Author: allan johnson
Date: 18:24:59 08/29/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 17:45:57, William H Rogers wrote: >On August 29, 2001 at 13:58:11, Derrick Daniels wrote: > >> >>With all the talent and intelligence here, shouldn't we be devoting our time to >>solving the problems of HUMANITY? I don't know about anyonelse but everytime i >>come here I feel like I am wasting precious time, although I enjoy it >>considerably. > >The problem with solving the worlds problems is that no matter what may be >suggested, there will always be crooked politicians who want to make money on >everything that they do. Most of the wars, etc. are caused by men who make money >one way or another with some country or another. Just as with our own civil war, >and it was not over slaverly, the northern money lords tried to impost >restrictions on the southern people who were getting rich off their crops and >tried to take it away from them. Only after a year or two did they adopt the >policy that it was to free the slaves even though most of the slaves that were >held in the northern states were not freed for many years after. >Yes, there is a lot of talent here and it has a better chance of solving the >chess puzzle than it does in solving the worlds problems. >IMHO >Bill I agree with your assessment Bill but it depresses me no end that I'm powerless to bring about a world with a better and more equitable economic structure.Mind you that's not to say I wont keep trying. Allan
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