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kashasha

03/23/08 10:03 PM

#322345 RE: mlsoft #322338

Gosh, I just finished reading your posts and I've never "seen" you so "kali," Swahili meaning in one sense, sharp as in a little biting like a jalapeno. Usually, you are Mr. Ultimate Patience. Good to know you are human, subject to all the frailties of that condition, and don't reside, with your harp, on a cloud. :o)

Beliefs and repetitious questions:

People believe what they do for any number of different reasons, not the least of which could be a mental block which disallows any other considerations. In such instances, their truths and certainties are just as real and valid to them as yours are to you, and they are not subject to review. Repetitious questions sometimes have the intent of eliciting or soliciting modified responses which are more in line with the beliefs of the asker than prior responses were.

One of the most interesting examples of that I can give is a go-round I once had with a very bright young Tanzanian, Jerusa, who insisted that no one had blue eyes. Cutting to the chase here, I walked with her over to the dwelling of a German missionary who had a pair of the bluest eyes imaginable. When challenged to state what color the missionary's eyes were, that kid pulled herself as erect as possible and stated, "They are brown." Repeatedly, I challenged her to tell the truth. Repeatedly, she did, as she saw it, and her answers were all the same. (In her culture blue eyes are of the devil.)

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easymoney101

03/31/08 7:40 PM

#323868 RE: mlsoft #322338

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” -- Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering