From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Aug 20 2002 - 07:45:25 MDT
>From: Regina Pancake <regina@appliedfx.com>
>>Why don't you explain a bit more about what it is you actually
>>believe/think.
>Why sure!
>I'll try to be concise.
>High tech should be green. I mean, why wouldn't it be? and when I
>say "green" I mean non-polluting,not going to deform the
>generations of the future, kind of thing.
I think you would appreciate the book "Natural Capitalism".
> You look at the power structures out there today, such as the
>Republican party and their basic kernel programing and you see
>that deep down they are bringing upon us self-fulfilling
>prophecies from their belief systems. End of the World stuff, fear
>of Jesus's wrath when he returns. Bringing on the "Apocalypse"
>which boils it down to they just don't care. What's in it for
>today? These guys are frigg'in scary. The
>"Why-bother-the-rapture-is-a-com'in" kind of mentality.
The religious right is about a third of the Republician Party,
another third are social libertarians with the remaining third in
between.
What about the basic kernal programming of the (Social) Democratic
party?
Many of us find ourselves aligned with the Republican party by
default.
>This kind of thinking, and I think we all agree on this, has got
>to stop.
Religious people are as entitled to their views as anyone else, but
we probably agree that they should not make the rules for non-
believers.
>I'm just scraping the surface of this really. You've also got the
>Muslim fundamentalist and every flavor of Christianity etc.
>involved.
Indeed, thanks for the information.
Brian
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