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Short memories get us into a lot of trouble.
They make us forget the lessons of the past, both the big picture and the the little picture. Repeating past mistakes and refusing to remember the hard lessons creates much of the world's turmoil. Sadly, I can't foresee this changing in my lifetime, if ever.
posted by
notapoet
on August 27, 2007 at 9:52 PM
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A-and-B - when someone uses encantations or voodoo curses to make a point
of any kind, they have the mentality of a gerbil.
The best method of dealing with them is to completely marginalize them. Any response is an acknowledgement of legitmacy towards something that is nothing more than a collection of meaningless words.
posted by
gomedome
on August 27, 2007 at 9:21 PM
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notapoet - it's pretty hard to make a case for these being the worst of
times when a broader view is taken.
It is true that we are coming to the end of an era of prosperity unprecedented in modern times but things still aren't that bad. It is time to take inventory, to realize that our economic decline globally was not only inevitable, it is manageable. This economic decline has wrought a very subtle but prevailing depression on the collective psyche of our societies. That is the problem with people's memories, they are short, now that the great depression generation has all but left us and we have lost most of the WWII generation, people have the audacity to think that we live in tough times.
posted by
gomedome
on August 27, 2007 at 9:17 PM
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You know what you can do if you wish to pursue this case. You're right about the possible source. Only bloggers here can read the full posts and the directory link.
posted by
A-and-B
on August 27, 2007 at 3:01 PM
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I agree.
I can't help but think about the adult Sunday School class that shouted me down in the mid-nineties for daring to suggest we were not in the worst time in the history of the world. None of them wanted to hear about WWII and mass exterminations. I wonder what that class thinks about 9-11, Iraq, and impending religious war?
posted by
notapoet
on August 27, 2007 at 2:55 PM
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notapoet - it's good to hear from you again
There really is something to be concerned about when so many people on this planet have entrenched themselves into denominational divisions that are premised upon irrational religious beliefs. The modern era seems to be passing these people by. Half of them want to turn the clock back to primitive times while the other half wants to forcibly convert everyone else. It does not bode well for normal people.
posted by
gomedome
on August 27, 2007 at 1:34 PM
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A-and-B - I'm not 100% sure but I think it came from this site
As you know this is the only place that I express my religious opinion. I may be assuming too much but the only trouble I have had online outside of spammers, is from a handful of religious nutcases that have come from Blogit.
posted by
gomedome
on August 27, 2007 at 1:30 PM
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Voodoo curses? Unreal.
I guess somebody got their poor little toes stepped on and thought they were striking back. Or it could just nut cases striking out at any likely (to them) target. I haven't stopped by for a while, for which I apologize. Had a ball catching up on your recent posts. We don't always agree straight down the line, but we sure do on views about the infallibility of the Bible, most organized religions, and "Christian" (what a misnomer) fundamentalists. I don't know which scare me more, the fundies or the hard line Middle East Muslim fanatics.
posted by
notapoet
on August 27, 2007 at 6:52 AM
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The innocence of the hillibillies.
That was a poor scare tactic.
posted by
A-and-B
on August 27, 2007 at 2:59 AM
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