No, Craig is the weird fellow that started the group. I'm just the one who accepted the mantle when he left.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris is the weird fellow that started the ME group.. > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Lynch <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 1:39 AM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? > > 'Dance like a butterfly sting like a bee' fair lady. Silence feels like > cowardice to me Allan. > > Hey Tony, glad to hear Andrew and Fran too! Who's this Chris fellow? > On Mar 25, 2015 6:10 PM, "Gabby Thiede" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't let yourself get distracted, Allan! I am the evil bitch here! You >> need to fight with me! >> >> Am Mittwoch, 25. März 2015 schrieb : >> >>> If you are so neutral why are you promoting the benefits of war.. >>> Are you for war or against war.. your lip flapping is anything but >>> neutral. It does not take bravery to be neutral but rather cowardice. . >>> Those wanting to profit from war while hiding. . >>> >>> I do not like .. i have seen the harm it does and there is no >>> neutrality. >>> >>> 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 10:50 PM >>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? >>> >>> 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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