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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 1, 2024 at 9:25 am
Well I'm not worried about Ukrainians. I'm worried about myself! I'm an egoist.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 1, 2024 at 10:09 am
That's mighty white of you.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 1, 2024 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2024 at 10:10 am by Disagreeable.)
Nah, it has nothing to do with race. I'm just entirely selfish.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 1, 2024 at 11:40 am
Reflexive control campaigns aren't meant to pick out your own selfish interests as an egoist - they're meant to advance someone else's selfish interests as an egoist against your own best interests.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 1, 2024 at 11:55 am
(July 1, 2024 at 10:10 am)Disagreeable Wrote: Nah, it has nothing to do with race. I'm just entirely selfish.
That whoosh you're hearing ....
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 4, 2024 at 1:19 pm
(July 1, 2024 at 11:55 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (July 1, 2024 at 10:10 am)Disagreeable Wrote: Nah, it has nothing to do with race. I'm just entirely selfish.
That whoosh you're hearing ....
Please tell me what you are referring to. Please. I may be dense but at least I admit it.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 6, 2024 at 5:02 pm
Meanwhile, ukraine is moving to encircle russian troops in hlyboke, and the russians on the left bank down in kherson don't have drinking water.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 7, 2024 at 12:42 pm
I don't understand the motive behind altruism. Who cares about Ukraine? They're not us.
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Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 7, 2024 at 12:50 pm
Sometimes, we need to remind these youngsters of a poem written 80 years ago or so
Quote:First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
by Pastor Martin Niemöller
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
July 7, 2024 at 12:53 pm
(July 7, 2024 at 12:42 pm)Disagreeable Wrote: I don't understand the motive behind altruism. Who cares about Ukraine? They're not us.
Helping Ukraine defend itself is not altruism.
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