Personman - Latest Comments on Priorities http://personman.com/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Morrison [Visitor] in response to: Priorities Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:45:18 +0000 Morrison [Visitor] c86197@http://personman.com/ <p>Fascinating site. In reference to the present post, it is ironic that it is Science that has made modern war as deadly as it is.</p> <p>Indeed, Science has made it possible to virtually exterminate humanity and poison the earth for millenia. And the final battle does not have to be over religion, as Dawkins and others claim. It could be over some variation of the old Communism v Captitalism fight or some strictly secular issue. Indeed, atheists can go to war with each other.</p> <p>Of course, you can say that is not the fault of science, but if you put weapons into the hands of waring gangs simply ignoring the consequences does not absolve you of reponsibility.</p> Fascinating site. In reference to the present post, it is ironic that it is Science that has made modern war as deadly as it is.

Indeed, Science has made it possible to virtually exterminate humanity and poison the earth for millenia. And the final battle does not have to be over religion, as Dawkins and others claim. It could be over some variation of the old Communism v Captitalism fight or some strictly secular issue. Indeed, atheists can go to war with each other.

Of course, you can say that is not the fault of science, but if you put weapons into the hands of waring gangs simply ignoring the consequences does not absolve you of reponsibility.

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86197 Katie [Visitor] in response to: Priorities Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:09:05 +0000 Katie [Visitor] c86074@http://personman.com/ <p>How do you propose getting this aid into the country, enforcing sanctions, getting education into the country, convincing people that they should look at things critically?</p> How do you propose getting this aid into the country, enforcing sanctions, getting education into the country, convincing people that they should look at things critically?

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86074 dan [Member] in response to: Priorities Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:03:07 +0000 [Member] c86073@http://personman.com/ <p>Education, economic aid, sanctions, Biblical/Koranic criticism, etc. Violence should be a last resort.</p> Education, economic aid, sanctions, Biblical/Koranic criticism, etc. Violence should be a last resort.

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86073 Katie Branson [Visitor] in response to: Priorities Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:36:31 +0000 Katie Branson [Visitor] c86072@http://personman.com/ <p>Better idea?</p> Better idea?

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86072 dan [Member] in response to: Priorities Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:55:25 +0000 [Member] c86071@http://personman.com/ <p>Katie, I seriously doubt that military spending is the most efficient way to bring equality to women.</p> Katie, I seriously doubt that military spending is the most efficient way to bring equality to women.

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86071 Katie [Visitor] in response to: Priorities Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:21:18 +0000 Katie [Visitor] c86054@http://personman.com/ <p>I&#8217;m totally agreeing with you there&#8230;lets not have any fundamentalist group rule the world&#8230;</p> <p>What do you think a better tool would be to &#8220;stabilize&#8221; the region?</p> <p>I&#8217;m of the opinion that freedom from the social oppression going on there, especially of women, would be on par with, say, a cure for cancer.</p> I’m totally agreeing with you there…lets not have any fundamentalist group rule the world…

What do you think a better tool would be to “stabilize” the region?

I’m of the opinion that freedom from the social oppression going on there, especially of women, would be on par with, say, a cure for cancer.

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86054 dan [Member] in response to: Priorities Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:36:36 +0000 [Member] c86053@http://personman.com/ <p>Katie, you make a great case for keeping religious fundamentalists from having too much control over government ;)</p> <p>I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve been in any danger of the Taliban ruling the world and I don&#8217;t think our military has been the best tool to stabilize that region.</p> Katie, you make a great case for keeping religious fundamentalists from having too much control over government ;)

I don’t think we’ve been in any danger of the Taliban ruling the world and I don’t think our military has been the best tool to stabilize that region.

]]> http://personman.com/priorities#c86053 Katie [Visitor] in response to: Priorities Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:49:39 +0000 Katie [Visitor] c86052@http://personman.com/ <p>I appreciate the sentiment, but if the Taliban is ruling the world, I don&#8217;t think they will be spending money on telescopes or scientific endeavors of any kind. They don&#8217;t seem like the type&#8230;just saying.</p> I appreciate the sentiment, but if the Taliban is ruling the world, I don’t think they will be spending money on telescopes or scientific endeavors of any kind. They don’t seem like the type…just saying.

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