Would Polytheism Be Better For Us ?

[Franco]

To my way of thinking it is more like if there were never any forest fires, we might value forests less.

But I'm sure you're right.  My bad.  I  guess.  Who knows what's good or bad anyway?

[Bulldog]

Are Jews so inscrutable?  I think not: 

There you go again.  Your fatal flaw is that you lump together individuals into a group and make pronouncements about the qualities and characteristics of all individuals in the group.  That's wrong-headed thinking that can lead to discrimination and even genocide.  Every individual is unique.  

[karlhenning]

Waiter: "Falefel, sir?"

Plato: "No! Philosopher!"

Oh, I'm quite a simple soul.  Give me MS. paper and time, and I'll just happily compose . . . .

[Bulldog]

What is love, by the way?

A lot of folks never find the answer.  Love can mean different things to different individuals.  For me, love is a feeling that the loved one is always by my side, regardless of physical proximity.  That's how I feel about my wife, children and classical music.

[karlhenning]

Nicholson has a great line in As Good As It Gets: "If you could make her smile, you got a life."

[Florestan]

The Jews will always be too powerful...

Right. Mahler was too powerful. So was Mendelssohn in his time. Stefan Zweig had a tremendous power, thank God he never used it. Yehudi Menuhin, Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, Artur Rubinstein and Lazar Berman were so powerful that all the presidents, kings and sultans of the world trembled before them. The very thought of Albert Einstein sends chills over my backbone.

"We", "us", "our" vs. "they", "them", "their"...

[Wilhelm Richard]

From Polytheism, to God, to Organized Religion in general, to the Jews........
........and I am sure that those who were only going along with the speed of traffic will be the ones who are reprimanded.

Therefore, New York I abstain, courteously.

[Bulldog]

I think the problem with Jews is that they need to learn how to take responsibility for their actions:

I think the problem is that you're becoming an obnoxious racist.

[karlhenning]

You should be ashamed for linking to it.

There is so much he has posted, for which he ought to be ashamed. Instead, he exults in himself.

[Brian]

There is so much he has posted, for which he ought to be ashamed. Instead, he exults in himself.

In that case, I'm glad I only just started reading this thread.

[karlhenning]

In that case, I'm glad I only just started reading this thread.

Oh, not in this thread, alone  0:)

[Josquin des Prez]

Tsk, you people are too easily trolled.

[Brian]

Oh, not in this thread, alone  0:)

Karl, a random and distinctly off-topic thought: have you ever imagined what the second movement of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony would sound like, if the opening theme played by the horns were instead the Odd Couple theme song? I have been contemplating this for several months now.  

[Brian]

Tsk, you people are too easily trolled.

You are too easily a troll.

[karlhenning]

Karl, a random and distinctly off-topic thought: have you ever imagined what the second movement of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony would sound like, if the opening theme played by the horns were instead the Odd Couple theme song? I have been contemplating this for several months now.  

A wicked thought, Brian!

[Josquin des Prez]

There you go again.  Your fatal flaw is that you lump together individuals into a group and make pronouncements about the qualities and characteristics of all individuals in the group.  That's wrong-headed thinking that can lead to discrimination and even genocide.  Every individual is unique. 

Every individual is unique, until they band together in a group to subjugate other individuals, who lack the strength to defend themselves against those who act in numbers.

[Guido]

You find hostility in every forum you frequent... Why is that?

Socrates said it best: The unexamined life is not worth living.  Some of us are too busy whingeing to examine the life we live.

Is that a dig at me??! 

[Fëanor]

....

"We", "us", "our" vs. "they", "them", "their"...

Fine then; let's be more specific.  Let's not talk about "We", "us", "our" vs. "they", "them", "their"...; let's not talk about individuals.  Instead let's talk about oranizations, specifically a few that try to influence U.S. foreign policy:

• American Israeli Pulic Affairs Committee
• Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
• Religious Zionists of America
• Zionist Organization of America

These organizations and others work relentlessly to foster and sustain an Amerian foreign policy that is pro-Isreali regardess of whether or not it is the interests of the U.S. or the world in general.  Their emphasis isn't on persuading the American public nearly so much as it is on lobbying members of Congress, funding members who will uncritically support Israel, and counter-funding those who will not.

[Brian]

Every individual is unique, until they band together in a group to subjugate other individuals.

Name one such group.

[Fëanor]

Name one such group.

See above.