Re: Solar powered lasers in space

On Sep 20, 4:58 pm, BradGuth <bradg...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 20, 10:01 am, Willie.Moo...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:



The sooner we switch from failed containment policies which focus on
ineffective approachs (control of means) to more forward looking
containment policies which are more effective (control of intent) the
better off we'll all be.

I agree. However, in that case we'll need to rid this world of those
freaking Hitlers or whatever faith-based puppet clones, such as our
born-again resident LLPOF warlord(GW Bush), before having to deal with
surviving WWIII that may actually be of too little to late to matter
anyway.
- Brad Guth -

There was a time in America when people could leave their doors
unlocked and not fear things being stolen. In fact it there was
trouble, they could rely on strangers to help. This is not just idle
fantasy. There were places where this was everyday reality. As we
became more reliant on government to protect us, we found that we were
less safe. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that those who
receive our trust and hence great power, create to the extent it is
possible to do so without attracting negative attention to themselves,
create those situations that give them greater power.

For example, there was a Harvard psychologist who after years of
careful study, developed a reinforcement schedule for physicians to
use in the ER to identify and reinforce behavior among drug users who
presented themelves for medical emergencies so that within about 180
days 90% of those so treated were no longer using drugs. He got
funding to try his program at other Boston hospitals. Success there
caused the system to be adopted by certain inner city hospitals in
NYC. At that point he attracted negative public attention from a
collection of Congressmen - notably Representative Wrangle - from
Harlem. The man was crucified and our 'war on drugs' continued for
another 25 years with impossibly foolish approaches (just say no)

On the other hand, we are routinely treated to one horror after the
other - and every form of violent excess which only feeds more
violence. The only call for rationality in the media is from
comedians like Michael Moore or Al Franken, who serve only to
marginalize all the rational arguments they offer. This of course is
a tactic used in intelligence circles for years to leave no rational
grounds to oppose the desired outcome. Very similar to having a
journalist who is convicted of drug abuse break the story of hard to
conceal facts about Presidential cocaine use. The story isn't about
the facts, but who reported them and their accuracy and the reporters
veracity. Again these are very well studied techniques in mind
control and result naturally from absolute control of the global
information environment.

Those who exercise such control need not be opposed in my opinion.
There was no way for folks within the former Soviet Union to
effectively oppose the lies of Pravda. But the Soviet Union fell
anyway. While Big Brother and the drama of 1984 makes for satisfying
fiction, the ability of any government to infintely manage the
epistemology of a target population is limited. In the end, things
cannot help being recognized for what they are, and people cannot help
but realize the truth about things - despite the flurry of lies. So,
in the end, all such efforts - if they are not directed toward the
true betterment of humanity, will fall by the wayside - into the
trasheap of history.

What we need do is be self-aware and make decisions that seem right to
us - in our own personal lives - and to make decisions that are not
driven by thought - but by our deepest and truest emotions. Not borne
of fear of those we do not know, but of love for those we do.

This is how we will survive most efficiently the effects of all the
madmen of the world.


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