Sometimes desire distorts perception

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2005, 11:07 AM

I was referring to wolf's post, not Gates. I identify more with the ethical views of the last two centuries than the time before.

Schrodinger's Cat · 02-01-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I was referring to wolf's post, not Gates. I identify more with the ethical views of the last two centuries than the time before.

What's so great about the ethical views of the last two centuries? Let's see... Slavery, concentration camps, Watergate, 9/11, the atomic bomb...

Hmmm... I'll take the hunter-gathers. At least the destruction was limited in their era (ie a few dozen or at very most, a few hundred).

Troubleshooter · 02-01-2005, 06:43 PM

You say atomic bomb like it's a bad thing...

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2005, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Schrodinger's Cat

What's so great about the ethical views of the last two centuries? Let's see... Slavery, concentration camps, Watergate, 9/11, the atomic bomb...

None of that stuff is new in terms of mindset, just (in the case of the bomb) in magnitude. In any case, wolf's the one who chose the cutoff point.

wolf · 02-02-2005, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

In any case, wolf's the one who chose the cutoff point.

Aribtrarily.

Beestie · 02-01-2005, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Schrodinger's Cat

...I'll take the hunter-gathers. At least the destruction was limited in their era (ie a few dozen or at very most, a few hundred).

...depending, of course, on the particular statistical method used to quantify the estimate.

Schrodinger's Cat · 02-03-2005, 07:23 PM

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...depending, of course, on the particular statistical method used to quantify the estimate.

You didn't hear it from me, but I understand that Heisenberg and Tommy Franks are new best friends!

02-01-2005, 11:07 AM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I was referring to wolf's post, not Gates. I identify more with the ethical views of the last two centuries than the time before. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	You say atomic bomb like it's a bad thing... __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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