as religion, family, style of government, geographic/economic
possibilities/problems, etc. I happen to think one's sex determines a
huge influence but would add health, intelligence and probably a dozen
more during today's thoughts and musings. I do think the tribal/herd
instinct is strong- probably to boost survival as well as to gain
approval/worth. Didn't I hear that some Lybians wish to return to
polygamy? Great advance for females- not!
I think virtue/vice are universal traits of humanity and have little
to do with class divisions or wealth.
Well...you could jazz things up with haggis (sp?) and a shot of aged
whiskey! :-) Last weekend I made cockaleekie soup (chicken and barley)
which was delicious. Anyway- good luck with your "fasting" but don't
get weak in the knees.//Today I must ax a channel of ice or call a
friend of my son's as the snow-man is recovering from an operation for
a couple of weeks.
On Mar 6, 6:03 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I doubt the science romanticises the poor rigsy, though we could
> quibble on its context in a "game". In many parts of the global, very
> much a mortal coil only worth shuffling off, children are still sold
> and worse. One recent story that made the Bimbo Broadcasting
> Corporation was on an Afghan family who had to sell a son to keep the
> rest of the family through the winter. Others 'feed' their families
> opium.xszdaaaaaasxcd ( a comment from my cat leaping on the
> keyboard). Literature strikes me as too often about what the rich
> like us to think on their character. Life no doubt is Grimm Gabby.
>
> Other laws, such as who gets paid out in bankruptcy, are being changed
> too Molly - needless to say to help bankster looting.
>
> I don't see Occupy as likely to be an answer on historical precedent -
> though we should all be out there 'aching'. I'm going hungry myself
> (only to lose weight) at the moment and can't but notice how
> debilitating the process is along with the thought that when it's
> over I'll still have to do three days a week on only a bowl of
> porridge. Not much compared with ancestors for whom that would be a
> week's ration and had only cattle boats to America to look forward
> to! They have food stamps and charity in the way of a real mass
> movement. The ultimate fact in all this is that vast productivity
> increases have not worked to produce a general material contentment.
> This seems enough to me for us to need a new core research programme
> of replace economic bull and bluster and the view of ourselves from
> literature, advertising and what we have mistakenly thought of as
> education.
>
> On Mar 6, 11:17 pm, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Nor the young with values which add up. Compare:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hans_in_Luck.
>
> > Na, Riffy, the world clearly ain't so black and white as Ebony and Ivory
> > sales statistics make it look. Not that you didn't know that, I guess I'm
> > more reminding myself.
>
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:16 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > That is a piffy generalization- the wealthy have built and contributed
> > > much to society. A popular character type in literature- and life- is
> > > the peasant who would sell his mother if given the chance. Don't
> > > romanticize the poor with virtues they do not possess.
>
> > > On Mar 5, 4:56 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Dr. Paul Piff has done a number of reasonably scientific experiments
> > > > that demonstrate the wealthy are less inclined to give in experimental
> > > > settings. You can find a review here -
> > >http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-upper-class-people.html
> > > > .
>
> > > > I've been exploring some dire financial deals of late and corruption
> > > > in academic circles that eventually pan out in local genocides in
> > > > Africa. One of the most unethical creeps I worked with was a
> > > > professor of business ethics, but other ethical professionals like
> > > > lawyers often have none. This link gives the gist -
> > >http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/03/on-the-continuing-oxymoron-of-...
> > > > .
>
> > > > My view for years has been we need to apply the criminal law and
> > > > police investigation to economics and I think there is little clever
> > > > about money-grubbing, just a set of myths justifying it.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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