Free speech or cheap talk? The breakdown of etiquette has had a negative impact on society and I have never thought a mob charming.
I think universal draft should be reinstituted- for both sexes- after highschool- except for those who wish to teach or perform some volunteer work that requires additional training/education. I haven't worked out the details...yet! :-) On Apr 9, 2:14 pm, malcymo <[email protected]> wrote: > With regard to whether or not society is progressing. Is not > scientific advance just altering the playing field? > > Europeans left for the Americas fo similar reasons to those that we > feel are necessary to leave the earth, though perhaps not so pressing. > > The fact that we discuss these matters in relation to the survival of > nature rather than just a desire to get away must be considered > progress, musn't it. > > ALSO:- > > Within the last 200 – 300 years our lords and masters made perhaps one > of the most courageous decisions which left them open to the powerful > criticism of public opinion; they decide to educate all; enable > everyone to read and write. The enormity of this step, albeit an > enforced step, is difficult for us to conceive because we have known > nothing other than our right to free speech. > > Yes society does still act with hubris often motivated emotively by > insecurities but the right to free speech among a large proportion of > society must indicate a move forward. > > Giving your population that right would be equivalent in magnitude to > dissolving ones armed forces, would it not? > > Malc > > On Apr 10, 2:53 am, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:05 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, Chuck. Welcome aboard! > > > > A common worry of animals- predator and prey. Humans have more > > > categories of panic, don't they? > > > I don't know. I'm not really clear on what 'categories of panic' means. As I > > understand it there are two reactions to fear - fight or flight. Typically > > in humans the higher functions of the brain shut down and allow the more > > primitive instincts to take over. In effect, in a raw survival situation, we > > become little more than animals ourselves. > > > Of course there are different levels of anxiety with panic being the > > extreme. But, even there we aren't any different in the actual feeling of > > anxiety. I would hazard a guess that the only difference would be in the way > > we internalize our anxiety after the fact. > > > As to my reply to the previous post; of course it was a joke. I doubt > > animals think much about jesus or god. If anything, I'd imagine that they > > see us as their gods. > > > > This evening I heard a rattle on the driveway gate and I opened the > > > door to see if a neighbor child was retrieving a ball that had flown > > > over the fence. A fierce slap of wings and a huge bird took off- an > > > eagle?- so quickly, I couldn't identify it plus I slammed the door in > > > fear. Maybe it was an eagle who knows about the rabbits and other > > > critters. It's always something! :-) > > > > On Apr 8, 11:14 pm, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Apr 7, 7:34 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > to know what the animals think of us humans!!! > > > > > They're thinking "don't eat me. oh jezus god, please don't eat me!"- > > > > Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
