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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:00 AM Original message |
Will our species EVER lose it's love of war? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. We have to wait... |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I don't think even this would stop it.... |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm a member of the species and never had a love for war. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not with Caligula in charge. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Caligula Religion has put Caligula President on the throne. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. Grassroots,thats Rovers best ,,trick us in to believing Shrub is common . |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. When greed and hatred are conquered |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. it is possible we'll give it up, but not probable. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. is it a spore? |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. freud called it the death drive |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. rephrase please: Will the MALES of our species ever lose their love of war |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. glaringly true |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. that's a bit silly |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. No, but I can guarantee we'll all die for our love of war. But consider, |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. Our species will lose its love for war... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. Make Love, not war |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. i'm in |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. That urge can't be eradicated, but the indulging of it can, IF ... |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Not until we do away with religion. The #1 hostorical |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Another person understands the process. Good post. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Thank you!I have been catching alot of heat from DU christians |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Me too. I've had some very heated and personally insulting |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yep. Have you seen the new Bill the RW is trying to pass? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I failed to mention that several of my posts have been deleted. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. What if I said that atheists were mentally handicapped? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I have not attempted to defend atheists. Had you said that |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. If not religion, it would have been something else used to justify war. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. Religious hatred will assure our species will never lose its penchant for |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I believe that the practice of religion is a form of mental illness. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. You honestly think if everyone became atheistic there would not be violenc |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No. I said nothing even close to that. What I said was that |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. A cold realist with no superstitions is perfectly capable of violence. |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. sometimes you HAVE to kill somebody |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well, yeah, but I mean by choice. |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. this particular war in iraq is VERY unnecessary |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. It is difficult to think of one off hand. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Zynx, the fact that you are a person of "religous faith" does not |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Our problem is the human trait of bigotry. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. You may be on to something there. How about expanding |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
64. I think people would find other things to fight about, but religion... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. LOL! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I am not sure...but I've heard it before, too. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. No, of course not |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. Sadly, we are yet to move far enough along the path of evolution |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. There is a prime tendency of all living things to expand and |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. Sure, right after Pan troglodytes does... |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. One way |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
31. I believe we will, and we already are. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
51. No replies at all? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Sei geduldig, Du! |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. i'm an unfrozen caveman |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I think there is something to this. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. War is simply our natural agression to defend our territory. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Folks said Malthus was nuts, or wrong, but he may have been right. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. The long-term trend ... |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I don't necessarily think of my POV as depending on enlightenment. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
66. Na Du, DA |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
32. Good question |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
41. We'll have constant war until the oil is gone |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. It's NEVER going to happen. |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. alexander, hannibal, the romans, cortez, ghengis khan, hitler, stalin, mao |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. as soon as all the men die off, sure |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. No, but occasionally will accept |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. ........ |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. 'She who must be obeyed' says.... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. I think not |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. There is a perfectly reasonable psychological explanation for war. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
67. My species has, |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
69. I can say with certainty |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm not holding my breath. |
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