Changing the world

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Re: Changing the world

Post by Neville Briggs » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:10 pm

She said good men. :roll:
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Re: Changing the world

Post by Heather » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:25 pm

Meow! :lol: (claw emoticon) :lol:

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Re: Changing the world

Post by Bob Pacey » Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:48 am

GOOD


is in the eye of the beholder Nev ?


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Re: Changing the world

Post by Neville Briggs » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:33 am

Good
Bob Pacey wrote: is in the eye of the beholder Nev ?
No NO a thousand times NO.

If anyone is to change the world they must have an objective firm and true basis of good.

After all, the eye of the coal miners sees mining in Bimblebox as good.
Killing unbelievers, in the eye of the Islamic jihadist is good.
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Re: Changing the world

Post by Neville Briggs » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:10 am

Sneak ?? :lol:

The defendants at Nuremberg argued that it was good in their eyes to obey their superiors' orders, even if the orders were to murder people in the gas chambers.

Without absolute good Matt, all things are permissible. ;) and our protest poetry becomes just as
subjective as any other view about the world. Why should the world change on our say so.
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Re: Changing the world

Post by Terry » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:41 am

Hi All

Hate to say this,
but unless we get a few more people to read our offerings, the chances of inspiring change seem rather slim to me.

Even finding agreement among ourselves is a bit of a struggle at times.

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Re: Changing the world

Post by Stephen Whiteside » Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:59 pm

Terry, reality has nothing to do with anything!
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Re: Changing the world

Post by Neville Briggs » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:49 pm

At least you won't have to be concerned about bush fires in the rain Matt. ;)
The post-modernists will say " nothing is absolute ", but of course that statement itself is an absolute. :) Back to the drawing board.
Terry wrote:Even finding agreement among ourselves is a bit of a struggle at times.
:lol:
you've noticed. :lol:

Stephen, it was the artist Georgia O'Keefe who said " Nothing is less real than realism " :roll:
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Re: Changing the world

Post by Terry » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:07 pm

G/day Stephen & Neville

I can't argue with that Stephen.

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I'm quite observant you've noticed.

Cheers Terry

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Re: Changing the world

Post by Heather » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:43 pm

Nothing gets past you Terry (except the odd apostrophe!) ;) :lol:

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