Thanks. Very interesting.
--- Maru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a link to that book: > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393325555/qid=1098040811/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-6659867-3819261?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 > (Sorry about the length.) > ~Maru > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > From: David Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Brin: Second Salvo > > > > > True enough. A better example of their obsession > with > > form over substance would be abortion. Abortion > RATES > > went down under Clinton and climbed under both > Bushes. > > Pragmatically speaking, lessening the number > should > > be the goal whether achieved by liberal means or > not. > > > > But let's be fair. If infanticide were legal, a > ten % > > drop in the rate would not stop you from being > boiling > > mad. The real problem isn't pragmatic but > > philosophical. As romantics, each neocon subgroup > > must go for a whole loaf, never part of one. > > Compromise is for enlightenment humanists. > > > > > Also, you *could* recouncile the neo-cons and > the> > > Left Behinders> if you push Judgement Day far off > > enough into the> future. After> all, you don't > need > > eternity to build a star-going> empire led by> > > philospher-kings, just a large but finite amount > of > > > time. > > > > True, but that takes ALL the wind out of the sails > of > > the apocalypts. Geez the "Whore of Babylon Five" > just > > sounds too sciencefictional to be taken seriously. > > Likewise an antimatter anti Christ." Doesn't > satisfy > > as much as"The evil one is already among us." > > > > > > > > Of > > > course, it does seem a little pointless if God > is > > > going to come > > > and make everything way better than mere > humanity > > > ever could. > > > And also, I notice you reference the excerpt > 'The > > > Philospher of > > > Islamic Terror', but not teh Book (Terror and > > > Liberalism). Why's > > > that? The book is well worth reading too. > > > > Got a web site ref? It sounds like a magnificent > > reach and a diatribe. > > > > OH! I am reading COLLAPSE by one of our > > civilization's real genius-treasures, Jared > Diamond > > (GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL). It covers what factors > > brought about civ collapse in past societies and > what > > factors allowed others to remain flexible enough > to > > evade disaster. > > > > By his standards, this would be a positively > insane > > administration in any measure. But his book has > > changed my mind. I NO LONGER think that the > monsters' > > worst crime is dissipating our armed forces and > > deliberately destroying readiness by miring our > best > > troops and using up the reserves. > > > > Worse has been the 20 years of lying and > obfuscation > > about climate change. Ten years calling it a > hoax. > > Ten years saying it exists but "we need more > data"... > > and now "yes, it's big and humans did it, but now > it's > > too late to do anything about it." > > > > Read Diamond's book. It says NOTHING about > todays' > > politics. It says EVERYTHING about the > destruction of > > our resiliency by morons. > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
