#7700 - #14
Everyone has a “Human Belief System”.
“Human Belief Systems” can be quite different!
One “system” believes in an end to things…. an “afterlife”…a heaven… a happy hunting ground, etc.
The other “system” believes there is no end. …(such as: the human mind is incapable of conceiving “infinity”… of parallel lines that never meet ….of “nothing”…of a “vacuum”….of “all” or “every” ….of space (infinite space vs. a sphere of space within a sphere, within a sphere) ….. etc.)
No one is to say that one system is better than another…. That is an individual choice!
One “system” is written down. The interpreters of the words that are written vary as much as the people who profess to know. The mere fact that there is a book (or “a written down”) is sometimes a substitute for authority. The constant repetition of these words is believed by some to be “the authority” itself. If you believe in this authority, you “believe”. There is, for you, an “afterlife”…..(pyramids say so!).... other books say so! If you are brought up to “believe”, you “believe”!
Another system “believes” in science. What you can’t prove or repeat doesn’t necessarily exist now. Such things as an “afterlife”, doesn’t necessarily exist. The human mind is incapable of dealing with such things as “infinity”! Moral values, what everyone wants (ie: liberty, freedom, the right to pursue opportunities, etc.) are not the sole purview of religion (a man made “belief)! From where do they come? Without a “story” to tell us, from where do they come?
If one system demands that another system be adopted or else! Is the system is imperfect?
Isn’t it a fact that more misunderstanding between systems comes from the fact that we do not allow both systems to flourish?
The author has avoided the term “religion”. This word is a reason that people normally begin to take sides and “opinionate”. It is, after all, the way we are brought up! It is the way we have come to “believe”!
One must also come to believe in the “science of ideas”.
Both approach the problems of the “infinite” with two different concepts. Why is one better than another?
Does everything have to be judged “better or worse” than another?
One system, (at least some say), you are an “infidel” if you do not adhere to its written custom and beliefs. This system has a wide following. What do you do with this system if it tries to insist militarily or physically?..... What exactly do you do about this?
Does a system require a code of some sort?
Does the practice of this system cause the disruption?
What exactly do you do about this?
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Government - #101 - #57 - "Majority Rule" versus "Rule by a Few"
#7700 - # 13
(A Theocracy, a Dictatorship, etc.)
An American Democracy requires a “Majority Rule”. An elected few may determine the Rules, but the elected few are by “majority rule”! Other countries have different commitments. Who is to say which ones are acceptable and for how long? A “majority type election” may be the choice right now, but how about the future? Suppose the majority changes its mind? They NOW want something different. In an American Democracy, the mind has not changed! But if we “give” an American type Democracy to a country that changes its mind….. what then?
The only way to see whether a country has changed its mind, is to have another “majority” election …..regardless of cost, etc. If a country has changed its mind, we should know! If we are unsure, we must measure our commitment. We can’t guess!!
In Iraq, if we are unsure as to whether the people want a “Caliphate” or some other type government telling the people what to do, we should know! We cannot “sell” the people an idea that they either don’t understand or are opposed to that idea. We can’t ever win with a majority that won’t stand up for an American type Democracy…. (rule by majority) Is it lack of proper “selling” or is it a true change in the mindset? If all we (the Democracy) have to offer is drugs, sex and violence, then it is no wonder that the people reject this. If we fail in our “selling”, then it is “our” fault.
Which is “true”??
(A Theocracy, a Dictatorship, etc.)
An American Democracy requires a “Majority Rule”. An elected few may determine the Rules, but the elected few are by “majority rule”! Other countries have different commitments. Who is to say which ones are acceptable and for how long? A “majority type election” may be the choice right now, but how about the future? Suppose the majority changes its mind? They NOW want something different. In an American Democracy, the mind has not changed! But if we “give” an American type Democracy to a country that changes its mind….. what then?
The only way to see whether a country has changed its mind, is to have another “majority” election …..regardless of cost, etc. If a country has changed its mind, we should know! If we are unsure, we must measure our commitment. We can’t guess!!
In Iraq, if we are unsure as to whether the people want a “Caliphate” or some other type government telling the people what to do, we should know! We cannot “sell” the people an idea that they either don’t understand or are opposed to that idea. We can’t ever win with a majority that won’t stand up for an American type Democracy…. (rule by majority) Is it lack of proper “selling” or is it a true change in the mindset? If all we (the Democracy) have to offer is drugs, sex and violence, then it is no wonder that the people reject this. If we fail in our “selling”, then it is “our” fault.
Which is “true”??
Personal - #501 - #53 - What will be in our future?
#7700 – 11
(If you were running for office and proposed this, you wouldn’t be elected! You would be criticized, denigrated, and made foolish! But read on…..!)
We can look for our future to be…….
Like an Israeli citizen, who looks over his shoulder every day, hoping a rocket or a radical who is willing to blow himself up for a future, mythical reward, is willing to kill him……….
Like any American citizen, who looks over his shoulder every day, hoping a rocket or a radical who is willing to blow himself up for a future, mythical reward, is willing to kill him……….
Like any person who, daily, is afraid!
We all hate war, but, can we talk or reason ourselves out of this conflict between people who have nothing but hate for us? Suppose they don’t want to talk or reason…..what then? Is war or physical violence our only response? ….Is there a “successful alternative?
We must share the cost. We must have some compulsory military experience for all our citizens. They must have a mutual “military experience”. There can be an active military contingent that is paid more, but there must be a compulsory military experience for everyone. Every one must share!
The economy must be sacrificed to support this military expense. No longer can we allow support for everyone and every thing. The priority must be “survival of America, as we know it.” Survival is the key. Everything else is “frosting on the cake.” The economy, the family values, efficiency, world trade, everything must be subject to “survival”!
Unless this is all “shared”, individuals will find a way to “get around their obligations”. This is the reason for a shared, “mutual military experience”. Everyone must know there is a principle of “survival first”.
Is there “a successful alternative”?
By “military experience”, I mean…..
1 – The military has a way of giving “a group” message… your family becomes your “group”.
2 – The military gives a “purpose”….. you don’t have to look for a “purpose”.
3 – The military forces you to do things according to their way…. this is called “discipline”. (lock step, getting up in the morning, dressing in uniform, etc.)
4 – The military “tells” you your schedule for the day, week, etc.…..
(Please,please “comment”. It will help me!)
(If you were running for office and proposed this, you wouldn’t be elected! You would be criticized, denigrated, and made foolish! But read on…..!)
We can look for our future to be…….
Like an Israeli citizen, who looks over his shoulder every day, hoping a rocket or a radical who is willing to blow himself up for a future, mythical reward, is willing to kill him……….
Like any American citizen, who looks over his shoulder every day, hoping a rocket or a radical who is willing to blow himself up for a future, mythical reward, is willing to kill him……….
Like any person who, daily, is afraid!
We all hate war, but, can we talk or reason ourselves out of this conflict between people who have nothing but hate for us? Suppose they don’t want to talk or reason…..what then? Is war or physical violence our only response? ….Is there a “successful alternative?
We must share the cost. We must have some compulsory military experience for all our citizens. They must have a mutual “military experience”. There can be an active military contingent that is paid more, but there must be a compulsory military experience for everyone. Every one must share!
The economy must be sacrificed to support this military expense. No longer can we allow support for everyone and every thing. The priority must be “survival of America, as we know it.” Survival is the key. Everything else is “frosting on the cake.” The economy, the family values, efficiency, world trade, everything must be subject to “survival”!
Unless this is all “shared”, individuals will find a way to “get around their obligations”. This is the reason for a shared, “mutual military experience”. Everyone must know there is a principle of “survival first”.
Is there “a successful alternative”?
By “military experience”, I mean…..
1 – The military has a way of giving “a group” message… your family becomes your “group”.
2 – The military gives a “purpose”….. you don’t have to look for a “purpose”.
3 – The military forces you to do things according to their way…. this is called “discipline”. (lock step, getting up in the morning, dressing in uniform, etc.)
4 – The military “tells” you your schedule for the day, week, etc.…..
(Please,please “comment”. It will help me!)
Personal - #501 - #52 - "Now" what?
#7700 - #10
Do you want America to abandon Iraq “NOW”/ … regardless of any consequences!
Do you want an American victory “NOW”? ….whatever that means!
Do you want to abandon everyone who helped America? … even if it turns out to be a bloodbath!
Do you want an American type Democracy? …even if they never had one before!
Do you want another dictatorship, another strong man? ….. even if “Democracy” is lost but there is a “peace of sorts!”
Do you want to split up Iraq into thirds? … forever dividing Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds!
Do you want to re-educate people to money, future and personal environment versus a fixed, pre-written idea of rewards in an “after life”… a future that is earned “now” versus a future in the “after life”!
Do you want to separate the various “religious sects” forever? ….
Do you want to separate the “moderates” from the “radicals” forever?....(“Moderates”, like American presidents versus “Radicals” like many Islam religious leaders)
Do you want to consider any after effects?.... or do you want to just “drop out”, not consider anything!
Do you want America to abandon Iraq “NOW”/ … regardless of any consequences!
Do you want an American victory “NOW”? ….whatever that means!
Do you want to abandon everyone who helped America? … even if it turns out to be a bloodbath!
Do you want an American type Democracy? …even if they never had one before!
Do you want another dictatorship, another strong man? ….. even if “Democracy” is lost but there is a “peace of sorts!”
Do you want to split up Iraq into thirds? … forever dividing Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds!
Do you want to re-educate people to money, future and personal environment versus a fixed, pre-written idea of rewards in an “after life”… a future that is earned “now” versus a future in the “after life”!
Do you want to separate the various “religious sects” forever? ….
Do you want to separate the “moderates” from the “radicals” forever?....(“Moderates”, like American presidents versus “Radicals” like many Islam religious leaders)
Do you want to consider any after effects?.... or do you want to just “drop out”, not consider anything!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Definitions - #301 - #42 - We think of things from the environment in which we live
#7700 - #10
Rich, poor, educated, uneducated, immigrant or citizen, welfare recipient, etc.; we think about things in accordance with whatever we are familiar….. (our “environment”, in which we live…)
Our judgments, our conclusions are based on our “environment”.
Our friends, our relationships, all are a part of where we live.
We have a tendency to choose our friends from our “environment”.
We tend to base our conclusions on the familiarity of our “environment”.
If it feels friendly, it becomes a reality!
If we think as our friends think, it becomes a reality!
To a large degree, we become victims to our “environment”.
We make judgments, we make conclusions, based upon where we are in life…. whether educated or uneducated, etc. We tend to see things based upon where we are in life, not scientifically, not sterilely, not strictly on the merits! We tend to color things. We do not try to adhere to a principle of “merit based” logic.
We substitute the media, the pundits, the politicians, the “thinkers”, for our own logic. …… It’s easier, it takes less work!
If we make this “substitution”, can we honestly blame anybody for a poor result?
Are we satisfied “blaming” someone, or are we only satisfied if we fix the result? …(Think about this!)
Or, are we too lazy, or otherwise “occupied” to even consider this? Do our “jobs” or our “kids” or some other diversions so occupy our minds that we cannot even “consider” these ideas….. “Are we satisfied “blaming” someone, or are we only satisfied if we fix the result?”
If we think as the “herd” thinks; that is from where we are, (in our present “environment”, that is….), can we ever approach anything from a “merit based logic”? If we are among the familiar crowd, can we escape from their “herd” approach? Can we think “independently”? ….
It is devoutly to be wished!
If we are doomed to the uneducated, or the brain filled philosophers, or to the foreign “culture” oriented; can we ever have a “debate” or have a “conversation” without the insistence on a particular point of view? Can we begin to “share” ideas? We don’t have to agree or disagree, we only want to “share”… be understood! We can agree or disagree on our own time!!
After all, that is the meaning of a “debate” or of having a “meaningful discussion”!
Rich, poor, educated, uneducated, immigrant or citizen, welfare recipient, etc.; we think about things in accordance with whatever we are familiar….. (our “environment”, in which we live…)
Our judgments, our conclusions are based on our “environment”.
Our friends, our relationships, all are a part of where we live.
We have a tendency to choose our friends from our “environment”.
We tend to base our conclusions on the familiarity of our “environment”.
If it feels friendly, it becomes a reality!
If we think as our friends think, it becomes a reality!
To a large degree, we become victims to our “environment”.
We make judgments, we make conclusions, based upon where we are in life…. whether educated or uneducated, etc. We tend to see things based upon where we are in life, not scientifically, not sterilely, not strictly on the merits! We tend to color things. We do not try to adhere to a principle of “merit based” logic.
We substitute the media, the pundits, the politicians, the “thinkers”, for our own logic. …… It’s easier, it takes less work!
If we make this “substitution”, can we honestly blame anybody for a poor result?
Are we satisfied “blaming” someone, or are we only satisfied if we fix the result? …(Think about this!)
Or, are we too lazy, or otherwise “occupied” to even consider this? Do our “jobs” or our “kids” or some other diversions so occupy our minds that we cannot even “consider” these ideas….. “Are we satisfied “blaming” someone, or are we only satisfied if we fix the result?”
If we think as the “herd” thinks; that is from where we are, (in our present “environment”, that is….), can we ever approach anything from a “merit based logic”? If we are among the familiar crowd, can we escape from their “herd” approach? Can we think “independently”? ….
It is devoutly to be wished!
If we are doomed to the uneducated, or the brain filled philosophers, or to the foreign “culture” oriented; can we ever have a “debate” or have a “conversation” without the insistence on a particular point of view? Can we begin to “share” ideas? We don’t have to agree or disagree, we only want to “share”… be understood! We can agree or disagree on our own time!!
After all, that is the meaning of a “debate” or of having a “meaningful discussion”!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Current Events - #201 - #31 - Everybody "hates" war!
#7700 - #8 - Everybody “Hates” war!!!
Yep!!! Everyone does “Hate” war.
When is war inevitable?
When “talking” is impossible…. When “debate” has reached an impasse…. When the people involved become impossible to debate with…..When the people involved are not interested in “debate” or in the “sharing” of ideas. (It’s like having a fight where one person tries to kill his opponent and the opponent has one hand tied behind his back. Who do you think is going to win this fight?)
When a country or an “ideology” has one idea in mind and wants to make this “ideology” fit everyone else, that “the everyone else” fights back in the only way left…. that is “physically”…that is “War”!
We can all describe “war” and it’s inevitable mark on society…. the inevitable “collateral damage” etc. That’s easy!
But what’s it’s substitute?...... What’s “the successful alternative”? …..Well?.....
What’s the sense of repeating “I hate war!” when you have no “successful alternative”?
Yep!!! Everyone does “Hate” war.
What good does it really do to proclaim “I hate war!”?
After all, you admit that “negotiating” or “sharing” ideas has come to an end. The people on the other side do not want to “negotiate”. They already have their “agenda”. They want everyone else to have their “agenda”.
Yep!!! Everyone does “Hate” war.
Those that wear the slogan “I hate war!” is as useless as …………
Yep!!! Everyone does “Hate” war.
When is war inevitable?
When “talking” is impossible…. When “debate” has reached an impasse…. When the people involved become impossible to debate with…..When the people involved are not interested in “debate” or in the “sharing” of ideas. (It’s like having a fight where one person tries to kill his opponent and the opponent has one hand tied behind his back. Who do you think is going to win this fight?)
When a country or an “ideology” has one idea in mind and wants to make this “ideology” fit everyone else, that “the everyone else” fights back in the only way left…. that is “physically”…that is “War”!
We can all describe “war” and it’s inevitable mark on society…. the inevitable “collateral damage” etc. That’s easy!
But what’s it’s substitute?...... What’s “the successful alternative”? …..Well?.....
What’s the sense of repeating “I hate war!” when you have no “successful alternative”?
Yep!!! Everyone does “Hate” war.
What good does it really do to proclaim “I hate war!”?
After all, you admit that “negotiating” or “sharing” ideas has come to an end. The people on the other side do not want to “negotiate”. They already have their “agenda”. They want everyone else to have their “agenda”.
Yep!!! Everyone does “Hate” war.
Those that wear the slogan “I hate war!” is as useless as …………
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Definitions - #301 - #40 - So what if you “qualify”?
#7700 - #7
What ever happened to “independence’?
What ever happened to “individualism”?
Just because you “qualify”, does this mean you intend to, live on the Government’s largess?.... ( or the taxpayers largess?)
Do you qualify for financial aid to education?….
Do you qualify for welfare?…..
Do you qualify for all sorts of government aid?….
How about not leaning on government…. Not trying to qualify!
Whatever happened to the stigma for accepting help? … (for the individual struggle?)
Does price overcome stigma?
Government rules vs. Individual excess? ….Which “badness” should prevail? Should the abuse of the system be normal or expected? How would you monitor the abuse?
Certain taxes are necessary!.....(roads, welfare, schools, police and fire, retirement, National protection)
What are the legitimate “independent” people dependant on?.... (roads, schools, police and fire, military , retirement..)
Is this subject too difficult to address or are the consequences for solution too awkward constitutionally for address? Will we continue to live in limbo? Will abuse simply be expected and tolerated?
What ever happened to “independence’?
What ever happened to “individualism”?
Just because you “qualify”, does this mean you intend to, live on the Government’s largess?.... ( or the taxpayers largess?)
Do you qualify for financial aid to education?….
Do you qualify for welfare?…..
Do you qualify for all sorts of government aid?….
How about not leaning on government…. Not trying to qualify!
Whatever happened to the stigma for accepting help? … (for the individual struggle?)
Does price overcome stigma?
Government rules vs. Individual excess? ….Which “badness” should prevail? Should the abuse of the system be normal or expected? How would you monitor the abuse?
Certain taxes are necessary!.....(roads, welfare, schools, police and fire, retirement, National protection)
What are the legitimate “independent” people dependant on?.... (roads, schools, police and fire, military , retirement..)
Is this subject too difficult to address or are the consequences for solution too awkward constitutionally for address? Will we continue to live in limbo? Will abuse simply be expected and tolerated?
Government - #101 - #56 - Immigration – Legal and Illegal
#7700 - 6
How many “illegal and legal” working people do you really want?
How many “family persons” will that take? (count the children, aunts uncles, grandparents , and others)
How can you determine whose “Legal” and who’s not without a card that can’t be counterfeited?
How can you determine what jobs American won’t take at a price?
How can you staff up what it takes to inspect 12 to 20 million cards?
What does it take (legal wise)?
What do you do with the “illegals”? Do you breakup the families? Do you deport the ones here “illegally”? What kind of a staff do you have to have to handle this? Over what period of time?
How do you discover those that simply do not appear? What does it take (legal wise)?
Do you build a suitable fence with all the electronics, etc.?
What do you do with the people that try to defeat the fence? (go over, go under, etc.)
What kind of a staff does that require? Who pays for all of that?
What kind of an economic effect do all these conditions have?.....(the fence construction, the staff required to man the fence, the organization necessary to bring some to justice, deport some, arrest employers that disobey the law, etc.?)
In an age of trying to reduce Government spending, is all this possible?.... (Especially in wartime?)
In an age where everything seems to be “to get a political edge”, are the people we voted for “up to the task”? Are they smart enough? Will they give up the “political edge” thing? …..I think NOT!
Is the future of America, as we know it, in danger?....Will things be the same?
These are the questions that must be answered to get anything really done!
Do you “really” think it’s “in the cards” now?
How many “illegal and legal” working people do you really want?
How many “family persons” will that take? (count the children, aunts uncles, grandparents , and others)
How can you determine whose “Legal” and who’s not without a card that can’t be counterfeited?
How can you determine what jobs American won’t take at a price?
How can you staff up what it takes to inspect 12 to 20 million cards?
What does it take (legal wise)?
What do you do with the “illegals”? Do you breakup the families? Do you deport the ones here “illegally”? What kind of a staff do you have to have to handle this? Over what period of time?
How do you discover those that simply do not appear? What does it take (legal wise)?
Do you build a suitable fence with all the electronics, etc.?
What do you do with the people that try to defeat the fence? (go over, go under, etc.)
What kind of a staff does that require? Who pays for all of that?
What kind of an economic effect do all these conditions have?.....(the fence construction, the staff required to man the fence, the organization necessary to bring some to justice, deport some, arrest employers that disobey the law, etc.?)
In an age of trying to reduce Government spending, is all this possible?.... (Especially in wartime?)
In an age where everything seems to be “to get a political edge”, are the people we voted for “up to the task”? Are they smart enough? Will they give up the “political edge” thing? …..I think NOT!
Is the future of America, as we know it, in danger?....Will things be the same?
These are the questions that must be answered to get anything really done!
Do you “really” think it’s “in the cards” now?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Definitions - #301 - #40 - Without comparisons, how can people think?
#7700 - #5
Without comparisons, how can you tell whose hungry, whose ready for freedom, etc. How can we sell anything if the people have no way to compare their choices?
If “people” have no previous experience, how can they know what their “alternatives” are, what their choices could be?
How can you expect people to do or to act in any way if they do not understand what their “alternatives” are?
People vote for a better life…..but better for whom?
When the people can’t make a living, then they’ll want a radical change. Until that time, there will be no radical change and things will go on with confusion (but no radical change)…
We have Democrats and Republicans…. confusion but no radical change.
In less than fifty years America will be ruled by a Dictator or ruled by the Military if things don’t change!
The people must have “comparisons”……how can they be expected to choose?
This idea must be adopted by those that “rule”. But these comparisons must be in understandable terms. Terms that are easily understood by everyone. They must be true comparisons!
If the people are to wisely choose alternatives, the people must be able to understand what these alternatives are. If the “alternatives” are made cloudy, then the choices will be “cloudy” and the cost of these results will be unacceptable. The resulting disappointment by a large group of people who didn’t understand the issues involved may be horrific for the country!
The “leaders” (be they the press, the media, the pundits, the politicians, etc.) must be able to talk in terms that are exact (not cloudy). They will determine whether the people truly understand the issues involved. The future of America, as we know it, will be in the hands of the “rulers”!
Without comparisons, how can you tell whose hungry, whose ready for freedom, etc. How can we sell anything if the people have no way to compare their choices?
If “people” have no previous experience, how can they know what their “alternatives” are, what their choices could be?
How can you expect people to do or to act in any way if they do not understand what their “alternatives” are?
People vote for a better life…..but better for whom?
When the people can’t make a living, then they’ll want a radical change. Until that time, there will be no radical change and things will go on with confusion (but no radical change)…
We have Democrats and Republicans…. confusion but no radical change.
In less than fifty years America will be ruled by a Dictator or ruled by the Military if things don’t change!
The people must have “comparisons”……how can they be expected to choose?
This idea must be adopted by those that “rule”. But these comparisons must be in understandable terms. Terms that are easily understood by everyone. They must be true comparisons!
If the people are to wisely choose alternatives, the people must be able to understand what these alternatives are. If the “alternatives” are made cloudy, then the choices will be “cloudy” and the cost of these results will be unacceptable. The resulting disappointment by a large group of people who didn’t understand the issues involved may be horrific for the country!
The “leaders” (be they the press, the media, the pundits, the politicians, etc.) must be able to talk in terms that are exact (not cloudy). They will determine whether the people truly understand the issues involved. The future of America, as we know it, will be in the hands of the “rulers”!
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