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To: koan who wrote (334188)4/20/2017 11:06:20 AM
From: koan  Respond to of 542087
 
Trump just keeps starting one fight after another with countries around the world, just like he does with people. He just keeps drawing us into more and more fights.

If one thinks about it, this is sort of what Hitler did when he started attacking so many different countries, one right after another.

And what is so worrisome, is that he has surrounded himself with people who seem to be willing to go along with his crazy behavior and the Republican Party refusing to stand up and stop him.

The last thing in the world we needed right now was to take on Iran. Obama had them contained for the foreseeable future and at the very least we should of taken care of the North Korean problem before we started this one.

And he has us eyeball to eyeball with both Russia and China.

This guy is turning out to be worse than our worst nightmare



To: koan who wrote (334188)4/20/2017 11:56:45 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542087
 
"It is important to be polite to ignorant people for purposes of their well being,"
It's important to remember that somebody isn't ignorant just because he doesn't see things the same way you do.

"Virtually every problem the human species incurs can be traced back to ignorance."
Most can be traced back to advances (often driven by war) in science, public health, and agriculture, too.

Once we were dumb; then our most educated taught the rest of us how to blow up the entire planet in about 90 minutes



and we taught ourselves how to cure pneumonia with bread mold which led to

and


and




To: koan who wrote (334188)4/20/2017 12:35:52 PM
From: stsimon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 542087
 
Pol Pot and other Khmer Rouge leaders were University educated. I'm sure I could find many other examples if I had the time, which I don't.

Education is like most other things. It can be used for good or evil, depending on the individual.