[MD] Food for Thought

[David M]

Hi DMB

Thanks for the below. Clearly there are people
who fear and repress intellectual evolution.
How are they able to get themselves in
postions of power to do this and why are
therenot powerful people who embrace
such evolution?

David M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "david buchanan" <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Food for Thought


> David M said to dmb:
> Some interesting points. But what would a society controlled by intellect
> look like compared to now?
>
> dmb says:
> Imagine what the USA might look like if the President DIDN'T count Jesus 
> as
> his favorite philosopher or anger the scientific community or use bogus
> information and fear-mongering to start an unnecessary war or defy the
> international community or pull out of international anti-pollution 
> treaties
> or defy the Geneva conventions or the Bill of Rights or the system of 
> checks
> and balances. Imagine what the USA would look like if the President 
> weren't
> an anti-intellectual disaster on legs.
>
> See, its not about trying to create a utopia for bookworms so much as
> avoiding some pretty horrible stuff. On top of the American blood and the
> billions and billions of dollars wasted, the estimate for Iraqi dead is 
> now
> well over 600,000. This goes way past bad policy or mere stupidity. This 
> is
> some kind of evil.
>
> By the way, that figure is 20 times higher than Pentagon estimates 
> allowed.
> (30,000) Think about that. That's not double or triple or even tens times
> more than their "official" numbers. They were off by 2000%. That's like
> guessing that New York city is 150 miles from San Francisco or that the 
> moon
> is 12,000 miles away from Earth! The sheer scope of this discrepancy would
> be hilarious if we weren't talking about corpses.
>
> I hope an intellectually guided society would NOT look like this one. You
> know, just for a start.
>
> Thanks,
> dmb
>
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