anthropophagous.  The HM infantrymen
> >> still wouldn't much appreciate it though.
>
> This is assuming that Humans don't find they can "relate" to the KV
once the
> initial "shock" of contact is over (and before you start casting
aspersions
> Mr Laserlight I was speaking completely platonically,

yah, sure....

Meanwhile, *can* relate is quite different from *wish to* relate.  I
was initially thinking of the Greeks ("anyone who can't speak Greek is
a barbarian") and the Caribs (who had their Arawak neighbors for lunch
whenever possible), but we've seen more recent examples of this.