Originally Posted by Grapesoda

I've read some of Jared diamonds stuff and I'm not sure I agree with everything he says... one thing I always keep in mind is Napoleon Hill's statement: 'there is no understanding of man's inhumanity to man'

if I spent time thinking about that issue I would be sick inside with, not sure about the word for it, a spiritual illness inside, read the records and documents about the holocaust when I was around 10.... caused a real negative affect in my life. I stared focusing on all the inhumanity that I didn't let go of until my mid twenties. so believe me when I tell you I'm very aware of the atrocities, I prefer to focus my energy elseware...

like a Vietnam once told me.... it was a story about his job in the jungle.... setting mechanicals.... mechanicals is the PC name for bobby traps...the guys would sit around getting high or what ever until they heard the bang and the screams.. then all the guys would go down to the trap to see who got mutilated except the guy I spoke with... his comment was "I don't have a door in the back of my head, what goes in stays there. I don't want that stuff in there"

the stuff with issi that I catch is bad enough for me

I and don't place the blame on religion, I place the blame on the squarely on the individuals