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Comment by Tom Sarbeck on March 22, 2013 at 2:07am

Lies and class won't go away; too many people find them useful.

Nor will truth and fairness go away; too many people find them useful.

The struggle continues. (In my not-at-all humble opinion.)

There is hope but it requires unlikely circumstances.

There was a troop of vertebrates (maybe chimps) a Stanford professor (whose name I don't recall) studied for 15-20 years.

He reported that a few dominant males pigged out on every stash of food they found. Their hunger sated, they left the remaining food to the less dominant males and the rest of the troop.

One day a stash of food was found that was contaminated. The dominant males, as usual, pigged out...and died.

The troop became more cooperative and shared food they found.

This isn't a socialist fairy tale set in the jungle.

The Stanford professor told the story in a Teaching Company course. I saw him on TV once and all I remember about him is that he probably hadn't had his hair cut in years.

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 21, 2013 at 7:21pm

If "Lies, and class, serve too many purposes" then truth and fairness serve too few purposes? 

I wonder if good, solid, evidence based education would change anything?

Comment by Tom Sarbeck on March 21, 2013 at 7:22am

Good luck to folk who act on Jean Paul Sartre's words (about eradicating class).

Lies, and class, serve too many purposes.

For instance, people use lies to get them some time they need.

Maybe, if I read Sartre's Dirty Hands, I'll see his context and opine differently.

Comment by Grinning Cat on March 21, 2013 at 2:11am

Christopher Weyant on Republican strategy:

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 19, 2013 at 2:58pm

"I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary."

~ Jean Paul Sartre, Dirty Hands: act 5, scene 3. 1963

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 2, 2013 at 1:09pm

Myths prevail! Facts: Temporary jobs, dirty oil, more CO2 if burned, probable leaks, Canadian don't want pipeline on their lands, game over for climate, and cost of clean-up very high.
Van Jones Reacts to Keystone XL Report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAsr9d1kGZU&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 1, 2013 at 2:53pm

Women make abortion decision based on many factors, economic, political, religious, and others. Taking her right of choice away from her is to turn her into property to be managed by others. 

Thanks booklover

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 28, 2013 at 2:38pm

Siberian Caves Reveal Advancing Permafrost Thaw
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=siberian-caves-rev...

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 27, 2013 at 4:36pm

Physics of the Future (Michio Kaku)

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 27, 2013 at 4:03pm

Blacks Decimated by Wall Street Subprime Mortgage Scam: Income Disp...

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