I didn't debate with him, not about religion, and about Trump, I just stated my
views and left it at that.
Happy anniversary.
Miriam
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Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:06 PM
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Miriam,
I can guess at the response you'll get, at least if he is as set in his beliefs
as the fellow who has moved from subtle snipes to open statements about my
"Leftist, Marxist Leanings". I think he has finally given up on converting me.
And since I knew from the get go that I was not going to change his mind, it's
just time to cut the conversation before hard words begin to fly. It always
interests me, the people who are so good at dishing it out, but when their
lofty truths are questioned, they come unglued. Not that this fellow on the
other list has come unglued, but I sense he's leaning that way.
Tomorrow is Cathy and my 36th wedding anniversary. I was 46 going on 21, and
Cathy was...the perfect age, just as she continues to be.
Carl Jarvis
On 2/12/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So you like debating with non believers on other lists? Carl, the
gentle missionary. I have encountered a Trump supporter on another
list who is also an Evangelical Christian. He began a private
conversation with me abpit Trump after I'd commented on the book, Fire
and Fury. He expected me to support the Democrats as most anti-Trump
people do and I guess he liked that I didn't do that. But we don't
agree about Trump. Then, I suppose, he thought that I might be a
believer, and sent me a prayer. I thanked him, but said I am not a
Christian. Then he sent me a rather vicious article about atheists and
asked what I thought of it. I told him that I didn't like it because I
happen to be an atheist, but I suggested that rather than arguing
about religion, it would be best if we all thought about how to make
life better for everyone in the world, to be sure that everyone has
housing and enough to eat, and that there are no more wars. I wonder how
he'll respond to that.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 11:04 AM
To: blind-democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] Monday Morning's Mindless Meandering
Good Monday Morning to All who have nothing better to do.
On another list we have been discussing capitalism with a fellow who
proclaims that this economic system is better than sliced bread.
Despite the fact that some of those corporations enabled by
Capitalism, have grown to be so big and powerful, and wealthy, that
they now thumb their noses at even the strongest nations.
Unrestrained Capitalism could end up like the world in the following story.
Well thank goodness we didn't have capitalism back when Ally Oop
crawled out of his cave and harnessed fire. Can you imagine? "Hi,
I'm Ally Oop, and I'm here to patent my new invention. I call it Fire."
"Fire?" asks Gilda Gibble, the patent office clerk. "Fire's been
around ever since we got lightening".
"But I'm the guy what figured
out how to harness it. I got it here with me in this thing I call a
portable stove."
So Ally Oop set up the first Fire Factory, making portable stoves with
a lit fire inside. Everyone, including the Neanderthals had to barter
with Ally for the privilege of having their very own fire. Soon the
word spread past Mesopotamia, and Ally Oop was forced to invent money,
so he could charge for the fires he sold. Ally Oop became the world's
first millionaire. When he reached the ripe old age of 43, and lay on
his death bed, his son, Ally Junior, took over the business.
Generation after generation Fire was controlled by the Oops. Later
Oops merged with a firm that had invented the stick match. That
company was named, Adaisy. For generations Oops Adaisy controlled
Fire and all products connected to Fire.
Folks were just happy to work for Oops Adaisy, because there were no
other jobs around. After thousands of years, Oops Adaisy had taken
over nearly all of Earth's industry. The CEO, Ally Oop, 173rd, was
charged in the World Court with operating a monopoly. Ally Oop, 173,
appeared in person. In this rare personal appearance, he simply said,
"Ally Oop the First invented Fire Containment. If it had not been for
him, we would not live in a world filled with luxurious comforts.
Oops Adaisy has every right to continue claiming the token gratitude
of all People, through the small tribute they pay.
The Court called a recess during which six members mysteriously
disappeared, along with the Prosecutor and three Court Clerks.
"Free enterprise continues to be safe", cried Ally Oop, 173, speaking
before the TelleyOop reporters. Smiling, he then boarded his private
Traveler, and headed back to his very private estate on Planet Mars.
And all his Earthly Workers shuffled off to their Huts and Hovels,
grateful for the generous wages that allowed them enough to afford the
breathing devices, the Sun block, the processed water and sanitized
food pellets. And each evening and every morning they gathered around
their little portable stoves containing their very own fire, and they
chanted, "Oops Adaisy, Oops Adaisy, we're all crazy for Oops Adaisy".
Carl Jarvis
