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- Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:04 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Is This a Religion?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 16939
- Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:54 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Is This a Religion?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 16939
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Is This a Religion?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 16939
- Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:39 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Is This a Religion?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 16939
Is This a Religion?
Ok...this is an attempt to get a simple answer to a rather complex question, but I am really just looking for some kind of consensus of the folks who haunt these halls to the following question... Strictly speaking , could you look at the following list of items and call it a religion? Integration o...
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
1. it is outside of science. 2. it is a paradigm shift (From: an eye for an eye. To: turn the other cheek. Prior to that, there was collective punishment. An eye for an eye was more proportional, and an increase in the level of mercy). -Steve I'll mull this over, but I do have a couple of quick rea...
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:05 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: General Crosstalk - A Spot for the Odd Comment
- Replies: 1992
- Views: 306094
My thoughts on Columbus Day align with Mr. Zinn... The Indians, Columbus reported, "are so naive and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed them would believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone...." ...
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:57 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
The whole edifice is built on buying/selling/making a profit. Can we break this cycle? -nandu I can only see things changing how they typically do...as a result of a catastrophic awakening, which is always followed by a bloody "it's your fault" war or two. We seek to demonize externals...like "Star...
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:26 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: General Crosstalk - A Spot for the Odd Comment
- Replies: 1992
- Views: 306094
Thanks James, I did not think it was too likely that you were taking a pro-war stance, but I wanted the clarification. Nations are going to act in their own interests and consensus is the illusion of agreement among parties looking to share the spoils of war. As I see it, when these things are going...
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:53 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: General Crosstalk - A Spot for the Odd Comment
- Replies: 1992
- Views: 306094
- Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:21 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
- Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:25 am
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
I guess the guy was not totally out to lunch...From the wiki link: Malthus, writing in the 1780s, can be faulted not for being "wrong," but for not anticipating the discovery of a finite supply of carbon-based energy that would stave off for two centuries the dynamic he outlined. Without this subsid...
- Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:32 pm
- Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
- Topic: Economics
- Replies: 243
- Views: 38719
Can we redefine profit as getting the maximum out of natural resources in a sustainable way, and doing the least damage? -nandu I was more wondering aloud, than responding, but I will go a bit further since you pushed a bit harder. The simple answer is yes. That's the thing about definitions, they ...