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Some interesting parallels
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:31:03 -0500, BAR wrote:
thunder wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:10:08 -0500, BAR wrote: "consumption based economy?" Please tell me you do not want us all to be come subsistence farmers? If you do I want to live up stream from you. No, I mean we have become an incredibly wasteful, resource intensive, society. In the long run, it is unsustainable, especially with a couple of billion Indians, and Chinese, wanting to be like us. I don't know what the future of capitalism will be, but I'll wager it will be considerably different than the laissez-faire system we have had over the past century. Who has the potential for being the bigger waster of the Earth's resources? China = 1.3 billion people. Inia = 1.2 billion people. USA = 0.3 billion people. What does the Sierra Club think about the Three Gorges Damn project? What was the result of their protests against the project in China? When 500 million Indians and 500 million Chinese are driving around in their gas burning automobiles what will you do to reduce their carbon footprint? Glad to see you agree with me. |
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Some interesting parallels
thunder wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:31:03 -0500, BAR wrote: thunder wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:10:08 -0500, BAR wrote: "consumption based economy?" Please tell me you do not want us all to be come subsistence farmers? If you do I want to live up stream from you. No, I mean we have become an incredibly wasteful, resource intensive, society. In the long run, it is unsustainable, especially with a couple of billion Indians, and Chinese, wanting to be like us. I don't know what the future of capitalism will be, but I'll wager it will be considerably different than the laissez-faire system we have had over the past century. Who has the potential for being the bigger waster of the Earth's resources? China = 1.3 billion people. Inia = 1.2 billion people. USA = 0.3 billion people. What does the Sierra Club think about the Three Gorges Damn project? What was the result of their protests against the project in China? When 500 million Indians and 500 million Chinese are driving around in their gas burning automobiles what will you do to reduce their carbon footprint? Glad to see you agree with me. I don't agree with you. If you are a true believer then you will get on a plane, wait a minute, a sailboat, and go to China or India and protest their use of the Earths resources. But, your true motives are easy to see. You only want to see the western world destroyed. |
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Some interesting parallels
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:36:20 -0800, jps wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:22:56 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: jps wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:20:09 GMT, Wizard of Woodstock wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:29:41 -0500, hk wrote: http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n_Portrait.flv Another liberal arts major who doesn't know or remember his college course in American History. "There is a physical difference between the white and black races, which will forever forbid the two races living together upon terms of social and political equality.'' - Abraham Lincoln - 1858. The Civil War wasn't about slavery - it was about preserving the Union - that above all was Lincoln's primary goal. His Emancipation Proclamation only served those who weren't under his control - namely the Confederacy. He didn't free slaves under his own control. Abraham Lincoln did not believe in the equality of black people. He did, however -- and this was no minor distinction in his era -- believe in their humanity. He also abhorred slavery. But he was willing to countenance it if doing so would have vindicated his primary goal: to save the Union. For him, nothing mattered more. Who knows what Lincoln might have felt 25 years after what you've quoted? jps, Exactly, so one should not try to rewrite history, and should allow the historical record to speak for itself. Tom's quick historical review does accurately describe the historical record. It is not a racist comment, but a historical comment. Harry tried to brand Tom's comment as a racist comment made by right wing nutjobs. It isn't. I don't doubt for a minute that right wing nutjobs would use any portion of any comment to make their point, without regard to the context or timing. Lincoln may have had a change of heart the next week, don't expect the weak-of-mind right wing to admit it or bring it forward on their own. Have you ever noticed how many liberals resort to name-calling and personal insults to back up their arguments? Does that enhance your self-esteem? Does it make you the 'winner' in your eyes? -- John H *A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. * |
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