IF I had been talking about their monitary situation, it would be a different thing. I'm talking about brute force by whoever is in power at the time and what they want...same goes for Monsanto.
On Jul 31, 2:10 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > It will take a lot of bribes to make up for the decline in profit for > the farmers if they do switch and that still won't address the hunger/ > market for opium. > > On Jul 30, 10:19 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > “...Let them grow wheat?” – rigsy > > > Unfortunately, the farmers in Afghanistan are under a similar type of > > godfather as are soy bean growers in the USA….in both cases, they are > > given a offer they can not refuse. > > > On Jul 30, 3:52 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Delete "You know". So did some farmers in Lebanon (2001?). I was > > > reacting to the destruction of poppy fields in Afghanistan and loss of > > > income vs. the anti-drug laws of the West- their prime customers. Let > > > them grow wheat? > > > > On Jul 30, 12:35 pm, puppy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You know, some people are just hungry and live in filth." Is this > > > > true or is it conjecture or is this a unnecessary bias comment. "You > > > > know" is a presumption. > > > > > "Afghanistan provides drugs to the West. " The of farmers of > > > > Afghanistan. consider the opium poppy as just another cash crop and do > > > > not consider it a crime to grow it. > > > > > On Jul 27, 4:07 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You know, some people are just hungry and live in filth. Afghanistan > > > > > provides drugs to the West. Conjure that. Memory of a PBS film- think > > > > > it was called "Trafficing" about the loop. > > > > > > On Jul 26, 5:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we slipped > > > > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that we > > > > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are literally > > > > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. > > > > > > The > > > > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow > > > > > > forgiveness > > > > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > > > > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > > > > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > > > > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > > > > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon > > > > > > those > > > > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly > > > > > > and > > > > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > > > > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization of > > > > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > > > > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > > > > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > > > > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution have > > > > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > > > > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change but > > > > > > to no avail. People are at war in every quadrant of the planet while > > > > > > new agitations are festering in the background waiting to emerge as > > > > > > full scale skirmishes.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
