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Author: Brad EckertBrad Eckert Date: Sep 11, 2008 09:49
On Sep 10, 9:33Â am, Wayne optusnet.com.au>
wrote:> Good grief, profitable for who? Â Narrow view, no morality for
> bringing peace from the unpeaceful. Â Some people have to fix themselves before they can bring peace (and oil to foreign nations like A) don't matter how much money A throws at it.
>
You don't think a USD 10^12 cash free-for-all isn't a reason to have a
war? Or if religious zealots stopped opium production, why wouldn't
there be a war to re-start it? Money has a life of its own.
But of course I don't believe in war. When I was in the US Army
Rangers I believed in war, but that was a different me. I credit
Tolstoy with ruining all of that expensive indoctrination.
One of the cool things about using Forth is that it drives home the
relationship between freedom and responsibility. If you get sloppy,
Forth's freedom diminishes fast. Likewise, two other concepts are
closely linked: peace and justice. If you want peace, you need
justice. If you have fake justice, you get fake peace. Occupation is
fake justice at best. I think the first step to having peace in the
middle eastern countries would be to stop screwing them over.
-Brad
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