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commonsense wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:15 am
Right on!
Thank you. It's good to find common ground with others.
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Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:42 pm
Age wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:36 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:54 pm

No, she's not Age.
LOOK AT the ACTUAL QUESTION I posed and ASKED, and then LOOK AT your ACTUAL RESPONSE here.

Do you think they MATCH UP? Or, did you ACTUALLY MEAN some 'thing' ELSE have have just miswrote here?
Gary Childress wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:54 pmShe is trying to learn different ways of looking at the world and she is doing that by testing her language skills.
Do you think or BELIEVE that by testing one's own language skills would be the best way to LEARN DIFFERENT WAYS of LOOKING AT 'the world'?

Gary Childress wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:54 pm And she does not know anything about physics.
Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE that the one here known as "dontaskme" does NOT know ABSOLUTELY ANY 'thing' AT ALL about 'physics:?

If yes, then what are you basing this 'knowinh' ON, EXACTLY? And, do you envision "dontaskme" would agree with you here?

Gary Childress wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:54 pm She just wants peace as I do.
Has there EVER been a human being who did NOT want Peace?

If yes, then WHO, EXACTLY?
Physics is either real or it isn't.
What do you mean by 'physics'?

If there is 'physicality' or if there are 'physical things', then this is pretty well damn OBVIOUS, is it NOT?
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:42 pmEither way one maybe ought to hope it's true that there is an International Space Station and that the International Space Station isn't falling out of the sky.
I will now REPEAT the SAME QUESTION for you;

Do you think 'falling' is the right or correct word to be USING, in relation to where and what you are talking about here, EXACTLY?
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:42 pm Last I heard there were people aboard it. I couldn't imagine the horror anyone who is currently manning it would feel if they thought they were doomed to never be rescued or something.
Are you SURE you could NOT 'imagine' here?
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Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:43 pm
Age wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:38 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:33 pm

Where I have posted concerning stopping the war I have specifically referred to the war in Ukraine. I have posted on Twitter numerous times in reply to President Biden's official White House account. I assume, if it's read at all, it's read by someone who probably is employed from a temp agency to stare at the screen while getting paid for it. I doubt there's any way to get a message to anyone leading this oversized game of death we're in.
WHY do you only want 'that war' stopped?

WHY NOT ALL of 'the OTHER wars'?
What other wars are there right now?
This is VERY RELATIVE, but I am pretty sure one could find some, that is; if they went LOOKING FOR some.
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:43 pm What other wars is the US directly contributing to that I don't know about?
What has the so-called 'us" got to do with ANY 'thing' here?

Do you ONLY want those wars', which the so-called "us" is directly contributing to, to stop?

If yes, then WHY?
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Age wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:17 am
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:43 pm
Age wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:38 pm

WHY do you only want 'that war' stopped?

WHY NOT ALL of 'the OTHER wars'?
What other wars are there right now?
This is VERY RELATIVE, but I am pretty sure one could find some, that is; if they went LOOKING FOR some.
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:43 pm What other wars is the US directly contributing to that I don't know about?
What has the so-called 'us" got to do with ANY 'thing' here?

Do you ONLY want those wars', which the so-called "us" is directly contributing to, to stop?

If yes, then WHY?
I want all wars to stop.
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about wars i reason like a fascist. if something stronger can be forged through war, please do. but if those involved are of the same type, and nothing great can come of either of them, war is useless suffering. russia and Ukraine are an example. there would be no fundamental change in the political structure of either side whether it wins or not.

when economically capitalistic countries go to war, it duddint matter who wins to the working citizen. nothing changes for them, so they (soldiers and citizens) suffer and die in vain.
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promethean75 wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:14 am about wars i reason like a fascist. if something stronger can be forged through war, please do. but if those involved are of the same type, and nothing great can come of either of them, war is useless suffering. russia and Ukraine are an example. there would be no fundamental change in the political structure of either side whether it wins or not.

when economically capitalistic countries go to war, it duddint matter who wins to the working citizen. nothing changes for them, so they (soldiers and citizens) suffer and die in vain.
Then don't "reason like a fascist". Reason like a human being or whatever the metaphysical or linguistic equivalent of that word is to you. OR just be reasonable.
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Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:02 am
Age wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:17 am
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:43 pm

What other wars are there right now?
This is VERY RELATIVE, but I am pretty sure one could find some, that is; if they went LOOKING FOR some.
Gary Childress wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:43 pm What other wars is the US directly contributing to that I don't know about?
What has the so-called 'us" got to do with ANY 'thing' here?

Do you ONLY want those wars', which the so-called "us" is directly contributing to, to stop?

If yes, then WHY?
I want all wars to stop.
Okay so now you want ALL wars to stop. But then WHO does NOT?
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Age wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:22 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:02 am
Age wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:17 am

This is VERY RELATIVE, but I am pretty sure one could find some, that is; if they went LOOKING FOR some.


What has the so-called 'us" got to do with ANY 'thing' here?

Do you ONLY want those wars', which the so-called "us" is directly contributing to, to stop?

If yes, then WHY?
I want all wars to stop.
Okay so now you want ALL wars to stop. But then WHO does NOT?
I don't know who doesn't want the wars to stop. If there are wars, then someone must want them to be happening.

Are there wars happening right now?
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Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:39 pm
Age wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:22 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:02 am

I want all wars to stop.
Okay so now you want ALL wars to stop. But then WHO does NOT?
I don't know who doesn't want the wars to stop. If there are wars, then someone must want them to be happening.

Are there wars happening right now?
War mongers don’t want wars to end. Some of them are businessmen who profit from war. Some are mercenaries, whose mission in life is to fight in wars. Some are psychopaths.

Here are some current wars:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... _conflicts

Having been to war myself, I can say that wars are useless. Whatever is gained by one side is offset by the lives
that are lost from both sides.
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Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:39 pm
Age wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:22 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:02 am

I want all wars to stop.
Okay so now you want ALL wars to stop. But then WHO does NOT?
I don't know who doesn't want the wars to stop.
Adult human beings who design, make, and sell weapons are some who do NOT want wars to stop.
Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:39 pm If there are wars, then someone must want them to be happening.
Yes, those who profit from wars and who MANIPULATE others" into starting and fighting wars are some of 'those' who want wars and warring.'those' who MANIPULATE "others" into thinking or BELIEVING that some wars are necessary are also 'some' who WANT wars. But ALL of 'those ones' are ARE adult human beings.
Gary Childress wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:39 pm Are there wars happening right now?
'Right now' is VERY RELATIVE. BUT, in the days when this is being written, there are wars happening.

WHY do you ask?
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Age wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:07 am Yes, those who profit from wars and who MANIPULATE others" into starting and fighting wars are some of 'those' who want wars and warring.'those' who MANIPULATE "others" into thinking or BELIEVING that some wars are necessary are also 'some' who WANT wars. But ALL of 'those ones' are ARE adult human beings.
Yes. ALL those who want war are "adult" human beings. But not ALL adult human beings want war.
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Actually, children sometimes want war too, if adult human beings convince them it is what they ought to want.
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What did you say to the army officer when he asked why you brought your 7 year old daughter to the recruitment office?
Gary Childress wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:24 pm Actually, children sometimes want war too, if adult human beings convince them it is what they ought to want.
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Flannel Jesus wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:40 pm What did you say to the army officer when he asked why you brought your 7 year old daughter to the recruitment office?
Gary Childress wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:24 pm Actually, children sometimes want war too, if adult human beings convince them it is what they ought to want.
Keep your hands off my child!!!
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If I reached across the table to grab a sushi roll, how would you respond?
Gary Childress wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:54 pm Keep your hands off my child!!!
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