It is very likely there will be no fish in the ocean in our lifetime. Literally, all fish, all gone. Lots of squid, but so long, thanks for all the fish.
I think reasonable people can agree we shouldn't be the generation that ended fish, even if they are tasty. On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:40 AM, "Tomas L. Byrnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:funsec- >> [email protected]] >> On Behalf Of der Mouse >> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [funsec] Rage against spammers and telemarketers >> >>> The planners: Enarques, Oxbridge and Ivy Leaguers are taking over >>> the >>> world, and will give us what they think we need, as opposed to what >>> we want. >> >> "What we want" has not proven to be a very good way to govern. >> There's >> even an idiom in English - "bread and circuses" - alluding to a >> rather >> famous failure of governing by direct popular mandate. While it is >> also somewhat apocryphal - it comes from a satirist's work - for it >> to >> have survived in live use indicates that its referent is common >> enough >> for us to need an idiom for it. >> >> "What they think we need" is more likely to be a useful approximation >> to "what we ened" than "what we want" is, I think; that's the point >> of >> education, after all. (And, I suspect, most of the apparent >> deviations >> from this are due to "them" giving "us" not "what they think we need" >> but rather "what they want us to have".) > [TLB:] > [TLB:] > This post and your one regarding DDT have shown you for what you > are: a > misanthropic elitist who is trying to have his religion (Gaianism) > established by law. > > It's OK that you don't believe in a Democratic Republic, human rights > trumping those of animals, or free markets, and at least you are > honest > about it. Unfortunately, most of your fellow travelers who run the > elite > universities and have infiltrated the governments of the west are > not so > candid. If they were, they would be left ranting on listservs and > usenet, as opposed to having armies and police forces at their > command. > > This was the reason Madison insisted on the second amendment. Lest the > government be perverted by an unaccountable elite. > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
