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Re: Sanctions (was: Libertarian Propaganda)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2001 04:39:04 GMT
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Daniel Jassim wrote:
> Everything that has ever happened or will ever happen with mankind has taken
> place on this tiny, blue world. Since we all must share this one small world
> for the next billion years,
Where do you get this ridiculous notion from? Are you SERIOUSLY going to tell me you
think we'll never get off this planet in the next billion years?
I suppose you believe we haven't really been to the moon already?
> why not make it better, greener, cleaner, safer
> and more sustainable for all? I realize that competition is a driving force
> in nature and helps life flourish. But doesn't cooperation have an equal, if
> not more valuable, effect on our progress? So, how specifically we achieve
> this I cannot decide at this moment, but I can speculate it beginning
> through education. The next generation (all children around the world) must
> have a multicultural appreciation and earth-friendly skills. It's more of a
> revolution of thought at the grass roots level, in my opinion. Like any
> idea, it's lots of small steps leading to bigger steps and so on. I think
> erasing poverty would hasten progress but that goal is at the mercy of those
> who control all the money and power, Americans or otherwise.
That isn't going to do SPIT if we keep growing the population. Population growth
control has to be part of the core of any "fix".
--
Tom Stangl
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| (...) Ridiculous? What gives with the insults, Tom? Have I done something wrong to you? Mind your tone and read it again. "Everything that has ever happened or will ever happen with mankind" as in everything we do begins here on this planet. This is (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yes, I would agree because "willing" is the operative here. But I'm talking about "having to" situations, where prices are dictated by a dominating power rather than made by mutual, good faith agreements. I'm talking about dirty trade (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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