I think it's the big money people; they buy brains, just like anything else, just
to have on hand in case they might be useful! There are all kind of excuses, including
genes, that are used to refute the claim that, in fact , you really can keep a good
man, woman or kid down. I suppose that's kind of a primitive idea, but I'd put it at
the head of the list.
The first thing I'd like to do is a bit tax on financial movements, which, would
slow down some of the financial speculations.
At 01:33 PM 3/9/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Yes, letting people know that without
>social/economical changes we are doomed,
> is what my position is.
>What I argue about is the view, that
>people are innately selfish/stupid/horrid
>to do anything about it, so the
>intellectual giants may sit back and
>observe all
>those ignorant millions perishing,
>it's the fault of their silly genes...
>
>Eva
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>> >I cannot see the point of your dark fatalism, except a good reason to
>> >call everybody else stupid, and have a good excuse to sit
>> >back and do buggerall in comfort..
>> >
>> >Eva
>> >
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>> I don't think that's it, Eva, tho' I should let Jay speak for himself. The way
>> I see it is -- it's a warning. I have just got World Watch "State of the World'98"
>> and it is quite exciting, in a way, because they have all these grim warnings, too,
>> but they keep saying, "There are ways to do it -- there are ways to fix it."
>> And they do discuss them. It's not a question of doing buggerall. There are
>practical,
>> but difficult, things that could be done. And some of them are being worked on. If
>> there is enough of a public call for them, there will be more.
>>
>> The hydrogen battery, for instance. I think I mentioned there is a hydrogen bus
>being
>> tested in one or more US cities. (Made in British Columbia) Some gov'ts are making
>programs for solar roofs.
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