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Originally Posted by roachboy
within those contexts, participating in genocide was a rational action.
how useful is the category?
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The pattern of we often find in history where good people fall victim of what is irrational behavior, is often grounded in the leaders good people follow, manipulating information or not exposing people to the big picture of what is occurring. So, the bureaucrat who compiles a list of names, the officer who rounds up those people, the engineer who operates the train, etc. may know what they are doing, but may not know what is being done in its entirety. The main reason why despicable leaders want to control speech and the flow of information.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Do yourself a favour and consider the fact that the best one can hope to achieve is the minimization of uncertainty.
Sure, you can eliminate uncertainty with things such as GICs and the like, and I'm pretty sure the sun will rise again tomorrow, but we must always factor in risk vs. reward in many aspects of life. Life is about managing uncertainty, not eliminating it.
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At the risk of sounding overly philosophical and stuff, if I ever find what I search for, life will no longer have meaning for me. So, I search for that which can not be found.
{added} And getting back to soaking the "rich", what are you folks going to say when democrats extend the Bush tax cuts for the "rich"?