Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!netnews.com!s1-4.netnews.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Do you condemn Hamas? Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 21:18:20 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 83 Message-ID: References: <6663837f$0$2363147$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <7b176jdajq3co9nosj8qnie8rupdrsfoav@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 01:18:21 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="6367"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:71mTKWE7bAqtYMfo/xWfSzS7BNI= sha256:2KOwH82Z+KMhhqP9WpFO5dy2DRxKad92nsJoqBNu3YQ= sha1:FjbAgapA0jfNcuph10njoXYNIPA= sha256:B+7rty9ODKyYR/lGI0BEP+vjbwjTnIwBkUhtU/e0ang= X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 Bytes: 5023 "john larkin" wrote in message news:dq976jlhrp1puom0ha9ogpte8aniroj94i@4ax.com... > 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. > Well your response to my reference to https://russell-j.com/0464NP.HTM was pretty nasty in my view.