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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-09-09 03:04 AM
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5. Rood ruck. I doubt there's any better writing on precisely this topic in existence.
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  -Poll: Can one generation raise the next generation to be more peaceful and selfless? armyowalgreens  Jul-09-09 02:42 AM   #0 
  - Read the Geneaology Of Morals.  BlooInBloo   Jul-09-09 02:43 AM   #1 
  - Reading Nietzsche makes my head hurt. But I'll have to try harder.  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 02:45 AM   #2 
  - Rood ruck. I doubt there's any better writing on precisely this topic in existence.  BlooInBloo   Jul-09-09 03:04 AM   #5 
  - Well I will undoubtedly be reading him in my philosophy classes.  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 03:08 AM   #6 
  - Read Alice Miller -- The Drama of the Gifted Child and others  omega minimo   Jul-09-09 06:37 PM   #16 
  - Read  omega minimo   Jul-09-09 06:36 PM   #15 
  - The problem is that we are sucking resources FROM future generations.  napoleon_in_rags   Jul-09-09 02:50 AM   #3 
  - No, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. Just think of the people you immediately effect...  ContinentalOp   Jul-09-09 03:00 AM   #4 
  - It would have to be a concerted effort  Chemisse   Jul-09-09 07:31 AM   #7 
  - I never said it would be idyllic.  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 06:30 PM   #12 
     - I never said you said it would be idyllic  Chemisse   Jul-09-09 09:59 PM   #26 
  - The underlying assumption is you can get one generation of humans to agree  BurtWorm   Jul-09-09 07:43 AM   #8 
  - Religion has been very successful at getting entire populations of people to agree.  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 06:29 PM   #11 
     - You mean like Sunnis and Shiites? And Catholics and Protestants?  BurtWorm   Jul-09-09 08:48 PM   #20 
        - Sunnis and Shiites believe in almost the same exact thing.  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 09:01 PM   #21 
           - They called that period the Dark Ages.  BurtWorm   Jul-09-09 09:06 PM   #23 
              - people are going to always be people, you are going to have the sheep and the wolves  vadawg   Jul-09-09 09:08 PM   #24 
              - Does power corrupt? Or do the corrupt seek power?  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 09:10 PM   #25 
                 - That made me think a little. Thank you!  ControlledDemolition   Jul-09-09 11:34 PM   #29 
  - Other.  Soylent Brice   Jul-09-09 07:54 AM   #9 
  - I sometimes think the human race is evolving into two subspecies, one of which is  Voice for Peace   Jul-09-09 08:23 AM   #10 
  - You misunderstand the word "selflish"...  armyowalgreens   Jul-09-09 06:33 PM   #13 
  - thanks.. but the concept of selflessness is widely interpreted, so indulge me.  Voice for Peace   Jul-09-09 08:27 PM   #19 
  - Extremely wise words. n/t  ControlledDemolition   Jul-09-09 11:37 PM   #30 
  - .  omega minimo   Jul-09-09 06:36 PM   #14 
  - Yes. The way is to provide them with a connection to Nature.  omega minimo   Jul-09-09 06:39 PM   #17 
  - nope never happen due to the nature of our species  vadawg   Jul-09-09 06:45 PM   #18 
  - I think so. Did you see this?  redqueen   Jul-09-09 09:03 PM   #22 
  - Yes  ismnotwasm   Jul-09-09 10:43 PM   #27 
  - I think GenX and baby boomers clearly shows you can  Johonny   Jul-09-09 11:16 PM   #28 
  - That's an excellent point.  armyowalgreens   Jul-10-09 02:33 AM   #31 
  - Too many factors.  proteus_lives   Jul-10-09 04:21 AM   #32 
 

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