At 10:04 pm 18/07/2005 -0500, you wrote:
Re: Toward the Next Crusade
Evil is the root cause of despair.
Richard
It certainly is, Richard.
Unfortunately we live in a world which has lost its
belief in the existence of evil in spite of all the
evidence provided, not only by the evils
Title: Re: Toward the Next Crusade
So ends your foray into cultural studies.
Harry
RC Macaulay wrote:
Evil is the root cause of despair.
Richard
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RC Macaulay wrote:
The analogy I drew regarding truck drivers came from a report by a medical
team from Texas Medical Center Houston returning from a summer in Uganda
Africa.
Was that an analogy or a statement of fact? As an analogy it may be valid,
albeit overblown, but I very much doubt
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Calm down Fred. You make a valuable contribution to
Vortex and yourideas are both inspiring and thought provoking.
At the risk of being banned
Grimer wrote..
It seems to me that the Crusader Particle would be a good name for
the materon/epo since like crusaders of yore it carries a cross (the
plus sign) and a sword, the negative sign.Not a politically correct
suggestion, I know, butin the week following the London bombings I
RC Macaulay wrote:
Grimer wrote..
It seems to me that the Crusader
Particle would be a good name for the materon/epo
since like crusaders of yore it carries a cross
(the plus sign) and a sword, the negative sign.
Not a politically correct suggestion, I know, but
in the week following the
RC Macaulay wrote:
An analogy can be drawn by the story of the Muslin truck driver. Should
the truck break down just over the hill on a dark road, the Muslim would
leave the truck in the middle of the road. Anyone killed by crashing into
the truck would be the will of Allah. However, a
I wrote:
The al in al Qaeda came into English many times in history under
happier circumstances, in words such as algebra, alcohol, alkali and
alchemy (which later morphed into chemistry). See also zero . . .
Also algorism and algorithm (from Muhammad ibn Khwarizmi-Musa), cipher,
average
Jed and Ed
I am in complete agreement
No need to write more
Regards
JohnH
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RC Macaulay wrote:
An analogy can be drawn
Richard wrote..
This simple analogy is the essence of the two cultures. One fatalistic
and one hopeful. One based on evil and one on good.
Ed and Jed are correct stating this group should focus on science. Cultural
studies are a science.
Allow me to correct my wording to.. One "rooted" in
Title: Re: Toward the Next Crusade
A culture of despair has displaced a culture of hope.
Despair tends to foster a belief in fatalism.
Now ask yourself what is the cause of despair.
Harry
RC Macaulay wrote:
Richard wrote..
This simple analogy is the essence of the two cultures. One
Title: Re: Toward the Next Crusade
Evil is the root cause of despair.
Richard
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Harry Veeder
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: Toward the Next
Crusade
A culture of despair has displaced a culture
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