Recent content by Petrel

Whose idea was NATO in the first place? What is its purpose? Whom does it serve? What would happen if it were allowed to lapse?

Who thinks it's a good idea to have people of vastly different economic circumstances live in the same building? Or on the same street? Having separate entrances is the very least thing wrong with this whole utterly artificial and unworkable scheme.

It might also possible to ignore the labels stuck on arbitrarily by we know-not-whom and look at each situation. Is a place/government/event shitty? By what standards? What's shitty about it? Has it any redeeming features? How did it get that way? Who is in charge? Who is behind the guy in...

http://healthyliving.msn.com/blogs/daily-apple-blog-post?post=0a972686-a8a6-4081-b020-c5c12c72cc34 http://www.medicaldaily.com/86-holy-water-teeming-e-coli-and-other-bacteria-found-fecal-matter-256863 Refer them to these sites, plus a dozen more.

I was there. My misconceptions were acquired though direct experience. Huh? In many ways, I'm sure. but not this one. Which hypothesis? That dictatorship is brought about through violence? That applies in both situations. These were not natural evolutions of democratic process; they were...

There was nothing funny about either dictatorship. A lot of people died so that a few could have power and money and revenge and secret plots and ... whatever they desired. Sociopathy, not socialism. Socialism grows out of co-operation; dictatorship results from violence. Easier than learning...

So.... not really about cats then? Okay, I imagine the difference wouldn't be that any one species is more genetically malleable than another, but rather that the gene pool from which the modern species originated was different - bigger, more varied, longer established, more stable...

Or it means that what the East Germans were exposed to wasn't socialism, but a foreign occupation following a lost war, which left behind immense damage and loss of productivity, and the rulers imposed on - not elected by - them was discriminative, incompetent, brutal and dishonest, so that the...

If we assume that dogs have been associating with humans since nomadic times and cats only became domesticated after agricultural settlement, that's true. On the other hand, human were not breeding or even selecting their dogs until they were settled, so it's roughly the same period of...

A collection of writings from ancient and authentic to recently forged, edited by a committee of Christian bishops to serve their 4th century agenda.... whatever that was.

How do you discover the side-effects? What does it do to psychology? How free of "pressure" is the society in general, and how can you be sure it's not being applied in any given case? Is there an age limit? Most importantly, how do you prevent religious groups from getting control of it - or...

poor typing skills + quick reply = misunderstanding

Oh, I see. I've misunderstood the rules of posting on this thread. New list: - no armies - no money - no religion - no injustice - no meat-eating - no immortality None of those, except the last, are possible to achieve on this planet, with its present dominant species - so that's okay.

There is nothing to disagree about: you're simply stating your wishes - which happen to be different from mine in some ways and similar in others. I see no need for contention or aggression. Obviously, your wishes are even less practical than mine. When I wanted to provide better housing for...

Neither. I'd want to see their voting record. If they had never held public office before, I'd want to see their work record. If they'd never done real work, I certainly wouldn't elect them to a position of making decisions on behalf of working people.