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@whodey saidI'll try to forget that I wasted the time to read that.
Forgive, but never forget.
Why?
A wise person is simply someone who is a fool with a good memory.
(Considering that you might be capable, I'd half-expected something more solemn and thoughtful. I was unwisely... half-wrong.)
@whodey saidPerhaps, deep down, deeper than the aspiration for immortality, humans know that the only kind of life after death that's real is the one where people we knew and loved live on in our memories and their lives continue to have an impact on us even though they are gone.
Forgive, but never forget.
Why?
28 May 19
@wolfe63 saidThe beginning of wisdom is to shun evil.
I'll try to forget that I wasted the time to read that.
(Considering that you might be capable, I'd half-expected something more solemn and thoughtful. I was unwisely... half-wrong.)
Therefore, remembering the harm evil brings to our lives and those around us is crucial to obtaining wisdom.
@suzianne saidWhat about Vietnam? LBJ made up a whole Vietnamese attack to justify it.
Like the presidential lying that led us into the Iraq war?
How about Libya? We were told the mission was not regime change, just to establish a no fly zone.
Somehow that all went awry, didn't it Suzy.
07 Jun 19
@whodey saidYour "whataboutism" doesn't fly in this forum, just like it didn't fly in Debates.
What about Vietnam? LBJ made up a whole Vietnamese attack to justify it.
How about Libya? We were told the mission was not regime change, just to establish a no fly zone.
Somehow that all went awry, didn't it Suzy.
07 Jun 19
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@secondson saidIraq was no direct threat to the US, and had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11.
No. More like the global threat of terrorism. Or did you forget about that?
W had to lie about WMDs to get us in there, all because he had a score to settle with Saddam.
This should have taught us about going to war unnecessarily.
If we make the same mistake with Iran, we may find our asses handed to us this time.