Comments on: Happy Peace Day (and please refrain from killing each other today, okay?) http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alex http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1326 Alex Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:40:46 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1326 This is a testosterone filled post! It's harsh but it has its truths too. Man, I'm gonna go grab a poetry book now. Paz e amor, dudes! ;-) This is a testosterone filled post! It’s harsh but it has its truths too. Man, I’m gonna go grab a poetry book now. Paz e amor, dudes!
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]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1321 edvardmoonke Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:39:33 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1321 drodbar: hello and welcome. In my humble opinion, people who live in countries which have become rich through their military conquests are a little suspect to decide whether or not it's 'quite that bad'. as for the bullying, sadly we didn't have mobile phones in my day, just good old-fashioned punching on the stomach in an alleyway. drodbar: hello and welcome. In my humble opinion, people who live in countries which have become rich through their military conquests are a little suspect to decide whether or not it’s ‘quite that bad’. as for the bullying, sadly we didn’t have mobile phones in my day, just good old-fashioned punching on the stomach in an alleyway.

]]> By: drodbar http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1319 drodbar Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:13:27 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1319 Oh, its not quite that bad. The problem I think is not that we're all violent, but that violence is a form of power. The peaceful are at the mercy of the violent, the selfish at the mercy of the unselfish, the trusting at the mercy of the untrustworthy. But 'we may enjoy playground bullying' - who's 'we'? - I certainly don't and I'm sure you don't either. The innocent may not to be powerful, but neither are they guilty. Oh, its not quite that bad. The problem I think is not that we’re all violent, but that violence is a form of power. The peaceful are at the mercy of the violent, the selfish at the mercy of the unselfish, the trusting at the mercy of the untrustworthy. But ‘we may enjoy playground bullying’ – who’s ‘we’? – I certainly don’t and I’m sure you don’t either. The innocent may not to be powerful, but neither are they guilty.

]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1318 edvardmoonke Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:18:55 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1318 sophie: and I suspect we'll be here for a while still. however long our existence on this planet lasts, I doubt we'll ever see sense and drop our weapons; I simply don't believe we're capable of it. for as long as there are people unnecessarily dying, be it from the firing of a bullet or the swinging of an axe, or by starvation, my low opinion of humanity will remain. vesper: thank you. of course, I would be the first person to do the 'happy-campy' thing, if only we'd done anything to merit it... sophie: and I suspect we’ll be here for a while still. however long our existence on this planet lasts, I doubt we’ll ever see sense and drop our weapons; I simply don’t believe we’re capable of it. for as long as there are people unnecessarily dying, be it from the firing of a bullet or the swinging of an axe, or by starvation, my low opinion of humanity will remain.

vesper: thank you. of course, I would be the first person to do the ‘happy-campy’ thing, if only we’d done anything to merit it…

]]> By: vesper http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1316 vesper Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:47:34 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1316 love how you wrote this. your way of thinking is much healthier than the people who can't stop preaching all the happy-campy BS (the secret comes to mind once again)...the ones with blinders full-up 24/7. realism with a healthy dose of imagination is the best possible combination. love how you wrote this. your way of thinking is much healthier than the people who can’t stop preaching all the happy-campy BS (the secret comes to mind once again)…the ones with blinders full-up 24/7. realism with a healthy dose of imagination is the best possible combination.

]]> By: Sophie http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1315 Sophie Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:50:04 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1315 Hey, despite the awfulness of humanity in general, we're all still here, aren't we? Make the best of what you've got and be as good to each other as you can. That's the only way to change things. Hey, despite the awfulness of humanity in general, we’re all still here, aren’t we? Make the best of what you’ve got and be as good to each other as you can. That’s the only way to change things.

]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1314 edvardmoonke Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:03:04 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1314 DQ: I wouldn't put money on it. DQ: I wouldn’t put money on it.

]]> By: DQ http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1312 DQ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:42:56 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1312 And yet everyday we continue to bring life into this world. . . I guess the goodness comes in thinking each generation will be better. And yet everyday we continue to bring life into this world. . .

I guess the goodness comes in thinking each generation will be better.

]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1311 edvardmoonke Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:57:39 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1311 ariel: absolutely. that's me. and as a realist, I am rather pessimistic about humanity's chances of ever coming good... ariel: absolutely. that’s me. and as a realist, I am rather pessimistic about humanity’s chances of ever coming good…

]]> By: Ariel http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1310 Ariel Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:15:14 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1310 You are a realist. And reality smarts. You are a realist. And reality smarts.

]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1307 edvardmoonke Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:01:26 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1307 lj: as we're all mixing our metaphors, here's another: if the only tool you possess is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. lj: as we’re all mixing our metaphors, here’s another: if the only tool you possess is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

]]> By: lj http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1306 lj Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:15:47 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1306 Thinking and intellect is a tool. Not the only one we possess. This is what happens when you elect the hammer in your wood shop to the position of god, I suppose. Thinking and intellect is a tool. Not the only one we possess. This is what happens when you elect the hammer in your wood shop to the position of god, I suppose.

]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1303 edvardmoonke Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:33:04 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1303 zinnia: that <i>was</i> lucky. to avoid that sort of faux pas, I generally find that checking the international calendar before leaving the house can save a lot of embarrassment. maryam: I haven't read it. I've googled him and it sounds as though he'd only be preaching to the converted here. like richard dawkins' <i>the god delusion</i>, the religious zombies are those who would probably most benefit from it. zinnia: that was lucky. to avoid that sort of faux pas, I generally find that checking the international calendar before leaving the house can save a lot of embarrassment.

maryam: I haven’t read it. I’ve googled him and it sounds as though he’d only be preaching to the converted here. like richard dawkins’ the god delusion, the religious zombies are those who would probably most benefit from it.

]]> By: maryam in marrakech http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1302 maryam in marrakech Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:12:33 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1302 darling, as usual you are a hundred percent right, of course. But no need for a meteorite - at this rate, it will be all over very soon. Let's enjoy our last days:-) PS Have you read the Sam Harris book? You must! darling, as usual you are a hundred percent right, of course. But no need for a meteorite – at this rate, it will be all over very soon. Let’s enjoy our last days:-)

PS Have you read the Sam Harris book? You must!

]]> By: Zinnia Cyclamen http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1301 Zinnia Cyclamen Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:27:04 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1301 I managed to completely miss International Peace Day, but by a lucky coincidence I didn't kill anyone last Friday. I managed to completely miss International Peace Day, but by a lucky coincidence I didn’t kill anyone last Friday.

]]> By: edvardmoonke http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1299 edvardmoonke Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:41:58 +0000 http://edvardmoonke.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/happy-peace-day-and-try-not-to-kill-each-other-today-okay/#comment-1299 peter: hiya. what can I say... deranged minds think alike, no? I think the whole business of hermetic living is quite underrated. peter: hiya. what can I say… deranged minds think alike, no? I think the whole business of hermetic living is quite underrated.

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