[aklug] Re: !~

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013, Greg Schmitz wrote:

> That's a silly argument Arthur; I was just reading the Federal Registry from
> 1964 today. How does the natural of ability of some individuals trump
> history or circumstance? Talk about "straw dogs." I would commend to you
> one of the books that has informed the way I think about things: ESSENCE OF
> DECISION by Graham T. Alison (the inventor of modern game theory) any edition
> is enlightening. Last time I checked history was still relevant to our
> nation which claims to be built on laws not only for it's historical value
> but the social consequences that ensue if the public is aware of history (and
> our Judicial branch takes both under consideration when rendering decisions).
> Do you really think that ANCSA would have been successful without the books,
> BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE or CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS or the American
> Indian Movement (AIM) and all the folks that read those books while realizing
> that we were slaughtering civilians thousands of miles away? Your approach
> to contemporary problems and how "things work" is amiss I think

You know, for someone who likes to toss book names out there you seem to
show a remarkable lack of reading comprehension towards anything I write.
Not sure what to make of that, but you might take off the idealogical
blinders for a moment and think about what I'm saying, rather launching
opinions based on predisposition. We have broached on a few areas we agree
on, but it's obvious that the effect those areas have on each of our psyches
are about 180 degrees opposite.

You seem obsessed with assuming guilt. That's a *you* problem, not a *me*
problem. I prefer to focus my energies in areas of influence I can actually
affect, and take personal responsibility for *my* actions. Proponents of
government control and interference, however, seem to want little to do with
personal responsibility.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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Received on Thu Oct 31 23:04:28 2013