Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:42:09 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Do you condemn Hamas? Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:42:09 -0700 Message-ID: References: <6663837f$0$2363147$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <7b176jdajq3co9nosj8qnie8rupdrsfoav@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 77 X-Trace: sv3-wslfw9UEsHaXl90C4SSxaRAKKTJkg/03D5A9Zluoa2JV+sSmRtV4lSI+B3QdRX6uMdpwCE7NGeaohIn!7tL8Hrqxn/KBO19KuBYhDf42QGUeD/GR9lH8jWfcWk+LgNdaRuRIwqhWbF+0ilz13joquGUIqWAr!gKvMUA== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4518 On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 19:25:36 -0400, "Edward Rawde" wrote: >"john larkin" wrote in message news:7b176jdajq3co9nosj8qnie8rupdrsfoav@4ax.com... >> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 18:02:38 -0400, bitrex wrote: >> >>>On 6/7/2024 5:26 PM, Edward Rawde wrote: >>>> "Jeroen Belleman" wrote in message news:v3vtf6$2824r$1@dont-email.me... >>>>> On 6/7/24 22:35, john larkin wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 19:53:35 +0200, Jeroen Belleman >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 6/7/24 16:49, john larkin wrote: >>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Actually, Hamas makes sense. They send Jews to hell because they are >>>>>>>> heretics, and send Muslims to heaven to be blessed martyrs. So for >>>>>>>> Hamas, killing is always win-win. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some kind of sense, given that there is neither heaven, nor hell. >>>>>>> Religion, islam in particular, is only pernicious brainwashing. >>>>>>> There is no afterlife. There is only this life. Don't waste it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jeroen Belleman >>>>>> >>>>>> Until you understand the origin of the universe and the nature of >>>>>> consciousness, you can't know. >>>>>> >>>>>> Religion is human's reason to have morality. Morality leads to >>>>>> enlightment and a kind, just, productive society. Where else would >>>>>> morality and justice come from? >>>>>> >>>>>> One interpretation of religion is our collective feelings about proper >>>>>> behavior to others. Obviously, there are different religions with, >>>>>> possibly, genetic components. >>>>>> >>>>>> In my personal experience, religious people are nicer than atheists. >>>>>> >>>>>> Better cooks too. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Oh! That's nonsense. Religion is a human invention, much like >>>>> father Christmas and the tooth fairy. The difference is that >>>>> many people never get over it. >>>>> >>>>> Religion has no right to claim to be the source of morality! >>>>> Morality stems from a desire to cooperate to our mutual benefit. >>>>> Religion never even comes into it. >>>>> >>>>> I see no clear tendency of religious people to be nicer. I've >>>>> seen quite a few who were real bastards. >>>> >>>> That's pretty much my experience too. >>> >>> >>>Come to New England you'll meet a different cut of conservative, who has >>>no need for God or the Bible to explain why they think women shouldn't >>>vote or homosexuals should be hung. "I just don't like the fuckers." >>> >>> >> >> I have lots of relatives in Mass and have spent many months of my life >> in NYC and Vermont > >Would I be correct in thinking that you've never been outside the USA except perhaps for a short vacation? I have spend a few months in France and a month working in Moscow. Some weeks working in England, in Oxford, and a few weeks vacatining in Ireland. Some time in Hamamatsu. I guess Alaska and Hawaii don't count. I have never encountered the sort of nastiness that other people seem to have. Most people are friendly and decent.