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More likely insults against someone in a tribe, hence the entire tribe fights.Misericorde said:So those tribal battles were...for fun?
Also, don't see why "ownership of land" is any worse a reason to fight than whatever they fought for.
The closest concept I can come up with right now would be that it's similar to someone being dishonorable towards someone else, or breaking custom - both concepts placed in the context of Aboriginal culture, not Western.
I'd say ownership of land is a worse thing to fight for, as it only serves to give a sense of power, especially as the Aboriginal people lived off the land as it was. While yes, it would have been because they were not developed enough as a society to require this sense of power, it still does mean that they didn't attempt to take over things simply for the power said 'taking over' shows.
The point of that also being, what does the power of taking over something achieve? In most cases, you've wasted a fortune on supplying soldiers etc, and in the end, you still have to make sure the land you have just taken over is productive - costing more money still. So it's reasonably useless. Although, it can be argued that fighting for an 'honorable' reason is equally unproductive. Though if won, justifies your belief, thus making you feel better about it all.
Sorry, can't think straight right now.
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