[Alien1Being]

Human barbarism is not new...

"The placard recorded that the Nooksack tree produced 96,345 board feet (227.348 cubic meters) of the "finest quality" lumber.

The New York Times regarded the tree in a March 7, 1897 issue as the "most magnificent fir tree ever beheld by human eyes" and called its destruction a "truly pitiable tale" and a "crime".

The Morning Times of February 28, 1897 claimed that the wood, sawed into one-inch strips, would reach from "Whatcom [the tree's location] to China"."

[fsckboy]

>Human barbarism is not new...

to be fair, without humans there would be nobody to declare "barbarism". At one time, all humans were barbarians, it took a certain level of cultural development before the word "barbarism" was necessary, so at that point it was "new". It remains be be shown whether cultures that call other cultures "barbaric" are actually "better".

[mattgrice]

Yeah man if a barbarian fells a tree in the forest but nobody is around to hear it, is it still barbaric?

[vlovich123]

Barbarism was just the ethnic slang Greeks had for non Greeks that Romans then adopted for non Romans. But cultures playing “I’m the best” is not new nor did it require cultural development; othering is a natural part of game theory to make sure your tribe has tighter cohesion against intruders.

[card_zero]

Yeah, they were called barbarians because they talked funny. Bar bar barbar bar, they went.

[inigyou]

Maybe they were talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%27s_Rhubarb_Bar

[alchemism]

...and if you aren't pronouncing it "Var" you might be one ;-)

[GroksBarnacles]

This is such a useless comment. What even is your point?