Bill, Of course the Monroe Doctrine concerned the prevention of Western European countries from further exercising their influence in Latin America. That...
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tom
devogney
Feb 1, 2011 3:08 pm
Wil and Bill I guess in some way a claim for the Monroe doctrine could be comparable of the idea of personal space, and "getting in your face" as aggressive...
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irvhal
Feb 1, 2011 4:58 pm
The Monroe Doctrine, which was meant to be a reciprocal policy whereby we refrain from the European sphere and vice versa, was but an exercise and consummation...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Feb 1, 2011 6:26 pm
Well, then, we should "shirk". Wil ... From: irvhal <i99hj@...> To: existlist <existlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 10:58 am Subject:...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 1, 2011 7:45 pm
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Feb 1, 2011 8:06 pm
My hunch is that the current regime will fall; the new one will form; aid will continue as before. The only real change that I can surmise would be towards the...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 1, 2011 8:44 pm
... The poor bastards in Egypt will not have it so good but at least we did not blow up their country like Bush did Iraq. Have you seen the little gift we have...
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Mary
josephson45r
Feb 2, 2011 1:52 pm
As the blizzard continued howling early this morning, and the fluorescent city lights gave way to dawn's natural light, the ideas in this post troubled me....
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Mary
josephson45r
Feb 2, 2011 3:01 pm
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William
bhvwd
Feb 2, 2011 5:24 pm
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irvhal
Feb 2, 2011 7:42 pm
Perhaps my comment would have been better had I used the term folkways in lieu of virtue. For example, the Afghan tribesman's are not ours, and any attempt to...
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Mary
josephson45r
Feb 2, 2011 9:29 pm
Hi, Bill. I don't miss the commuter lifestyle, but I do miss my little acre in the country and feeding all the critters. Yet I've traded all that for a...
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Mary
josephson45r
Feb 3, 2011 4:40 pm
Thank you, and I agree. NGO's such as Greg Mortenson's Central Asia Institute have success in providing essential services and building schools specifically...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 3, 2011 10:34 pm
Nicholas Kristoff of the NYT is bugging out of Egypt. As I said to Wil westerners staying there are nuts. Mubarik is going to try to crush the rebellion and...
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rwr
dick.richard...
Feb 4, 2011 11:30 am
Prime Ordinate The confederacy of the established domains would inevitably lead to one of them eventually becoming the Prime Ordinate location for the ...
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rwr
dick.richard...
Feb 4, 2011 1:22 pm
When Galaxies Collide In such an event, and which are common it seems, the only thing that matters would be to that of any life forms in the vicinity of such a...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 4, 2011 8:18 pm
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rwr
dick.richard...
Feb 4, 2011 9:31 pm
Re: Colliding Galaxies [ Dick, I have often pondered a galactic collision. So where would your point of observation be? That question always gets me into...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 4, 2011 10:25 pm
It is a full winter freeze down and I am tired. This weeks work was hard and I will relax and dial down. I know I need a rest when I dream about the...
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rwr
dick.richard...
Feb 6, 2011 9:17 am
Why is reincarnation implied? [ You mentioned that reincarnation is implied by the things which you found, can you briefly explain why it is implied? ] I have...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 6, 2011 5:16 pm
Dick, I am not going to change your mind nor will you change mine but this can be an exercise in definition of the mystical stance and the atheistic...
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rwr
dick.richard...
Feb 6, 2011 6:36 pm
William, you have plainly never read what I have been saying for years, and in all the books. If you have then sure have not understood a jot of it. As for...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 6, 2011 9:36 pm
I am prepairing for the Super Bowl which is emblymatic of our real religion, FOOTBALL. It is crass and overblown but it is better than this blasted and...
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tom
devogney
Feb 6, 2011 10:01 pm
Bill I read by mid 60s football eclipsed baseball as the national sport. Maybe the more aggressive nature of football was in line as America moved into a...
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William
bhvwd
Feb 6, 2011 10:30 pm
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tom
devogney
Feb 6, 2011 11:24 pm
In my opinion, the term defense is a misnomer since the demise of the USSR. The Dept of War was as in "Orwellian Newspeak" changed to dept of defense in late...
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rwr
dick.richard...
Feb 7, 2011 2:04 am
Do you really need this nationalistic fandango of mob culture to cling to like a security blanket? You don't have to allow others to drag you down to their...
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Mary
josephson45r
Feb 7, 2011 4:13 pm
I doubt there is another more existentially relevant topic than Otherness. Since reading Zizek's characterization of multiculturalism as a politically correct...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Feb 7, 2011 6:05 pm
Mary, Of course, that is far from Zizek's own point or position. Wil ... From: Mary <josephson45r@...> To: existlist <existlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Jim
jimstuart51
Feb 7, 2011 6:28 pm
Wil, Mary, Yes - but what is Zizek's position on multiculuralism and immigration? Is he in favour of unlimited immigration and full-strength multiculturalism? ...
