[Vision2020] Although I am not a church-going Christian . . .

[Paul Rumelhart]

On 11/03/2013 03:01 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> Minor correction.
>
> I do not support ALL of the inscription of the Georgia Guidestones.
>
> 1 - I do not believe in limiting the world's population to 500 
> million.  We must seek, protect, and avail, subsistence for all.

I'm glad you said this.  Because the unasked question that's sitting 
there like an 800-lb gorilla in the room is: How do you get there from 
here?  That's why I cringe every time I hear people talk about reducing 
our population.  Are we talking forced sterilization?  One child per 
family?  Starting a world war?  Gassing people en masse? Praying that 
people will die off in droves through some kind of plague or natural 
disaster?  We're talking about less that 1/14 of the people surviving.  
I work in an office with 15-20 people in it, so one, maybe two of us get 
to live in this perfect paradise?  No thanks.

>
> 2 - By "Guide reproduction wisely", I assume it is meant that we 
> should establish standards in which a society may be permitted to 
> reproduce.  (nope.  That ain't me.)

That's the second question nobody brings up with regards to the first 
one.  Say you somehow (luckily?) get the world population down to under 
1/14 of what it is now, how do you keep it there?  What kind of 
civilization would we have to have to make that even possible?  You'd 
have to have a fascist one-world government that has complete control.  
Again, no thanks.

Paul

>
> Other than those discussed above, I am up with the rest.
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com 
> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
>
>> This is the first time I have heard of the Georgia Guidestones.
>>
>> However I do appreciate and believe in their inscriptions . . .
>>
>>  1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
>>  2. Guide reproduction wisely --- improving fitness and diversity.
>>  3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
>>  4. Rule passion --- faith --- tradition --- and all things with
>>     tempered reason.
>>  5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
>>  6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a
>>     world court.
>>  7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
>>  8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
>>  9. Prize truth --- beauty --- love --- seeking harmony with the
>>     infinite.
>> 10. Be not a cancer on the earth --- Leave room for nature --- Leave
>>     room for nature.
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
>>
>> <image.jpeg>
>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com 
>> <mailto:kmmos1 at frontier.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/3/2013 12:57 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I like to think that Jimmy Carter is the standard to live by.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What do you think about the Georgia Guidestones?
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken
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