Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 21/08/2026 02:06, CrudeSausage wrote: > On 2026-08-20 6:58 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 20/08/2026 03:11, CrudeSausage wrote: >>> On 2026-08-19 10:04 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> On 19/08/2026 01:51, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>> Since Hitler and Stalin aren't that far apart, we don't need to >>>>> wonder what would happen if Communists and their Muslims allies in >>>>> North America would do if they manage to take a greater amount of >>>>> power. War and misery is on the menu. >>>> >>>> The Left LOVE Islam. 'Queers for Palestine' is the most ridiculous >>>> thing I have ever heard. >>>> >>>> Churchill described Islam as a "militant and proselytizing faith" >>>> and asserted that "the influence of the religion paralyses the >>>> social development of those who follow it" In the same text, he >>>> criticized what he perceived as a "fatalistic apathy", economic >>>> stagnation, and the status of women under traditional >>>> interpretations of Islamic law >>>> >>>> And, in fact that is exactly true of the hard left of today as well. >>>> Apart from the woman bit. >>>> >>>> The problem is that the rational materialism of the post modern >>>> intellectuals has eroded any semblance of religious faith and >>>> morality in those who espouse it and left a massive vacuum in those >>>> who simply need something - anything - to Believe In. And give them >>>> some kind of Moral Compass. >>>> >>>> Into that vacuum steps Communism, Wokeism, Political correctness, >>>> Liberalism, Radical Islam . the Greens and of course yer axshul >>>> Donald Trump and MAGA. >>>> >>>> All promising salvation. And sa simple set of moral guidelines >>>> 'America first. fuck the foreigners' 'God is great, fuck the >>>> infidels' . 'Everybody is really nice, kill the bastards who don't >>>> think so' >>>> >>>> And so on. >>> >>> At some point, salvation comes from simply turning all electronics >>> off and not paying attention anymore. >>> >> That would be fine if it was just your head: I ran into the fringes of >> an animal rights demonstration once. Now I have had loaded guns >> pointed at me, but the wild eyed guy with the placard shrieking ' kill >> the murderers' was far more scary... >> >> You need to know where the next crazy is coming from... > > Which is part of why it is difficult for _me_ to turn off the screen. > I'm trying to pay less attention to what's going on in the United States > though. Much like YouTube which knows you so well that it always has yet > another video for you to watch, American news has just enough drama for > you to keep your eyes peeled. Trying to get away from what seems to be > an endless distraction is proving to be very difficult. > These days I have somehow arrived at a helicopter view. I KNOW that its 99.9% propaganda paid for by someone who has a vested interest in shoving shit into your brain, so I try to have a meta view, to work out who is that someone and why they want that particular shit shoved in. It's remarkable how the probable answer comes up as 'the Kremlin' 'Arab oil states' or 'Some Big Business' -- You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. Al Capone