Kool! تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
-----Original Message----- From: Molly <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:44 AM Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? 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 was 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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