With the shape-shifters beaming sunshine at us, I'm merely taking security precautions. You see, if you were one of them, you would say that, wouldn't you? You can rely on me for eternal vigilance and the total boredom solution needed in Berlin company that has conflated telling jokes by numbers with numbers being funny. Do you knit Molly? I'm thinking of a guillotine motion ...
On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 11:44:11 PM UTC, Molly wrote: > > My boss did coin a new phrase today "going all Brogan on them," referring > on my way to deal with difficult vendors. Was amused that he used my pen > name, as if it were a covert activity. We are all who we are, all out when > called for. > > On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 7:17:37 PM UTC-4, archytas wrote: >> >> I have referred RP's passing to the virtual forensic lab and will follow >> the evidence of this and earlier incidents. Reception for the bad girl >> correcter device embedded in your false tooth will improve if you stop >> biting people Gabby. There is a team, due to report shortly, on whether >> you have replaced Molly. She is rapidly becoming a better bad girl than >> you can really aspire to, given your compulsive banality. Bob seems to >> match your current interests, pondering excellently on the colour of boxes. >> Stuff is more likely snorted than thought, and one suspects this a more >> likely way for you to get up to speed than application of intellect. I can >> see you giving really useful advice to someone choosing between the colours >> while, black and woodgrain. >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:30:34 PM UTC, Gabby wrote: >>> >>> Relaxation. The mastck to sort things in the right boxes. Puh, stress >>> relief. We don't need to think wrong stuff. >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, 25. März 2015 schrieb archytas : >>> >>>> Neutrality never quite worked for Belgium, but as a personal construct >>>> it can be brave enough. The Plymouth Brethren and Amish can bottle out, >>>> but >>>> not the anarchist. Generally, Andrew is right here, but I feel a bit >>>> queasy. War should tell us something on how bullshit economics is, >>>> otherwise Germany and Japan would still be ashes. I suppose there is a >>>> certain positive for some in seeing the male flower of youth cut down and >>>> old farts left behind having prettier, more fertile girls. Some old dears >>>> had some very ear-burning things to say about their war experience, >>>> especially the rural posh. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:50:39 UTC, andrew vecsey wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Neutrality kept Switzerland out of fighting wars. Wars are immoral. >>>>> Judges in order to do their job right have to remain neutral. Parents >>>>> should as well remain neutral. Staying neutral takes more bravery than >>>>> taking sides. As an example, some countries and some people find >>>>> homosexuality immoral. In those situations, it takes courage to take a >>>>> neutral stand regarding homosexuals. Neutrality shows fearless and >>>>> unconditional respect.Who is to say what is moral and what is not. And >>>>> something regarded as morally correct at one time can be regarded as >>>>> immorally wrong at another time. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 9:03:31 PM UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Neutrality is afraid of taking a position. A cowards way out.. how >>>>>> now to stand up for what is morally correct.. >>>>>> >>>>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: andrew vecsey <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 8:21 PM >>>>>> Subject: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? >>>>>> >>>>>> I think that all of us agree that the negative consequences of war >>>>>> far out weight any of the few positive consequences. >>>>>> The positive consequences of war can be realized by other means, >>>>>> especially in the modern times that we live in.: >>>>>> 1. The advance of knowledge and technology can be realized by >>>>>> universities and government and private projects with monetary and merit >>>>>> rewards. >>>>>> 2. People can mix their cultures, knowledge and genes via tourism and >>>>>> exchange projects and the internet. >>>>>> 3. Protection against aggressors can be attempted by diplomacy and >>>>>> sanctions. >>>>>> 4. Over population can be reduced by education, family planing and >>>>>> contraception. >>>>>> 5. We can realize that the world has become a lot smaller and that >>>>>> the brotherhood of man has become a lot clearer. We all have a common >>>>>> enemy >>>>>> in that if nature is exploited further we are all threatened. If you >>>>>> love >>>>>> your enemies, then you will not have any. >>>>>> >>>>>> Switzerland has a lot to teach the world in avoiding wars. >>>>>> On a political level, the keys to this are neutrality and direct >>>>>> democracy. >>>>>> On a personal level, the keys are respect, tolerance, appreciation of >>>>>> diversity, >>>>>> >>>>>> Examples are: >>>>>> If a part of a canton wants to separate, then accept that fact and >>>>>> let them separate like demonstrated by Jura a few years ago. >>>>>> Small is beautiful concept.as demonstrated by semi autonomy of the >>>>>> cantons and the refusal to join Euro. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 12:27:21 PM UTC+1, andrew vecsey >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Very interesting question you pose Molly. >>>>>>> Of course it is very easy to see the many negative consequences to >>>>>>> war, which seems to be a part of human nature. I like to believe that >>>>>>> there >>>>>>> is always 2 sides to everything - positive and negative. War with >>>>>>> weapons >>>>>>> and fighting with words have some common ground, like you suggest. >>>>>>> Being an >>>>>>> aggressor in a war and being a bully also share common ground. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The positive consequences of bullying that I can think of are: >>>>>>> 1. It can make you stronger when you are bullied. >>>>>>> 2. It shows you who your friends are who come to your aid if you are >>>>>>> bullied. >>>>>>> 3. It allows you to show your friendship by coming to the aid of >>>>>>> your friends who are bullied. >>>>>>> 4. It allows you to make friends by coming to the aid of strangers >>>>>>> who are bullied. >>>>>>> 5. You can learn from it so that you do not bully others yourself. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The positive consequences of war that I can think of are much more >>>>>>> difficult to spot of course: >>>>>>> 1. It advances knowledge and technology that can be useful in times >>>>>>> of peace. >>>>>>> 2. It allows people to mix their cultures, knowledge and genes. >>>>>>> 3. It can protect your countrymen and family against aggressors. >>>>>>> 4. Like natural disasters like floods. earthquakes, fires and >>>>>>> epidemics,it can be used to counteract over population. >>>>>>> 5. We can learn from it. If you love your enemies, like Jesus is >>>>>>> claimed to have said, then you will not have any. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 12:03:34 AM UTC+1, Molly wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Howard Zinn, http://howardzinn.org/ historian, author, professor, >>>>>>>> playwright, and activist, whose life’s work focused on a wide range of >>>>>>>> issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> countless people, said "war itself is the enemy of the human race" >>>>>>>> http://bit.ly/1FwyDUP <http://bit.ly/1FwyDUP> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We go to war in a variety of ways, big to small. daily (some of >>>>>>>> us), in interpersonal ways, and over decades, as the human race. 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