tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5503504668227493188..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: John Kerry Respects FatwasStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81131950507188581352015-03-17T15:19:10.049-07:002015-03-17T15:19:10.049-07:00I wonder if Secretary Kerry respects the fatwa tha...I wonder if Secretary Kerry respects the fatwa that remains in place for the killing of Salman Rushdie.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-65258732355887056672015-03-17T15:16:25.852-07:002015-03-17T15:16:25.852-07:00Sam L. @March 16, 2015 at 11:28 AM:
Please refer ...Sam L. @March 16, 2015 at 11:28 AM:<br /><br />Please refer to my comment to Kaiser Derden above.<br />Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-35511239225385728052015-03-17T15:08:55.619-07:002015-03-17T15:08:55.619-07:00Kaiser Derden @March 16, 2015 at 12:47 PM:
Kaiser...Kaiser Derden @March 16, 2015 at 12:47 PM:<br /><br />Kaiser Derden, meet Ares Olympus. You see, Kaiser, Ares is the frequent commenter on this blog who ridicules people for their conclusions, while being so "open-minded" and intelligent that he offers no conclusions of his own. A perpetual critic! Fun! I'll let you two chat and sort things out, as I've given up on engaging with Ares. Just don't be surprised when he describes every counter you offer as a "strawman argument," followed by the signature Wikipedia reference because you're too dumb to know what a strawman is. Enjoy! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3128441662813943742015-03-17T05:18:57.708-07:002015-03-17T05:18:57.708-07:00Kaiser, Every time I read your comment it brings ...Kaiser, Every time I read your comment it brings a smile and a hearty laugh. Simply stated. <br />When I was young I was not smart enough to know I was not smart enough. I think someone has not reached that point yet.<br />It always strikes me as interesting that the more education and experience in life I get the more I realize how little I know. That is wisdom I guess.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64927770049375944322015-03-16T12:47:47.228-07:002015-03-16T12:47:47.228-07:00Ares ... seems like you've got the snarkiness...Ares ... seems like you've got the snarkiness of a pundit down pat ...<br /><br />I suppose a world without nukes, or guns or knives or apparently, sharp sticks is the only one that can have decreasing violence ...<br /><br />you are a shut in right ? I mean given all the dangers in the world how could you possibly go out ...Kaiser Derden (aka TDL)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17707948032455985591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32498025234531476812015-03-16T11:43:01.460-07:002015-03-16T11:43:01.460-07:00Sam L. said.. Ares, drop the veiled words and say ...Sam L. said.. Ares, drop the veiled words and say what you really mean without pussyfooting.<br /><br />You mean like calling for nuclear disarmament for the world?<br /><br />But do we really want a world where only Israel has nuclear weapons, because they won't admit they have them?<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/03/world/nuclear-weapon-states/<br />United States 1945 1992 1,054 7,650 <br /><br />Russia 1949 1990 715 8,420 <br /><br />United Kingdom 1952 1991 45 225 <br /><br />France 1960 1996 210 300 <br /><br />China 1964 1996 45 240 <br /><br />India 1974 1998 6 80-100 <br /><br />Pakistan 1998 1998 6 90-110 <br /><br />North Korea 2006 2013 3 Fewer than 10 <br /><br />Israel No confirmed test No confirmed test No confirmed test 80 <br /><br />Iran No confirmed test No confirmed test No confirmed test 0 <br /><br /><br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-29067187076437937632015-03-16T11:28:32.873-07:002015-03-16T11:28:32.873-07:00Ares, drop the veiled words and say what you reall...Ares, drop the veiled words and say what you really mean without pussyfooting.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-27882459314399140312015-03-16T09:23:22.112-07:002015-03-16T09:23:22.112-07:00p.s. Slightly related, I found this article intere...p.s. Slightly related, I found this article interesting, questioning the statistical modern decline of violence.<br />http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/13/john-gray-steven-pinker-wrong-violence-war-declining<br /><br />I've also questioned Picker's conclusions, although I welcome for perspective against the human mind's cherry picking.<br /><br />But the future is still an open question, and I have to accept it is likely someday someone is going to find a means and justification for a nuclear attack, and I accept we're all responsible for that, whether the answer is to keep the nuclear club small, or to reduce how much we threaten the world with our stockpiles.<br /><br />Perhaps Iran's access to nuclear weapons is our biggest threat?<br /><br />I'm still waiting for every country in the nuclear club to explain clearly on what grounds such weapons will be used.<br /><br />If North Korea nukes south Korea, do we nuke North Korea? If Pakistan nukes India? If India nukes Pakistan? <br /><br />And if Iran nukes Israel in 2028 after the U.S. invades for regime-change, do we strike back with nukes?<br /><br />These strategies are very unclear to me. And so far we're just talking countries, and not nationless terrorists who happen to gain access sometime in the next 50 years.<br /><br />I saw this animation recently, and had no idea how many nuclear tests were going on as I grew up. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY<br /><br />So as long as nuclear weapons exist, I can't put a lot of faith that violence is decreasing.<br /><br />Anyway, I don't think its constructive to insult Secretary of State John Kerry's judgments. <br /><br />Maybe he is a haircut in search of a brain, but maybe that's how all of us look compared to the magnitude of challenges facing humanity's next decade.<br /><br />It gets to be amazing we have any security at all in this life.<br /><br />I tend to think the Neocon Republicans are just bluster and won't get another chance to prove their nation building skills. <br /><br />America is one more economic crisis from an isolationist president, and Iran will then do as it pleases I guess, whatever the chickenhawks want.<br /><br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56278028805328209802015-03-16T06:34:11.807-07:002015-03-16T06:34:11.807-07:00Punditry is so much fun. I should someday aspire t...Punditry is so much fun. I should someday aspire to this noble art.<br /><br />As Reagan said "Trust but verify". Or was that a Russian translation?<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify<br /><br />Unless we want to live in a world where the biggest bombs solves all arguments, we need some pathway to trust.<br /><br />Of course if you have no trust in your heart you're going to find a way to twist everything your rivals say and do as proof of their duplicity.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_giver<br /><br />Oh, well, at least we got the biggest bombs on our side.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com