Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sam-- I assumed that David was being facetious when he wrote about slavery being much diminished. In fact, slavery is still a huge problem all over the world. There are men and women and children in slavery all over the world. Ever seen any of Sebastiao Salgado's photographs of gold miners in South America? If those people aren't enslaved ... well, you get the point. The reason war is so "robust" as you say, as ever, is because it is comes from the part of the brain that is the most primitive, that hind-end part we share with reptiles. But millions of years of evolution have produced that big, potentially smart, part on the front, the part that allows us to reason and do something besides scratch and kick and bite when something happens that we don't like. The part of the brain that produces great works of art and beautiful music and all the other good work that human beings are capable of creating. The part of the brain that can be, if one allows it to, connected to the heart. That's the part of our incredible mind that we aren't using when we push people down and make them suffer so that later they can come back and bite us in the proverbial hindparts. We can do better. There is no doubt that we can do better. But it is extremely difficult, and that's why people lapse into the lazy option, fighting. That's why the military contractors and gun manufacturers make so much money. Because it's easier to shoot than to talk, to make amends, to make things better. This is what your "empirical evidence" proves. Not that war "works" or that it is inevitable, but that it's easier than listening and hearing what someone else is saying when their view or way of life differs from our own. I can't believe that you are so cynical that you don't know and believe this, somewhere deep down inside, in your heart of hearts. Kit == On Behalf Of sam Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:29 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Dover USAF base photography & military funerals A lot of things have greatly diminished. Why do you think war is as robust as ever? Could it be as natural as breathing perhaps? I am not a warlord, but some events are so strongly buttresses with empirical evidence it's foolish to attempt to gloss it over. Sam S David Degner wrote: > Slavery has been with us for as long as people have existed, yet we have > been able to greatly minimize it :) > > David Degner > > sam wrote: > >> War and peace have been with us for as long as people have existed. >> Get real. >> >> Sam S >> >> >> >> Kit McChesney wrote: >> >>> Oh, now that's a very logical chain of thought! >>> Sam reasoned: >>> >>> "This is a silly statement. War works very well. How was Hitler stopped? >>> >>> Sam S" >>> >>> >>> >>> Tarek Charara wrote: >>> >>> > For me the best reason for stopping a war is that it doesn't >>> "work"... >>> >>>> Except of course for the military industry, those who get rich by it >>>> and >>> >>> >>> >>> some idiots with hormone problems! >>> >>>> Tarek >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html