Comments on: The meek shall inherit the earth http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Collins http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-417940 Jim Collins Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:52:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comment-417940 If she's so concerned about the environment, then why didn't she make her own birth control retroactive? That's the problem with these types of movements, no real commitment. Everybody wants someone else to change so that they can get what they want. When was the last time you heard of an Imam or Cleric blowing themselves up? Nope, doesn't happen. Instead they brainwash some poor schmuck into doing it. If her cause was so noble that her baby had to die for it, how's come she's still around? Oh! Wait! If she took herself out, who'd be around to spread the message? Funny that it took ten years for her story to make the media. I think that there's a bunch of hay after it has been through a male cow here. If she’s so concerned about the environment, then why didn’t she make her own birth control retroactive? That’s the problem with these types of movements, no real commitment. Everybody wants someone else to change so that they can get what they want. When was the last time you heard of an Imam or Cleric blowing themselves up? Nope, doesn’t happen. Instead they brainwash some poor schmuck into doing it. If her cause was so noble that her baby had to die for it, how’s come she’s still around? Oh! Wait! If she took herself out, who’d be around to spread the message? Funny that it took ten years for her story to make the media. I think that there’s a bunch of hay after it has been through a male cow here.

]]> By: BrianR http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-417923 BrianR Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:58:08 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comment-417923 I can sorta-kinda see the morality in that, if I squint a bit and look at it sideways. But I have to agree that it seems like a serious attempt to rationalize a decision made for other reasons. If she was really concerned about the environment she could've use birth control, or, even better, sterilized herself earlier. As a partial response to MaxDamage's comment #12, and keeping in mind that I'm definitely not a chemist or environment researcher... I think the reason for the "carbon footprint" is that it's just a convenient shorthand for measuring a large complex problem. There are different kinds of carbon-based molecules that are problematic to various degrees. For instance, most types of combustion also produce carbon monoxide, which is bad. But CO weighs less than CO2, so if they showed you separate numbers for each they wouldn't be comparable. But I could be way off here. We and the buffalo do indeed release a lot of CO2, although I'm not sure whether it's significant compared to industrial sources. I can sorta-kinda see the morality in that, if I squint a bit and look at it sideways. But I have to agree that it seems like a serious attempt to rationalize a decision made for other reasons. If she was really concerned about the environment she could’ve use birth control, or, even better, sterilized herself earlier.

As a partial response to MaxDamage’s comment #12, and keeping in mind that I’m definitely not a chemist or environment researcher…

I think the reason for the “carbon footprint” is that it’s just a convenient shorthand for measuring a large complex problem. There are different kinds of carbon-based molecules that are problematic to various degrees. For instance, most types of combustion also produce carbon monoxide, which is bad. But CO weighs less than CO2, so if they showed you separate numbers for each they wouldn’t be comparable. But I could be way off here.

We and the buffalo do indeed release a lot of CO2, although I’m not sure whether it’s significant compared to industrial sources.

]]> By: MaxDamage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-417939 MaxDamage Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:51:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comment-417939 I just look on the bright side -- this particular problem will be solved in only a single generation. - Max I just look on the bright side — this particular problem will be solved in only a single generation.

– Max

]]> By: Michelle http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-417924 Michelle Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:40:30 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comment-417924 B2, it was Rainbow Six, I believe. Poetic justice that was. I'm not exactly sure what would have the same effect for these ... ladies. B2, it was Rainbow Six, I believe.
Poetic justice that was.

I’m not exactly sure what would have the same effect for these … ladies.

]]> By: Bruce Jones http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-417937 Bruce Jones Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:46:47 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comment-417937 B2, Here's more evidence for your opinion: <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_7529452" rel="nofollow"> http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_7529452</a> Somebody page Walt Kelly! B2,

Here’s more evidence for your opinion:


http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_7529452

Somebody page Walt Kelly!

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-417925 badbob Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:10:14 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/23/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comment-417925 Whenever I read about these bizzaros', I think that the way Tom Clancy in some novel took care of 'em. He had Mr. Clark take care of 'em by landing at a remote Amazon airstrip, stripping 'em naked and then flying them into the rainforest and 'letting' 'em out, to live without all the 'trappings'. Justice. Many of you here are aware of the hate America crowd, well, IMO ,these folks take that one step further and hate Humankind. I wouldn't want to guess at the psycho rationale for all that but they remind me of da dame-hitchhiker in "Five Easy Pieces" who kept saying: "Crap, crap..it's all crap". They're crazy, man! b2 Whenever I read about these bizzaros’, I think that the way Tom Clancy in some novel took care of ‘em. He had Mr. Clark take care of ‘em by landing at a remote Amazon airstrip, stripping ‘em naked and then flying them into the rainforest and ‘letting’ ‘em out, to live without all the ‘trappings’. Justice.

Many of you here are aware of the hate America crowd, well, IMO ,these folks take that one step further and hate Humankind. I wouldn’t want to guess at the psycho rationale for all that but they remind me of da dame-hitchhiker in “Five Easy Pieces” who kept saying: “Crap, crap..it’s all crap”.

They’re crazy, man!

b2

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