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Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
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Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:33:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Yet it's clear to me that the world is a safer and freer place now that the
US won the cold war (for the benefit of all), than it was back then.

Disagree. I do not believe in the one peace -- not the Pax Romanus, nor the
Pax Americana.

Ever play "King of the Hill" -- where one person stands atop a rock or a
small dirt mound and everyone else tries to forcibly remove the king from
his position of dominance?  We are now King of the Hill -- the singular
tempting target.

Peace is maintained through balance and relationship, not the exertions of a
singular power.

Larry, would it be easier to keep your wife as a slave -- or is it more
beneficial (for a variety of reasons) to maintain a relationship to her as
your more or less equal partner?  I speak not of perfect equality, but a
rough enough approximation of equality to keep everyone involved comfortable
with the relationship.

-- Hop-Frog



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  Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
 
(...) Ever play "King of the Hill" with a *really* big guy (an adult)? The adult *stays* king and all of the little guys have fun trying to topple him. He may feign that he is almost fallen, but that, too, is part of the game. The end result is that (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
 
I'm sort of not following you here, Chris. (...) I don't know if we *have* but some think we *can*...see (URL) gives a link making the argument that working to overthrow tyrants is useful. Again, I'm not sure I agree with that writer's view. Do you? (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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