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[defpotek]

"to discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions of men without feeling any of them, who had no affinity with our nature but knew it to the full, whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for

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[spike_spiegal]

i dont think i really have much to add or subtract.
but then again i doubt i've had much more sleep then you recently.

one thing struck me as i was about to go to a new webpage.
you know those plagarism finder type websites? I really don't know how they work and i was just thinking, if you post your own paper online won't that come up if a teacher were to run it through?

probably not for some good reason bt i was just curious

Death to the Pharaoh!

[yoan]

You know what happens to 'overman', don't you?
Look, well at what happened to Sadat.

revised

[defpotek]

"to discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions of men without feeling any of them, who had no affinity with our nature but knew it to the full, whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for a distant glory and to labour in one age to enjoy the fruits in another. gods would be needed to give men laws

[khelekainu]

good job borrowing my words

[defpotek]

let it be known!

i didn't want to box myself into the classical assumption that he was only talking about the judeo-christian interpretation of god. by expanding the scope to other superior or authoritative entities, the quote can be more widely discussed and therefore this has been opened up to a more fruitful discussion.

these words were inspired by drea!

[khelekainu]

those words weren't inspired. they are my words. but I said you could use them. :)

[defpotek]

same shit different toilet, but now im shitting on your face for being a smart ass

[rrockrr]

Hey, that is kind of like democracy. Except the whole "whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for a distant glory and to labour in one age to enjoy the fruits in another." It is really more like "whose happiness becomes of prime importance to themselves, and who would vote to continually pass raises and better benefits for themselves while the general public, who depend on them, suffer."

- Russell