Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-18 Thread ThomasClark123
In a message dated 5/18/2006 3:16:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Birth control has worked magnificently in every part of the world. It is one of the greatest triumphs of medical technology and public health in history. Thanks for this information.   Best Regards,  Baron

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the above information. Even though birth control has not worked . . . This is complete nonsense, by the way. Birth control has worked magnificently in every part of the world. It is one of the greatest triumphs of medical technology and public health in h

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-18 Thread ThomasClark123
In a message dated 5/11/2006 11:44:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Muslims think the west is their enemy.  They think that all 'crusades' come from the 'west'.  They are wrong.  They forgot aboutHulagu Khan the avenging Nestorian Christian that almost wiped Islam from

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread Pteranodon
On Thursday 11 May 2006 15:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/11/2006 10:43:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > [Lloyd Miller Sez:] Skinner was TOTALITARIAN SCUM! Totally opposed by his > own explicit words to freedom and dignity. [Lloyd said] > > [Lloyd Mil

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: The essay is dated 1932 (at the top), so Russell is referring world war 1. Goodness! I sure missed that one. However, it was true of World War I, albeit to a lesser extent. The British economy was dependent upon US food and weapons production from 1916 to 1918, and they

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread Harry Veeder
The essay is dated 1932 (at the top), so Russell is referring world war 1. Harry Jed Rothwell wrote: > I agree with Russell for the most part, but this is a serious error: > >> Modern technique has made it possible to diminish enormously the >> amount of labor required to secure the necessaries

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread ThomasClark123
In a message dated 5/11/2006 10:43:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [Lloyd Miller Sez:] Skinner was TOTALITARIAN SCUM!  Totally opposed by his own explicit words to freedom and dignity. [Lloyd said]   [Lloyd Miller Sez:] Bertrand Russell was environmentalist extremist, a

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
I agree with Russell for the most part, but this is a serious error: Modern technique has made it possible to diminish enormously the amount of labor required to secure the necessaries of life for everyone. This was made obvious during the war. At that time all the men in the armed forces, and

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread ThomasClark123
In a message dated 5/11/2006 11:55:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > B.F. Skinner in his book Walden II, shows us how we can> all live comfortably working only part-time. If only some rich> millionaires had built B.F. Skinners Walden II towns 50 years> ago, we would all b

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-11 Thread OrionWorks
>From ThomasClark123 ... > B.F. Skinner in his book Walden II, shows us how we can > all live comfortably working only part-time. If only some rich > millionaires had built B.F. Skinners Walden II towns 50 years > ago, we would all be living in them today, and working > part-time with plenty of

Re: OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-10 Thread ThomasClark123
In a message dated 5/4/2006 10:11:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All this is only preliminary. I want to say, in all seriousness, that agreat deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in thevirtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperit

OT: Bertrand Russell- In Praise of Idleness

2006-05-04 Thread Harry Veeder
In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell [1932] Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.' Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told,