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nd because we're not sure if this message of Mark's was posted to anything but the archives, I'm forwarding this. Apologies if it's repetitive. Best, Rebecca Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:50:06 -0800 From: Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> Subject: "pastoral trap" and a gender question Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >I was unaware of the proliferation of the deer population in New Jersey. >There I go!--I got sucked into the "pastoral trap" of seeing what used >to be woodlands here in Jersey as some sort of animals' paradise. In the eastern states the Indians used to do controlled burns, to create more clearings rich in fodder, and to encourage younger, more deer-friendly plants in the understory. Also gave them a clearer shot. The woods, all the way to the tall-grass prairie, was a vast managed hunting park. In the treeless west, especially before the Spanish brought horses, a band of Indians would stampede a herd of buffalo off a cliff. Hey, there were a lot of mouths to feed. In book and movie Bambi is about as male as you can get, yet boys are never named Bambi. How come? Mark