Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

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oy weh!
"lion and lamb" and what you write above effectively have nothing remotely to do with each other, and indeed, you almost admit as much in your previous post

It all depends on whether you believe in man's inherent goodness. I have seen little evidence. It is why we need laws.

I would be very doubtful of the Indonesian population. It sounds like an anthropologist's fantasy.

herman - because as you point out, that was a single tribe in isolation, so basic internal tribal law will prevail and will focus on survival ..... the early israeli kibbutzim also managed to work on pretty altruistic principles for a while

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What happened to the Kibbutz, did inhuman behaviour take over?


Hays,

Laws are useful, but their value is in the change in society which they produce .

Less violence actions and criminality now, compared to 100 years ago.

Abortion law change and acceptance of abortions by the majority.

Homesexuality between consenting adults and "spoken" acceptance by the majority.

Made illegal not to send children to school except in certain circumstances.

These have all influenced "human nature" and made it more temperate.

Greed, can be one of the characteristics of an "individual's" human nature.

Has Fred ever voted for anything , as he ever been a member of a trade union so he could fight for workers right's or done any charity work to help the poor working class or is just a free loader letting others do it.

fred - the altruistic ideal prevailed as long as there was a common cause (survival), but eventually and inevitably, as night follows day, human nature asserted itself

to pursue your comment further ....
what you perceive as greed another will indeed perceive as just reward
similarly, what you perceive as being careful with money, another will perceive as miserliness

Anyone for cats in the craddle?




Familair ?

it's a learned gesture, probably designed to convey sincerity and honesty

Doesn't work then! :-)

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MaxK - 25 Sep 2013 14:23 - 29983 of 29987

What's the title of that photo ?

Did you spot there are 5 men and 5 women sitting in the front row behind him , a slight hint me think's