I think people aren't as trustworthy andhonorable as I wish they were.
Agreed. The trouble with the pacifist argument is that it assumes people are, or soon will be, a lot more trustworthy and honorable than they ever will be.
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Kassto - Jul 30, 2003 3:12:52 pm PDT #6034 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Burrell - Jul 30, 2003 3:28:36 pm PDT #6035 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Am I the only one who didn't see a great difference between the taped and non-taped boobage?
Madrigal Costello - Jul 30, 2003 4:10:53 pm PDT #6036 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
Unlikely, as NB said the view was spectacular when they did that scene.
Dude, that was way back in the 3rd season. There could have been some major changes in 4 years.
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2003 10:03:49 pm PDT #6037 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Agreed. The trouble with the pacifist argument is that it assumes people are, or soon will be, a lot more trustworthy and honorable than they ever will be
Umm - don't know what context the comment was made in. But there is a whole spectrum of opinion between pacificism, and the belief that the U.S. should pretty much stomp anyone it does not like.
Or to take the current case of Iraq. About 90% of those who opposed the invasion of Iraq were not pacifists.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jul 31, 2003 4:04:42 am PDT #6038 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
The trouble with the pacifist argument is that it assumes people are, or soon will be, a lot more trustworthy and honorable than they ever will be
And there are pacifists who will admit this, and yet remain pacifists, on the basis that you have to give people a chance to be trustworthy and honourable or they never will be.
Leigh - Jul 31, 2003 4:35:55 am PDT #6039 of 9843
Nobody
deja vu to the reviewer in The Australian who did a laudatory review on Forever Knight on the day of the series finale.
Wait, they aired Forever Knight in Oz? When was this and where was I?
Typo Boy - Jul 31, 2003 6:14:38 am PDT #6040 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Also, as a non-pacifist, lot's of pacifists are quite cynical about human nature: they trust people only in small unarmed groups.
Betsy HP - Jul 31, 2003 6:36:27 am PDT #6041 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
I was answering the specific question of why I wasn't a pacifist any more. As I believe members of this thread can remember, I opposed the war.
Jim - Jul 31, 2003 6:41:40 am PDT #6042 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Burrell - Jul 31, 2003 6:49:10 am PDT #6043 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Dude, that was way back in the 3rd season. There could have been some major changes in 4 years.
Not likely, however, unless there were major changes in weight and/or a baby involved. But I've read that, while saggage comes with age, a good bit of one's perkage/droopage is genetic. Or, in some cases, silicone-based.