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11 Mar 2015, 1:18 am

LupaLuna wrote:

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There is one thing I think that is stopping world peace from ever happening, and that's "human nature". We all want to 1-up each other, and we surly can't have peace under those conditions. Think about it. The modern world as we know it has all but eliminated human(labor) slavery and we still can't make peace with each other. Even in spite of having machines doing most of the slave work for us.

I agree with most of what you are saying, but I don't think we've even come close to eliminating slavery.

That's why I was making a reference to "labor" slavery. which has been almost eliminated. but other forms of slavery, like sexual slavery, still run rampant.

I'd argue that wage slavery is a form of "labor" slavery, though it's not quite as overt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery

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11 Mar 2015, 7:53 am

Violence will end when everyone respects, and tolerates each other.

So each and every person who does not tolerate, and respect, his fellow man must be...slaughtered like a pig!

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11 Mar 2015, 5:22 pm

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[In Base 8, 10 can be divided by 2 and 4.
In Base 10, 10 can be divided by 2 and 5.
In Base 12, 10 can be divided by 2, 3, 4, and 6. The 8 and 9 times tables also become very simple.

base 8 is perfect as 10 divides by 2 exponentially, 10, 4, 2, 1, 0.4, 0.2, 0.1 etc
in base 12 10 only divides equally twice, then come fractions again, 10, 6, 3, 1.6, 0.9 (i can't work it out after that)[/quote]
I hadn't thought about that. I think day-to-day stuff would be easier in base 12. I don't think I want to divide by 8 as often as I want to divide by 3.

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11 Mar 2015, 8:27 pm

until people stop posting idiot counting threads on these boards....

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11 Mar 2015, 9:29 pm

To paraphrase Diderot, "...until the last politician has been strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

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12 Mar 2015, 1:21 am

Beauty pageant contestants quit mentioning it in their interviews.

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13 Mar 2015, 7:38 pm

RhodyStruggle wrote:

To paraphrase Diderot, "...until the last politician has been strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

OMFD

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13 Mar 2015, 7:46 pm

Just in case a reader is curious about the wording of the idea RS referred to------>"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." ~Denis Diderot (France)

Thanks, RS!

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13 Mar 2015, 8:53 pm

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Further on that note, "...if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him." -Mikhail Bakunin

I've always thought that was a very profound, and true quote, ever since I first heard KMFDM sample it in the song "Stray Bullet".

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13 Mar 2015, 10:26 pm

until everyone on these boards is sweet and kind and loving to one another ....

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14 Mar 2015, 3:47 pm

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

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14 Mar 2015, 6:17 pm

World peace will happen when everyone is dead, that's the way I see it.

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