WE is inclusive of countries responsible for global survival by nature of position of influence -money, location, etc. Of course ideally, carefully wrought vice-grip sanctions, or smart military maneuverings, should be priority, not horsehockey as practiced by the Bush Brigade, who I think all conclude has demostrated idiocy. Do not presume to pin a "W" on my shirt. I will also caveat that some ends never justify the means. The "We" I project includes all countries capable of compromise for greater good.
So, if "W" was not in office do you suggest all military missions in the last 8 years would be extremely different? Very few would be deemed necessary or helpfull? Ultimately what do you suggest we do moving onward? Disband the military? give them taser guns? is possession of weapons a bait to attack from any kind of outside force? What do you propose other than this cancerous canker? or, can you say, living breathing people volunteering to be deluded by the Bush Administration or any other President working in conjunction with a bunch of geeks in Congress? Aren't analogies tools of examining similar - but not necessarily completely related items...not a statement of truth, but a path to some form of it? Poor analogies, how I do love to examine the world through them...and anyone's truth will only be built of sets of probabilities. Absolutism is not my bag. Just to clarify, the "peace-niks" I refer to are people I've met who are oblivious to all counter-arguement against peaceful means to an end, and consider darwinian combat a thing of the past.... On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I think that peace (unity) can be achieved in only two different ways: > 1. Agreement > 2. Force > > "Hardwired" or not, these are our choices. > > Also, saying that "…but in a global society how can we Not police the > planet? …", suggests that 'we' have been given that right/power. I > know that 'W' believes he has been given that directive/power, (by a > 'higher power') but have 'we'? I think not. > > 'We', a euphemism for the current US regime in this context I'll > guess, has for the first time in it's history shed itself of any > pretense of the notion of universality and has, again by some sort of > 'divine right' or fiat says it can do anything it wishes around the > planet. A close analysis of this attitude belies the false dichotomy > of "engagement" vs "peace-niks". > > Since analogies are the method of 'truth' cross bow is using, I'll use > one. The US military is like a cancer spread throughout the body of > humanity today. This said, I do not deny that today, yesterday, > tomorrow, a year from now as well as a hundred years ago there were, > are and will be those who wish to do harm to other people including > the people currently in the USA. When this 'truth' is 'solved' by > becoming State Terrorists in a perpetual war, a greater 'truth' arises > and that is that 'we' perpetually are attracting an even greater > amount of ire. This 'truth' has always been known. > > > On Oct 28, 7:09 am, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > interesting that so many think war can go away just like that...do > > people really believe that? I know this little note is a spoof, but in > > a global society how can we Not police the planet? that is like > > letting the guy down the street corner beat the shit out of his wife > > and kids in his front yard and watching without response. Oh, yeah > > diplomatic relations...sanctions.... > > > > yes, there are bad choices made for engagement, but total peace-niks > > seem delusional to me. Does anyone else think humanity is hardwired > > for war in at least 10 different levels? > > > > On Oct 27, 6:48 pm, stem cell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > great one. thanks. > > > > > On Oct 27, 6:32 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > > > Jessica > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:19 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [skeptics-145] Fwd: Enjoy the read! > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:47 AM > > > > Subject: Enjoy the read! > > > > > > Dear Red States: > > > > > > We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and > we're > > > > taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that > > > > includesCalifornia, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, > > > > Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will > be > > > > beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new > country of > > > > New California. > > > > > > To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. > We get > > > > stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of > Liberty. You > > > > get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get > Harvard. > > > > You get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and > > > > entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, > you > > > > get to make the red states pay their fair share. > > > > > > Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the > Christian > > > > Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of > single > > > > moms. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and > anti-war, > > > > and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If > you need > > > > people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're > apparently > > > > willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care > if you > > > > don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home. We do > wish you > > > > success in Iraq , and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not > willing to > > > > spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire. > > > > > > With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent > of the > > > > country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and > lettuce, 92 > > > > percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality > wines > > > > (you can serve French wines at state dinners) 90 percent of all > cheese, 90 > > > > percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, > all > > > > living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister > schools > > > > plus Stanford , Cal Tech and MIT. With the Red States, on the other > hand,you > > > > will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their > > > > projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, > nearly 100 > > > > percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of > all > > > > Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush > > > > Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of > Georgia. We > > > > get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you. > > > > > > Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was > > > > actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred > unless > > > > we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that > > > > evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in > 9/11 and > > > > 61 percent of you crazies believe you are people with higher morals > then we > > > > lefties. > > > > > > Peace out, > > > > > > Blue States > > > > > > -- > > > > Please Note: If you hit "REPLY", your message will be sent to > everyone on > > > > this mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > This message was sent by Jessica ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) from The > Olive > > > > Branch Atheists Meetup Group <http://skeptics.meetup.com/145/> . > > > > To learn more about Jessica , visit his/her member profile > > > > <http://skeptics.meetup.com/145/members/5834540/> > > > > To unsubscribe or to update your mailing list settings, click here > > > > <http://www.meetup.com/account/comm/> > > > > > > Meetup Support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 632 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 USA- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. 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