Please have a look at some of the experiments done on co-operation in primates and humans, they can both learn to co-operate to overcome things that are not achievable singly, but only humans (small children about 4 Y.o.) would correct imbalances in the rewards. Our cave dwelling ancestors would keep disabled and injured members alive, the examples go on. Or are you going to argue that this behavior is obviously the result of religion?
Tossing a large vocabulary around doesn't make your statements more valid, in fact post-modern fussing over the "meaning" of words is about as worthless a skill as Western civilization has ever created.. Western morality is derived from religion, but the tenets of religion were set down in almost every culture in a manner which promoted civilization. Civilization which recognized the need for stability,and also required some sort of authority to promote it, found religion to be a wonderful tool for promoting co-operation, peace, and docility, and it also worked really well as a banner to unite people in times of belligerence.
Using religion as a basis for morality is entirely different than basing your worthiness as a leader on your ability to remember and interpret dogma. A theocracy means those who lead are the eminent scholars or priests of the state/official religion, instead of people who have other, more pragmatic abilities or reasons for leading a country.
Using Taoism is also a pretty disingenuous example, considering that it's as much a philosophy as religion.. quite similar to Buddhism in fact, which certainly didn't do too well by the inhabitants of Tibet..
He's a sad little man, and instead of looking inwards (and being disgusted) he finds easy targets and does a bit of transference.. that or he's a troll.
Exactly, and as they've spent the last 30 years demonizing poor and often colored folks as lazy drug users and career criminals (using the exact same mechanisms the national socialists did to undesirables in Germany), nobody will say much, probably.
Hell, in Italy, people from the Marche region used to collect taxes for the Vatican, so there's a phrase that's still around today.. "better a dead man in the house than a Marchigiano outside the door".
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You're getting some damn good weed where you live..
If the commies got hold of afghanistan, who'd say what other countries they'd take over, pulling a nationalize the oil industries..
Are you really incapable of making that sort of connection?
Not surprisingly, a good percentage of that was due to horrible sanitary conditions.
Good job following it with a much more concise fact and content free post.
Gold has a lot of industrial uses, I could see it being worth bringing back.. maybe I'm wrong though.
You call a completely disorganized protest movement professional astroturfing, while saying "ignore the Koches behind the curtain"?
You've given me a completely new definition for spin, and it isn't positive.
Re Where the gene for compassion is?
Please have a look at some of the experiments done on co-operation in primates and humans, they can both learn to co-operate to overcome things that are not achievable singly, but only humans (small children about 4 Y.o.) would correct imbalances in the rewards. Our cave dwelling ancestors would keep disabled and injured members alive, the examples go on. Or are you going to argue that this behavior is obviously the result of religion?
In the end it was oil interests and the CIA under Reagan who created that beast..
Grocery store.. run by a grocer?
Tossing a large vocabulary around doesn't make your statements more valid, in fact post-modern fussing over the "meaning" of words is about as worthless a skill as Western civilization has ever created.. Western morality is derived from religion, but the tenets of religion were set down in almost every culture in a manner which promoted civilization. Civilization which recognized the need for stability,and also required some sort of authority to promote it, found religion to be a wonderful tool for promoting co-operation, peace, and docility, and it also worked really well as a banner to unite people in times of belligerence.
Using religion as a basis for morality is entirely different than basing your worthiness as a leader on your ability to remember and interpret dogma. A theocracy means those who lead are the eminent scholars or priests of the state/official religion, instead of people who have other, more pragmatic abilities or reasons for leading a country.
Using Taoism is also a pretty disingenuous example, considering that it's as much a philosophy as religion.. quite similar to Buddhism in fact, which certainly didn't do too well by the inhabitants of Tibet..
Well if it's anything like a Welshman and a Sheep, then it would be a crowbar.
He's a sad little man, and instead of looking inwards (and being disgusted) he finds easy targets and does a bit of transference.. that or he's a troll.
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Any other dumb questions?
Get the HTC One and be quiet then..
Exactly, and as they've spent the last 30 years demonizing poor and often colored folks as lazy drug users and career criminals (using the exact same mechanisms the national socialists did to undesirables in Germany), nobody will say much, probably.
What kind of retarded question is that?
How is that the BBC's fault?
Actually, Noir by KW Jeter deals with that theme, though it's more the infringing of copyright that the merits death.
Hell, in Italy, people from the Marche region used to collect taxes for the Vatican, so there's a phrase that's still around today.. "better a dead man in the house than a Marchigiano outside the door".
Yoshinori Matsunobu.
https://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2013/users/yoshinori-matsunobu
Among his Former jobs: "Yoshinori worked at MySQL/Sun/Oracle as a lead consultant in APAC for four years"
I'd say that really depends on you definition of populace.. because there are more than a few uprisings which could fit that definition, IMHO..
Let me start off my reply by restraining my natural urge to tell you to stick your privatization trumpet up your ass sideways.
Then explain to me how Train prices continue to rise, while we are "still pouring huge amounts of money into them as taxpayers" ?
If privatization meant an end to subsidies, and an end to monopolies, and an end to price gouging and fixing.. sure.
None of it has. We just give the profits to private entities.
Taking their houses, land and natural resources with them?
Didn't think so.
You will enjoy eating veggies more than eating your neighbors, probably..
Sight, unless this is a symptom of your Alzheimer's, then please accept my apologies.