We aren't at war with Pakistan. If we annihilated those Paki vermin and sold the rubble and ashes to India, we might achieve complete victory within our lifetimes. However, that might be a losing strategy from the PR standpoint.
Our marines and soldiers are doing good work with their whack a mole, but what the hell happens when they leave? All the maggots/cockroaches slink across the Paki border and crawl from their holes within Helmand province.
its very easy to subscribe to ideology that is constantly being recycled and force fed to others habitually. its the same with religion. if there is a deviation of thought from that of what the majority consensus believes is true or makes the most sense to them for some reason, the deviate is instantly ostracized and dismissed. i suppose its apropos for humanity and the grand scheme of things, but it really puts the brakes on forward thinking. it irks me tremendously! lol!
as far as mentality goes...i intend to blog about this; however, ive done extensive work with pervasive "delays" and spectrum "disorders", like autism. i have a theory that surrounds these conditions and again, because they deviate from the norm, they are considered as malignancies. i find the level of focus and the extensive higher level of one track thoughts
in some of the individuals with such diagnosis, may perhaps be an evolutionary occurrence that has yet to develop in its entirety, it leads me to believe our level of function has yet to reach capacity. i dont have the time to elaborate at the moment, but i will soon...;)
i'm in the process of ul'ing the four horsemen, an excellent talk put together by dawkins, p11 discusses some of what weve touched on...dawkins theories go much deeper than his verboseness and religion. the selfish gene is a fine example of how much deeper. i think fundamentally, the basis of religion is conceptually a means of control. its stigmatization as such is ever growing and i believe it is for good reason. as we evolve and acclimate mentally, the realization that the foundation
of religion and the many facets of fear of the unknown that it is based upon, regardless of which theme it is portrayed in; is becoming more and more inherent. this notion, in and of itself leads me to believe that religion and fear of a god or higher being, is abused as a tool to manipulate the lesser minded.
yes, yes, yes...kaku is getting out of control and greene will follow in his footsteps with notoriety. i'm intrigued by the thoughts they compel, however i'm finding more and more that there is too much focus on dispelling each others theories vs. working together to come to that "final conclusion". quantifying the theory of everything has become almost a religion in and of itself. it's amazing to me how the sheep follow and the shepherds twist their staff to conform to almost...cont.
a one track theme. we have yet to develop the technology or the inter-cranial synapses to fully embrace, absorb, and digest the universe and its origins. to continue to speculate in one direction is arrogant considering the age of the universe and our minute existence in comparison.
i have french roots maternally, they are a belligerent ppl by nature, lmao! thats one blanketed statement i will make, hehe! aside from that, i was in practice with a group of md's from south africa. all of them jewish, which was extremely uncanny to me at the time..french jews?? wtf!? anyway, there is indeed an arrogant cultural air they exude regardless of their religion. it is a part of why i moved on to bigger/better pursuits. the males were obstinate cock suckers and treated women poorly.
i was agnostic, then came kaku and other physicists as well as dawkins, hitchens, harris etc. the science of nature is astounding and the root of religion, though manufactured by man and well intentioned as a means to keep order, has been so severely bastardized that its divisive and impedes greatly on civility. it detracts and retards the enlightenment of man kind in general. if not reigned in and abolished, it will undoubtedly destroy the human race before any asteroid blasting into us can.
in spite of the comments on the bobby jindal video, i dont consider myself a bigot either. i registered as a republican to vote at 18 and that was post reagan, my views were immature and skewed by upbringing. i'm as anglo as you can get and truly feel the politics of america, as with the rest of the world, are deeply afflicted by religion and driven by a monetary agenda that most can not wrap their minds around and would prefer to bury their heads and let others worry about it.
hi sweetie, i'm really happy to discuss this with you! i love a totally different perspective!! one that is outside of the proverbial western box. i agree about fareed as well. he his very bright and collectively, every interview of his is well thought out and delivered exceptionally. i champion him and his efforts to blur the lines and draw ppl of diversity together. that DL hughly on the other hand, he is a tit. lol!
no offense taken, i just really wanted to know why you felt that way. ;)
i agree about the french, theyre only good for their croissants and fois gras, hehehe! but srsly, his views are narrow minded, i agree with that. i dont know if they are racist, i would think they stem more out of cultural ignorance and an unwillingness to understand....
lol! well...i dont really believe in making such blanketed statements about or labeling individuals. ive followed hitchens for quite sometime and though crass and caustically spry, i dont find all of his views unreasonable. i like to take in discussions like this and use the pov's to form my own opinions and conclusions. being biased against panel members would make that a difficult task. ppl need to be more open minded and accepting vs. shutting out discourse they dont agree with.
that is a large part of why i find fareed and the panel interesting. so many conflicting pov's....being raised in the western world and brain washed by roman catholicism and scare/fear political tactics has really hindered my knowledge and understanding of the situation.
again, i really appreciate your expanding on your statement.
Funny how Fareed brings back old clichés: both BHL and CH are 68ters whose critique of dogmatic Marxism lead them to the critique of all dogma as source of totalitarianism.
Tariq Ali and many others on the left never managed to get that right immersing in orthodox rehashing of always the same idea: it's the US fault.
"eyesofjustice" above talking about "the white man" is even more deluded to the extent of racism.
Also: the US is probably the most cross-cultural country on the planet.
@Melvin6566842 The US is cross-cultural, but still, how much of the minority and the majority communities actually mingle? The reality is that there's still a non-enforced segregation in most of the US, and it's only in the big liberal cities where true multiculturalism exists. And this has only come about because of the liberalism that you so deride. It is liberal Americans willing to lose their arrogance and being tolerant are who make this country "the most cross-cultural on the planet".
@adi87tya Exactly. I interacted with Jews, Pakistanis, Kuwaitis, Saudis, Africans, etc but my friends were all white dudes with Christian or atheistic beliefs. I'm white and agnostic. What the fuck was the government supposed to do to make me interact with "diverse" people more? It's a bloody bonanza of diversity and bullshit. If I had had my druthers, I would have attended a technical institute that only accepted white men (including Jews of course). Instead, I had to take crap for being me.
@MinisterAilingTongue l don't think you should take crap for being who you are. IMO this non-enforced segregation is the case for a lot of America. However, I don't think it's the government's job to make people mingle -- it's more the job of the social media and things like film and so on to spread awareness and reinforce the fact that deep down we're all human beings.
@MinisterAilingTongue Also, since you have the fundamental right to be who you are and be proud of who you are, you also have a fundamental responsibility as a citizen to be fair to others and not be hateful to them or incite violence. I do believe there should be a "Bill of Duties" if there isn't already one. One of those duties should be to use your freedom of speech wisely. Otherwise, you don't deserve it.
The question is not, "Can WE live with radical Islam?"
The question is "Can radical Islam live with US?"
SourcesAreEverything 7 months ago
We aren't at war with Pakistan. If we annihilated those Paki vermin and sold the rubble and ashes to India, we might achieve complete victory within our lifetimes. However, that might be a losing strategy from the PR standpoint.
Our marines and soldiers are doing good work with their whack a mole, but what the hell happens when they leave? All the maggots/cockroaches slink across the Paki border and crawl from their holes within Helmand province.
MinisterAilingTongue 8 months ago
finally hitch goes on a forum where people at his intellectual level can debate him and defeat him
adi87tya 1 year ago
BHL is a freaking zionist
Proposalx 2 years ago
is the program censured, or is it just glitches? thx for the upload
Zeefooo 3 years ago
a codec glitch, i'm trying a new program so hopefully the next UL will be smoother. ;)
mephifc 3 years ago
its very easy to subscribe to ideology that is constantly being recycled and force fed to others habitually. its the same with religion. if there is a deviation of thought from that of what the majority consensus believes is true or makes the most sense to them for some reason, the deviate is instantly ostracized and dismissed. i suppose its apropos for humanity and the grand scheme of things, but it really puts the brakes on forward thinking. it irks me tremendously! lol!
mephifc 3 years ago
as far as mentality goes...i intend to blog about this; however, ive done extensive work with pervasive "delays" and spectrum "disorders", like autism. i have a theory that surrounds these conditions and again, because they deviate from the norm, they are considered as malignancies. i find the level of focus and the extensive higher level of one track thoughts
mephifc 3 years ago
in some of the individuals with such diagnosis, may perhaps be an evolutionary occurrence that has yet to develop in its entirety, it leads me to believe our level of function has yet to reach capacity. i dont have the time to elaborate at the moment, but i will soon...;)
mephifc 3 years ago
i'm in the process of ul'ing the four horsemen, an excellent talk put together by dawkins, p11 discusses some of what weve touched on...dawkins theories go much deeper than his verboseness and religion. the selfish gene is a fine example of how much deeper. i think fundamentally, the basis of religion is conceptually a means of control. its stigmatization as such is ever growing and i believe it is for good reason. as we evolve and acclimate mentally, the realization that the foundation
mephifc 3 years ago
of religion and the many facets of fear of the unknown that it is based upon, regardless of which theme it is portrayed in; is becoming more and more inherent. this notion, in and of itself leads me to believe that religion and fear of a god or higher being, is abused as a tool to manipulate the lesser minded.
mephifc 3 years ago
yes, yes, yes...kaku is getting out of control and greene will follow in his footsteps with notoriety. i'm intrigued by the thoughts they compel, however i'm finding more and more that there is too much focus on dispelling each others theories vs. working together to come to that "final conclusion". quantifying the theory of everything has become almost a religion in and of itself. it's amazing to me how the sheep follow and the shepherds twist their staff to conform to almost...cont.
mephifc 3 years ago
a one track theme. we have yet to develop the technology or the inter-cranial synapses to fully embrace, absorb, and digest the universe and its origins. to continue to speculate in one direction is arrogant considering the age of the universe and our minute existence in comparison.
mephifc 3 years ago
i have french roots maternally, they are a belligerent ppl by nature, lmao! thats one blanketed statement i will make, hehe! aside from that, i was in practice with a group of md's from south africa. all of them jewish, which was extremely uncanny to me at the time..french jews?? wtf!? anyway, there is indeed an arrogant cultural air they exude regardless of their religion. it is a part of why i moved on to bigger/better pursuits. the males were obstinate cock suckers and treated women poorly.
mephifc 3 years ago
i was agnostic, then came kaku and other physicists as well as dawkins, hitchens, harris etc. the science of nature is astounding and the root of religion, though manufactured by man and well intentioned as a means to keep order, has been so severely bastardized that its divisive and impedes greatly on civility. it detracts and retards the enlightenment of man kind in general. if not reigned in and abolished, it will undoubtedly destroy the human race before any asteroid blasting into us can.
mephifc 3 years ago
in spite of the comments on the bobby jindal video, i dont consider myself a bigot either. i registered as a republican to vote at 18 and that was post reagan, my views were immature and skewed by upbringing. i'm as anglo as you can get and truly feel the politics of america, as with the rest of the world, are deeply afflicted by religion and driven by a monetary agenda that most can not wrap their minds around and would prefer to bury their heads and let others worry about it.
mephifc 3 years ago
hi sweetie, i'm really happy to discuss this with you! i love a totally different perspective!! one that is outside of the proverbial western box. i agree about fareed as well. he his very bright and collectively, every interview of his is well thought out and delivered exceptionally. i champion him and his efforts to blur the lines and draw ppl of diversity together. that DL hughly on the other hand, he is a tit. lol!
no offense taken, i just really wanted to know why you felt that way. ;)
mephifc 3 years ago
i agree about the french, theyre only good for their croissants and fois gras, hehehe! but srsly, his views are narrow minded, i agree with that. i dont know if they are racist, i would think they stem more out of cultural ignorance and an unwillingness to understand....
mephifc 3 years ago
lol! well...i dont really believe in making such blanketed statements about or labeling individuals. ive followed hitchens for quite sometime and though crass and caustically spry, i dont find all of his views unreasonable. i like to take in discussions like this and use the pov's to form my own opinions and conclusions. being biased against panel members would make that a difficult task. ppl need to be more open minded and accepting vs. shutting out discourse they dont agree with.
mephifc 3 years ago
that is a large part of why i find fareed and the panel interesting. so many conflicting pov's....being raised in the western world and brain washed by roman catholicism and scare/fear political tactics has really hindered my knowledge and understanding of the situation.
again, i really appreciate your expanding on your statement.
mephifc 3 years ago
great point! thank you very much for elaborating.
mephifc 3 years ago
Funny how Fareed brings back old clichés: both BHL and CH are 68ters whose critique of dogmatic Marxism lead them to the critique of all dogma as source of totalitarianism.
Tariq Ali and many others on the left never managed to get that right immersing in orthodox rehashing of always the same idea: it's the US fault.
"eyesofjustice" above talking about "the white man" is even more deluded to the extent of racism.
Also: the US is probably the most cross-cultural country on the planet.
Melvin6566842 3 years ago 6
@Melvin6566842 The US is cross-cultural, but still, how much of the minority and the majority communities actually mingle? The reality is that there's still a non-enforced segregation in most of the US, and it's only in the big liberal cities where true multiculturalism exists. And this has only come about because of the liberalism that you so deride. It is liberal Americans willing to lose their arrogance and being tolerant are who make this country "the most cross-cultural on the planet".
adi87tya 11 months ago
@adi87tya Exactly. I interacted with Jews, Pakistanis, Kuwaitis, Saudis, Africans, etc but my friends were all white dudes with Christian or atheistic beliefs. I'm white and agnostic. What the fuck was the government supposed to do to make me interact with "diverse" people more? It's a bloody bonanza of diversity and bullshit. If I had had my druthers, I would have attended a technical institute that only accepted white men (including Jews of course). Instead, I had to take crap for being me.
MinisterAilingTongue 8 months ago
@MinisterAilingTongue l don't think you should take crap for being who you are. IMO this non-enforced segregation is the case for a lot of America. However, I don't think it's the government's job to make people mingle -- it's more the job of the social media and things like film and so on to spread awareness and reinforce the fact that deep down we're all human beings.
adi87tya 8 months ago
@MinisterAilingTongue Also, since you have the fundamental right to be who you are and be proud of who you are, you also have a fundamental responsibility as a citizen to be fair to others and not be hateful to them or incite violence. I do believe there should be a "Bill of Duties" if there isn't already one. One of those duties should be to use your freedom of speech wisely. Otherwise, you don't deserve it.
adi87tya 8 months ago
what an interesting statement. elaborate please. what is it that you found the "cracker" wasnt able to contribute to the discussion?
mephifc 3 years ago
I am genuinely interested in what exactly you know that these speakers don't. What insight can you share?
rothery86 3 years ago 2
Enlighten us.
derner22 3 years ago 4