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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:29 AM Original message |
The people of the Earth CANNOT live together in peace... |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. once we are all networked brain to brain, and are a a borg-like superorganism |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yeah, but no free will at all and no art |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. ...and that is the purpose of a 'work-around', not a final solution...but better than nothing. n/t |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Roger that. I can't understand those who don't see we BUILD ON the work done |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. yeah I know. But I suck at art, and free will just makes me wonder where to go for lunch |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. LOL I hear ya |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. hooray for cyborg arms!!!!!!! |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Do we get the cool eyepiece? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. no. I get that. But since you'll be one with my brain, it'll be like you having it too. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. And peace is antithetical to capitalism. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
73. War for profit predates capitalism by just about forever. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. Klaatu barada nikto |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. NO WE CAN'T, IT'S HOPELESS! |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. that's merely apathy. n/t |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Indeed, we should really |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. 'Mother Nature' responds as predicted! lol n/t |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Shut up and hold still while I zero in my drones |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. People can. It's their greedy leaders that can't. n/t |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. And the leaders come from where? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Some leaders take power against the will of the people like Bush/Cheney |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I'm sure Bush/Cheney have not been responsiblr for all of the wars |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
65. People elected Idi Amin? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. I started to write a long, uplifting reply but what's the point. |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Actually no it is not... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Ah, the joy of lowered expectations. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. There IS a difference between low expectations and REALISTIC expectations |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. He who mocks those who strive for the stars |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. Striving for the stars is fine |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Actually, what I read the OP saying is 'forget the stars - lets make these |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. So, lowering your expectations to the point where they're already met? (nt) |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
68. so are we to conclude that you regard the killing of dr. tiller as a manifestation |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Nope and yep |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, we can. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. We can try. That's what being a progressive is all about: trying to make a better future. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe we can TRY living together without soul-crushing, heartless and amoral CAPITALISM |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
63. i don't get the capitalism usage |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Humans function best in small groups. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. The Parable Of The Tribes |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. hell, the people on DU cannot live together in peace... |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I was trying to avoid using that! lol |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. If only every person on earth could own a gun all violence would end. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. Not only will there be no peace, but there will be itching. In DROVES! |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. Stephen Pinker has an opposing, and more optimistic, view on this. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Ah |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. I prefer a "work-through" to a "work-around." |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. it is the grown tree that bears fruit and we're not there yet. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. So what is wrong with trying? |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Thank you. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't believe in Utopias. |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. i have to agree |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wouldn't say can't, I'd say won't |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? Joan Baez |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Well said. nt |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. They have to learn to kill EFFICIENTLY! .... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. You claim it's their nature. She disagrees and so do I. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. So why do so many soldiers suffer from delayed-stress syndrome if killing is so natural |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. And when they come back from wars most resume living in peace |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Exactly. There is no "natural" instinct to kill. If there were, there wouldn't be 6bn of us. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. Biology does not lie, but our interpretation of it is frequently wrong. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Speaking of "Trite Old Adages," |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. YES....WE CAN......Peace will solve ALL of our problems....we need only to try.. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. we are also "hard-wired" for peace |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. True, except it is ONLY for... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. there is a wonderful story related by the Iroquois |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. Julie Christie and Omar in Dr Zhavago...time out for Peace |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. I think we could have evolved beyond our biological instincts |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Who pushed your buttons? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sure we can...once aliens land we'll band together to kill them. haaha |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. That may have been the one thing Reagan was actually right about. |
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Qot (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
66. This is what the Bible Thumpers believe |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
69. Somebody had to say it. Thanks, Badgerman. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
70. So, you failed Biology? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
71. Actually, I think our brains need to DEvolve a bit |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
72. And humans cannot fly... |
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