At least it wasn't a whole personality stencil! Off to the doctor for some brain coolant here.
On Wednesday, 1 April 2015 08:37:28 UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Cut and copy. I wrote it and was way off topic.. > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: archytas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 9:25 AM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? > > If you wrote this thread post, who did the duplicate? Or have you become > your own alter? > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 7:17:29 AM UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Have been called far worse. > I actually wrote out the rules years ago so I could write poetry. . Also > how to break them.. then it became easy.. never could figure out the > guidelines for other formats of poetry.. > But it is both easy and fun to write. > > Poetry > With lines of three > Middle longer > > Bending > To fit language > Needs > > Ideas > Ever expanding > Thoughts > > Minimum > One set of three > Growing > > Occasionally > Fourth line added > Emphasis > > Variable > Fitting mood > Variable > > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: archytas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 7:17 AM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? > > OK Al - you're are a dorf then! Actually, I quite like the shit - I mean > 'gems' - and will continue to say so as long as you control the trapdoors > on this airship! > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 3:46:48 AM UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Officially it is called dorphian poetry an ancient may made up word > meaning looking around. > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: archytas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 4:09 AM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? > > We would have made an exception in your case Molly, despite the Vogon > poetry you encourage in Allan. Wouldn't that be fuckin with ya'll? Just > ya sounds like German brevity. > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 1:31:58 AM UTC+1, Molly wrote: > > Nah, I'm just fuckin with ya. > > On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 8:29:51 PM UTC-4, Molly wrote: > > I'm a vegan. > > On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 7:45:33 PM UTC-4, archytas wrote: > > Nah! They don't meet the general humanity features for species inclusion. > > > On Tuesday, 31 March 2015 22:40:49 UTC+1, Chris Jenkins wrote: > > Hmmm...vegans? > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:55 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Consider it done Chris. We have some room on the evil list too. Any > suggestions? > > > On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 5:33:28 PM UTC+1, Chris Jenkins wrote: > > A week in Clearwater is a prize, not a punishment! I humbly request to be > placed back on the weird list, though. > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 6:11 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've removed you from my weird list Chris, moving you to 'modern > iconoclast' with an 'invite to parties' star. The only higher plane is > 'brings more beer than she drinks and brings a sister not an alter'. I > shall have one of the group imps admonish the Heretic for his error. The > normal sanction would be a week in Clearwater, but he is a repeat offender > and may need two weeks or the full half-hour tour of Bolton architecture. > > > On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 7:02:52 PM UTC+1, Chris Jenkins wrote: > > It's also accurate. ;) > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry. I was informed of my error in the time line.. you were in charged > when joined ME.. the weird fellow was meant as humorous. . > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> > To: Minds-Eye <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: War, good god y'all, what is it good for? > > 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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