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Lol.  But the “post-modern neo-marxists” don’t do themselves any favours by acting crazy.  Some of their ideas, like Western society being institutionally racist, and intersectionality, are just starting to filter through to me, after having been put off the whole thing for so long.  On the other hand, I can’t help thinking that identity po…[Read more]

Yes, we have witnessed these scenarios play out time and time again. As the dictator tRump has stated” I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody”.

The first part on dictatorships reminded me of the Iraqi Purges in 1979 by Saddam Hussein when he removed 66 “keys” in one afternoon.

So good so far.

Like so many many many times. A star trek episode sums up many philosophical ideas better than most philosophy books do

This line has stuck with me over the years.

“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” ~ Gandalf (J. R. R. Tolkein ~ The Hobbit)”

A sim…[Read more]

Unseen, I’m still curious what your answer is.

What do you all think?

Like so many many many times. A star trek episode sums up many philosophical ideas better than most philosophy books do. In an episode of DS9, in a future where Earth is a paradise and a strong Federation reigns, they are invaded by a dominion and humans become somewhat ugly in the war. Quark says:

Let me tell you something…

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Davis wrote:

pull their legs off one at a time

Well, if you really want them to suffer just pump a trillion tons of carbon dioxide into their atmosphere and they can “global warming” to death over a century or so.

Yeah, I was gonna say we are actually doing this to all the earth’s creatures now. Is the prime directive continuation of our spe…[Read more]

1. No

and

2. No

that not evolving is bad somehow

That’s not what I meant at all. I included that because for many people, they would be MORE likely to not eradicate some simple life forms if they were eventually to become conscious sentient beings capable of all the wonders and creative abilities and emotion and experiences that we have. The point wasn’t to…[Read more]

pull their legs off one at a time

Well, if you really want them to suffer just pump a trillion tons of carbon dioxide into their atmosphere and they can “global warming” to death over a century or so.

Davis wrote:
this life form will never evolve into anything more (they’ve been like that for billions of years and have no capacity for genetic change or any other mechanism?).

We need to discuss an unstated assumption in your arguments, which s that not evolving is bad somehow. Maybe not evolving further (they must have evolved somehow into t…[Read more]

As for number 1, kill them all. pull their legs off one at a time, use flame throwers and RAID bombs. Take their coal, drill for their oil baby, drill, drill, drill.

Actually unless us humanoids need their resources for our very survival we have no right to destroy their world. However……if we need these resources in a dire way; the first…[Read more]