A few rhyming lines that came to mind after hearing about OBL's killing.
On the death of a terroristy
No glory in slaying a monster you made
No joy! The debt of injustice must be paid!
What justice and honor and values you state?
Feed anger with hate, but will hatred abate?
Why celebrate? Why
apparently this isn't even by MLK in the first place.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/out-of-osamas-death-a-fake-quotation-is-born/238220/
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On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Nicholas Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
I mourn the loss of thousands of precious
, May 04, 2011 1:01 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] off topic., but still
apparently this isn't even by MLK in the first place.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/out-of-osamas-death-a-fa
ke-quotation-is-born/238220
Hi Doug ,
Would you say the same for Gadaffi's grandchildren too ?
Sarbajit Roy
अयं निज: परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् ।
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥
He is mine and he is other, is the thought that narrow minded people have.
For noble people, the entire world is family.
On Tue, May 3,
I started thinking about writing a toy model after this article was
referenced in another forum:
http://www.economist.com/node/18563638
I've always viewed the initiative process a bit suspiciously. It's not
that I don't trust myself or the other yahoos on the street... but I do
believe in
No, of course not Sarbajit. The death of children is just one of the many
horrors that result from religious and cultural confrontation.
And we are all to blame for having allowed to let it continue since the
beginning of recorded history.
--Doug
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:23 AM, Sarbajit Roy
Nick -
Still, me being supposedly a scholar, and all, makes it a bit rough.
So, I guess I */am/* embarrassed. Sorry!
It was all I could do to not smart-assedly claim you had sucker-punched
us with that quote. But on followup of the (mis)quote, the mangling
was minimal... the spirit was
In my case, I believe perhaps 10% of what I see/hear. And demand proof for
that.
Not, mind you, that I'm particularly intelligent/educated...
--Doug
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com wrote:
I'm curious how many of the educated, intelligent people on this list
Glen, et alii -
I have listened to the chatter on this mail list for years now and with
only a few exceptions, we don't seem to put our models where our mouth
is. We are all here ostensibly because we know something about
Complexity and Modeling, or at least that we are Complexity Groupies
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It's a good ramble. But to be clear, modeling and simulation (MS) is
not about, nor has it ever been about, finding a better model.
Perhaps that's arrogant on my part. How about MS has never been about
finding a better _anything_ for me.
MS is
Apparently the quote is an appended version of a passage that appeared in
MLK's book _Strength to Love_:
http://books.google.com/books?id=errxX4tzSMcCpg=PA53#v=onepageqf=false
How it joined the first sentence is not clear. A facebook post has been
credited:
I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in
the death of one, not even an enemy.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night
already devoid of stars.
~ Martin Luther King
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of
The world's a better place without him.
~Doug Roberts
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Nicholas Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in
the death of one, not even an enemy.
Returning hate for hate multiplies
For the record, and the millions who will read the FRIAM archives in the next
centuries, of course Doug is referring to the death of bin Laden, and not
saying that the world is a better place without MLK. Amazing to see the
collective conscious at work in that mini exchange. Of course, one
Until appears other man as angry as him
Alfredo.
2011/5/3 Douglas Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net
The world's a better place without him.
~Doug Roberts
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Nicholas Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives,
Look at the bright side, Owen: the probability just increased significantly
that many, many more bigots will find themselves removed from the equation.
I can just hear it now: choruses of Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching
as to War!
Offset, of course, by equally stirring refrains of الله
Reality check. In Manhattan security has been ramped up seriously in
anticipation of a possible retaliatory move by whatever fragment of al
Qaeda thinks the guy deserves to be avenged. Police and dogs were
thick in the Times Square subway station at midday.
Pamela
On May 3, 2011, at 2:04
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Does anyone know of any substantial/credible groups working explicitly
on methods for the peaceful evolution of governing systems? With a
naive brush, one would think modern democratic nations would have plenty
of shareable expertise in that domain.
Glen -
very (VERY) good question.
I fear that there is not an obvious market. That is not to say there
is no value, it is (perhaps) hard to translate that into the market in
terms of political or economic capital. I think there is huge
(potential) social capital available, but how to
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