Yes--if the USA and all those other ''Super-Resource-Gobbling'' (SRG'S) powers, were to compensate those who they have caused death and misery to--the world would be a very safe place to live in.
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:44 AM, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think there is hope out there somewhere. > I was in Laos a few years ago and despite my AMerican passport was > warmly welcomed by all that I met. > What is not widely known by most Americans is that the USA between > 1964 and 1973, US aircraft flew 580,000 missions and dropped two > million tonnes of bombs on Laos. These included 277 million cluster > bomblets. That is more than was dropped on Germany in WW2. That was > when Laos was not even at war with the US officially. The consequent > de-stabilisation resulted in a communist dictatorship - the opposite > of the aims of the USA. > Death from unexploded ordinance is still an all too common event all > this time later. With over 70 million bombs still left unexploded. > Despite all this the people of Laos seemed to have forgiven though > they cannot forget. > This crime has remained unchallenged and uncompensated. > It's a strange world. > > > > > On Jul 10, 12:56 pm, einseele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > > > Good story of Sandra Laing here, did not know it and makes exactly the > > point. > > > > Human drama goes that way.. A father looking for a court to classify a > > black daughter as white is a concentrate juice of what we really are. > > > > No hope > > > > On 10 jul, 06:32, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I agree. If we go back just 20 generations we all have over 2 million > > > ancestors (barring the inevitable incest and repeat appearances). > > > We only have to go back 30 generations to exceed the population at > > > that time. > > > > > It is utterly arbitrary which of those ancestors we choose. But worse > > > than that the genetic argument is false because humans, far more than > > > any other species on earth are characterised by their live experience, > > > culture and society. > > > > > I saw a film of a tragic story of Sandra Laing, a black girl born of > > > white parents in 1950s South Africa. If anything more demonstrates the > > > folly of genetic determinism is is that story. Her father was pro- > > > apartheid and was shamed by the existence of his own daughter getting > > > the courts to classify her as white. She was forced by circumstances > > > to re-classify her as coloured. > > > It seems that somewhere in her 'tree' on both sides were some black > > > ancestors. > > > The fact of her existence completely destroys any justification, legal > > > or otherwise of categorising people due to their 'race'. > > > > > On Jul 8, 6:11 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I tend to agree....Geneology has "relevance" for bigots and/or > > > > "master racers" > > > > > > On Jul 8, 9:35 am, einseele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Always called my attention the idea many people sustains as to > > > > > building "genealogical trees" > > > > > > > And also I always felt sort of disgust for that idea. First because > of > > > > > the ignorance regarding such artifacts, and second because the > > > > > impossible logic they try to convey. > > > > > > > In short they describe parent relationships, (better not to think), > > > > > trying to fence... what? > > > > > > > How to consider someone a relative on a far distant branch. Or > also, > > > > > the opposite idea, how someone today or in the past or in the > future > > > > > could possibly not be a cousin. > > > > > > > And so you hear "I'm a direct descendant/relative of > anybastardhere" > > > > > > > As far as population grows exponentially I can only see a common > tree. > > > > > No way of separate families. Even fishes are part of the list, or > dust > > > > > BTW > > > > > > > I believe this has to do with religion, ethnics, nationalities and > > > > > other shit balls alike > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Epistemology" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<epistemology%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. > > -- nubiaafrika.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
