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War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
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RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
(November 1, 2015 at 10:15 pm)Combanitorics Wrote:
(November 1, 2015 at 10:13 pm)Chuck Wrote: Well, intellectual bankruptcy is often unavoidable in peace,  and war is often the response to intellectual bankruptcy that produces the surplus of intellectual capital to refill the depleted coffers.

Why is intellectual bankruptcy often unavoidable in peace?  What, in your opinion, is the ultimate cause of intellectual bankruptcy?

(November 1, 2015 at 10:14 pm)abaris Wrote: Want to ask my grandfather from beyond the grave? I still have his diary from WWI. No mention of god. Don't resort to that kind of idiocy, if you please.

What did he say?  I have definitely heard reports by soldiers (my mother's brother in Vietnam) that war engenders a substantially altered state of consciousness.

I've never been in organized combat, but I was a firefighter in the Air Force and as such saw a few SHTF moments, where the balance between living and dying was pretty fine. I didn't have the time nor inclination to notice any paranormal stuff. I was too busy working on the problem at hand, taking charge of my own survival and where necessary the survival of my brotha firedogs.

I also survived another man's attempt to kill me in a fight, and there even more was I too busy with the matter at hand to pray (not that I would have, I was already an atheist) or notice ghosts, angels, etc.

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RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges - by Thumpalumpacus - November 1, 2015 at 11:20 pm

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