OT: date jesus
prozak at anus.com
prozak at anus.com
Thu Feb 20 10:33:06 CST 2003
> > > Live and let live, I say.
> >
> > Yet this becomes a problem with Iraq, North Korea or Israel; -or- it
> > will inevitably become a problem with some other entities out there.
> > Right now the USA is fighting two fronts: a worldwide guerrilla war
> > (in sitzkrieg mode) with al-Qaeda and a bombing and special forces
> > war with Iraq. Enemies will appear when one is a superpower.
>
> The live and let live principle contains the strong possibility of self
> contradiction of course but what in earthly existence doesn't?
To varying degrees and applications. That's an important phrase :)
Not everything is inherently self-contradictory as an outlook.
> It'd be my guess that a tendency in the species for application of the
> principle within the bounds of common sense would be adaptive, an
> accommodation to the environment.
Then why abstract to an absolutist principle? That doesn't make
sense.
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