tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post9122790167311796729..comments2024-03-29T05:41:35.119-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Thug LifeFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-50826067731642989062008-05-15T07:53:00.000-07:002008-05-15T07:53:00.000-07:00Chief, to use your symbolism of wolves and dogs Li...Chief, to use your symbolism of wolves and dogs Lisa and i have discussed this issue just yesterday. Let's call it hunter gatherer versus warrior. Dods v. wolves in your terms.<BR/>The conventional wisdom is that man is basically a primitive warrior underneath a veneer of civilization.I do not and will not accept this.I believe most men were hunters and gatherers beforer we ever developed warriors or a warrior caste.<BR/>The problem as i see it as that we're trying to impose a warrior cult in a situation that requires hunting and gathering. Warriors are only seen after the societies have evolved.<BR/>Wolves and hunters kill only to live. Not true of warriors( or limp dick trophy hunters)<BR/>We evolved based on skills and values other than war. This skill is a corruption. jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-29878095013687967732008-05-14T09:19:00.000-07:002008-05-14T09:19:00.000-07:00Dear Ranger,I'm afraid the fine art of subtlety is...Dear Ranger,<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid the fine art of subtlety is lost on you. I shall be more direct in the future.<BR/><BR/>All the way!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-86311091785231535572008-05-14T08:43:00.000-07:002008-05-14T08:43:00.000-07:00Lisa/Ranger: No apologies required: this is what ...Lisa/Ranger: No apologies required: this is what I hope the comments section is for; exchanging views and ideas.<BR/><BR/>I haver to say I come down somewhere on Ranger's side of this issue. There's some upside to the life of a wolf. Huge periods of human history have been Wolf Years. But civil society is made for dogs, and you should expect that when the dogs have their day, the wolves will get skinned and nailed to the barn wall.<BR/><BR/>IMO, our problems in the Middle East can be directly traced to our - at least the Cheney-wing of the GOP's - conviction that you can kick open the cage door and use physical force to make the wolves roll over and lie down. While that's true to a point, it forces you to spend your entire waking moments with a gun in your hand and one eye on the wolves.<BR/><BR/>It is not for no reason that wolves and people get along better when the wolves stay in the hills and the people in the valleys.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-60194824259261791212008-05-14T07:57:00.000-07:002008-05-14T07:57:00.000-07:00Lisa, What do you mean poor Tupac? As they said in...Lisa, <BR/>What do you mean poor Tupac? As they said in Lonesome Dove after they hung their old friend Jake Spoon-You ride with killers , you die with them. !Tupac walked the walk and there is only one outcome. <BR/>This is the same for US policy.If you support criminals then you are a criminal.The Iraqi government may be elected but it has no legitimacy and the rule of law is non-existant.<BR/>WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. In closing-Screw Tupac and all like him- i hope similar fates to them all. So much for my christian charity.<BR/>To Chief - excuse my cmts on your site and in your living room as Lurch used to say. jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-36161034079081530212008-05-14T07:49:00.000-07:002008-05-14T07:49:00.000-07:00Chief, We're in the middle of a key Presidential s...Chief, We're in the middle of a key Presidential selection cycle and none of the candidates will truthfully address the phoney war as you so thoghtfully have done. WHY?OR WHY NOT?<BR/>We as a nation must define what we are and what our true core values really are.Somehow kicking ass in a sand nation just doesn't seem to be a democratic principle.<BR/>As you so clearly state, HOW DID WE GET INTO THEIR DOG FIGHT???And why would we want to?<BR/>Why is there no dialogue concerning our national objectives?<BR/>jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-46939070078576973572008-05-13T18:23:00.000-07:002008-05-13T18:23:00.000-07:00You've hit the nail precisely on the head. "The M...You've hit the nail precisely on the head. "The Maliki kleptocracy" -- exactly right.<BR/><BR/>I am impressed with the precision of your imaging of the thing, but very sad for the U.S., who is a playa in that thug life. And we all know what happened to poor Tupac.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.com