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Baby steps, -1-. We've got the ISS as the first stepping stone, we've got proof of concept in place, we have the resources (on the dirt and in orbit). What we lack is the will. As you will. What is ISS? I hate it when people are too lazy to write out non-obvious abbreviations in long hand. All it w...

henry quirk wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:47 am

You get this thread is me, thinkin' out loud, right?

I didn't generate it to 'argue' or 'defend' but just to world build, to bounce ideas around, mebbe get a little feedback.

You don't like me, I don't like you: that's okay.

But, jeez, I truly didn't know how mean spirited you are.

meh.

About as intelligent and though-provoking as your 'arguments'.

Same old then. Feign indifference to mask the complete absence of an argument and meaningful neurone activity.

I don't like a lot of the actions that have been backed by it. Generally, people who have seen me talking about things know that I am pretty isolationist, and I don't think we should meddle with other countries , especially ones that aren't our allies and have nothing to offer us. As far as keeping...

If you've considered those things then there's no sign of it. I'm not a mind reader. I think in your Utopia you would be the only human alive (but I don't think you would like that very much).

"How do Golgothans make social contact while minding their own business?" The Law is mostly about people fuckin' with people. For example: if some fella chats up some lady in the Bazaar (a large open area in Golgotha Prime where folks barter) this is normal, natural, acceptable till the lady sez 'f...

I think you will find that people who despise Israel will generally sing the praises of the UN. Make of that what you will.

Greta wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:36 am

If I was Scandinavian I would think it a very good thing and find Trump's rejection of Europe and accommodation of Putin alarming.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... st-russia/

Is there a point here??

Sigh...But unfortunately Henry, a very large number of people are not 'good citizens' and do not leave others alone. This is why we have evolved laws to protect ourselves from each other. I don't want to go back to the law of the jungle. You do. I don't understand why you don't just do it. Of course...

Never been able to work out what exactly it does. Seems to attract has-been politicians and leaders.

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Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:00 am

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:55 am

I thought it was Aesop.

Aesop's was a parable. Xeno's was a paradox. They both used the hare and the tortoise in their respective stories.

Zeno's was Achilles and the tortoise.

I thought it was Aesop.

Why would that be so? In India non-Indians compain of racism quite a lot. When they return the favour, that is reverse racism, there needn't be a single white person involved in the entire transaction. As a rule, reverse racism is just racism against the normal flow (which is typically from majorit...

It's not the worst love poem I ever read and there's certainly no line that's cornier than Shall I compare thee to a summer's day Thou art more lovely and more temperate Could never figure out why this sonnet by Shakespeare is so famous. Those by Keats I think are far superior. When it comes to pur...