Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ed Weick
REH: That is my problem with "social" experiments like economic systems that have been put in place based upon theory but with inadaquate "checks and balances" to assure the "guinea pigs" that they can still survive and even be happy should it fail or need "tweaking." Mengele assumed Jews

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Yes, Animal experimentation. REH - Original Message - From: Ed Weick To: Ray Evans Harrell ; Harry Pollard ; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:00 AM Subject: Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ed Weick
Yes, Animal experimentation. REH Ah yes, but a church minister I know says that animals don't have souls, so it's probably OK. Ed - Original Message - From: Ray Evans Harrell To: Ed Weick ; Harry Pollard ; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Hitler claimed the same about Jews and Gypsies. REH - Original Message - From: Ed Weick To: Ray Evans Harrell ; Harry Pollard ; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:23 AM Subject: Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework]

RE: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Cordell . Arthur
Ed asks, Can you imagine anything more bizarre? arthur, Walk into an experimental psychology lab and see the way the "researchers" deal with dogs, cats and rats. Mengele all over again, except the "researchers" have no idea of the pain they are causing. -Original Message-From:

RE: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Cordell . Arthur
Ed says, Ah yes, but a church minister I know says that animals don't have souls, so it's probably OK. arthur replies, After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900 -Original Message-From: Ray Evans

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
absolutely. REH - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:21 AM Subject: RE: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework]

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ed Weick
I would agree thatthe way animals are treated is also bizarre, but Mengele was experimenting on human children and must have hada pretty good idea of the pain he was causing. Ed - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread pete
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Ed Weick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ray Evans Harrell From: Ed Weick Experiments did not end with the death of the twins. Dissection of the corpses for final medical analysis is well documented by Nyiszli and by Lifton. (http://www.candles-museum.com/mengele.htm)

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-31 Thread Ed Weick
Look, I wasn't taking my minister seriously. I don't even know if I have a soul, let alone if animals do. If I get to Heaven, the first thing I'll do is whistle, and hopefully all of the fidos and puss-cats I've ever owned will come bounding out and we'll all have a great walk together! Ed

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-30 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Bravo Harry, Very elegantly put. Now for a couple of things. "Simple" is an interesting word. Would younot not agree that "simple" for Horowitz (on the piano)is not the same as "simple" for Liebowitz (the writer)even though their names are similar? Complexity always depends upon

RE: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-29 Thread Harry Pollard
Gentlemen, As you might expect, I have a rather more simple view of human behavior. There seems to be a certain acceptance of experimental research that is based more on the reports of these efforts, than the actual research. Any scientific research is full of maybe's, and perhaps, and

You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-28 Thread Keith Hudson
Ed, At 18:04 27/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: I believe I started all of this by rather innocently posting an article from the NYTimes dealing with cheap illegal immigrant labour doing cleaning work at Walmart. Personally, because I have first hand familiarity with what second generations can

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-28 Thread Ed Weick
Keith, you seem to attribute almost all of human behaviour to motives like gaining status and ensuring the preservation of one's genetic code. By your view of it, a behaviour like altruism is not something based on morality, on wanting to do 'right' by others and wanting others to do right

RE: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-28 Thread Cordell . Arthur
To add to your list. 6. An individual will seek out others just for the sheer joy of learning and seeing old situations and things in new ways. -Original Message-From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 2:16 AMTo: Ed WeickCc: Harry

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-28 Thread Keith Hudson
Ed, At 11:23 28/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: Keith, you seem to attribute almost all of human behaviour to motives like gaining status and ensuring the preservation of one's genetic code. Every single lifeform acts to preserve its genetic code more than anything else. In primate societies, rank

Re: You are naive (was Re: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-28 Thread Ed Weick
My new stuff in in maroon. Ed Every single lifeform acts to preserve its genetic code more than anything else. In primate societies, rank order is the main device that has evolved for the selection of sexual partners. It's as basic and important as that. Well, I'm not really sure of what