Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:58:15 08/30/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 21:24:59, allan johnson wrote: >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. Teach your children to be full of love. Teach one other person to be full of love. If everyone did that, it would solve a lot of problems. And if they don't, it will still help your family and the one other person you helped.
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