Deane, is there no way to convince you we are not going to hell in a handbasket?
Have you tried studying history? It seems that any study of the history of our species would reveal that at any one point were were generally better off and more civilized than at any preceding point, including today. On Aug 29, 6:13 am, Deane Kellison <[email protected]> wrote: > I had completely forgotten that quote. Expresses it all very succinctly. > > Deane > > > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:11:55 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: The Phenomenon ' I ' > > > "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World > > War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - A. Einstein > > > On 8/27/2010 8:14 PM, Deane Kellison wrote: > > > while i think that mankind is as vicious, savage, and murderous as > > > ever. I can pray you are correct. but there is the genocide in > > > Africa. People in this country that say capital punishment is > > > sanctioned by the Bible -" an eye for a eye". Corporations that > > > knowingly cause death and disease, and lie about it. I will grant > > > that murderous events are not as well organized or named (WWII ), but > > > they are numerous. Also, all the history I have read is replete with > > > accounts of people stating that there will never be another WW. As a > > > matter of fact, that is why what we now call WWI, was originally > > > called 'the war' to end all wars. > > > > Deane > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:50:12 -0700 > > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: The Phenomenon ' I ' > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > "... On Aug 26, 4:59 pm, Deane Kellison <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: ..." > > > > > > do you really believe the " The days of brute force are > > > subsiding even though it still occurs." > > > > > Without a doubt. The 20th century was arguably the bloodiest and > > > > deadliest century in all human history. Conservative estimates that > > > > more than 400 million people died violently in that hundred years. > > > > For almost half that time we lived under the threat of nuclear > > > > annihilation. I think a massive movement for peace began sometime > > > > after WWII and had a surge in the sixties and seventies which subsided > > > > by the eighties. But it merely became quieter while moving on all > > > > fronts. By 1990 the Soviet Empire dissolved and the threat of nuclear > > > > double kill ended. We will no longer see world wars. They have been > > > > replaced by random terrorism. That is our biggest threat and likely > > > > will be for some time to come. There are always those disgruntled > > > > enough to resort to violence but it will be random and not all that > > > > successful thanks to the global spy apparatus. > > > > > Today there are thousands of organizations and groups of people > > > > dedicated to peace, non-violence, open communication and other such > > > > endeavors that open lines of communication, the greatest of which is > > > > the Internet. I believe it is a simple fact of human history that the > > > > more communication we have the less brutal we become. > > > > > There are educational, medical and social organizations spread around > > > > the world to begin to heal the wounds of our past. We are well on our > > > > way to establishing a world peace. The fact that we have a global > > > > economy virtually guarantees that. People love one thing more than > > > > violence, and that's wealth.
