Comments on: Blessed Be the Slobs http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/ To explore and evaluate the true causes of social and environmental problems and how prejudice and emotion prevent solutions to those problems Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:32:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Stan Nodvik http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-223 Stan Nodvik Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:46:54 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-223 Justin, What is the opposite of a black hole out there in space? Justin, What is the opposite of a black hole out there in space?

]]> By: [Cerebrl] http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-153 [Cerebrl] Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:53:14 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-153 Hey Stan, what's going on? John, this article left me speechless. Sometimes I get carried away with preaching personal accountability and respect, but with this point of view, how would that alter the society if everyone held themselves with such high standards? I have to remind myself that everything balances itself out. For every negative thing, there has to be a positive. Thanks for keeping my mind open. Justin [Cerebrl] Hey Stan, what’s going on?

John, this article left me speechless. Sometimes I get carried away with preaching personal accountability and respect, but with this point of view, how would that alter the society if everyone held themselves with such high standards? I have to remind myself that everything balances itself out. For every negative thing, there has to be a positive. Thanks for keeping my mind open.

Justin [Cerebrl]

]]> By: Stan Nodvik http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-147 Stan Nodvik Thu, 22 May 2008 02:57:55 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-147 Human Cloning, I guess, would be posted here under "Ethics". Our Congress has passed laws against the cloning of humans. The religiously committed and those without any church, even, of course, The Pope -- they all see human cloning as EVIL (seen in all upper case) and they say, "Good Gawk, get that thought out of your mind!" "Change your college major from Science to English!" "Hell, stem cell research today, human cloning tomorrow!" "Protest! Make your display placards and update your marching orders; nip the idea of human cloning in the bud now, right now, immediately!. So they say. And I say, let's do human cloning/do research today to get the bugs out of the human-cloning process. We do need to clone human beings. I'm all in favor of cloning humans. Why? For space travel to the distant stars, that's why! Outer space calls, but how will Captain Joe America get anywhere, even one light-year away? He lives and will probably die when he's maybe 70 or 90. But, wait, who steps off our space ship upon distant arrival but Captain Joe America (cloned/stored/released), grown up and ready when he's 20 years old. Joe will be the same because meanwhile before that long future time, scientists -- I should think -- will be able to upload the original Captain Joe America's mind's contents, store it all, then download the original Joe's mind into the cloned Joe's (now 20 years old), and possibly then a million light-years away from Earth. Of course, this stuff needs work. Now please think upon my argument re space travel for cloning humans; think beyond any splitting headaches. It may -- can -- work when needed at some distant launch time. Why not? Farfetched? Here's a history lesson -- How many centuries between the idea/detailed drawing of today's helicopter and the date of the activation of its age-old concept? Likewise, should we do human cloning, for this possible space-travel reason? For any other reasons? --30-- Human Cloning, I guess, would be posted here under “Ethics”. Our Congress has passed laws against the cloning of humans. The religiously committed and those without any church, even, of course, The Pope — they all see human cloning as EVIL (seen in all upper case) and they say, “Good Gawk, get that thought out of your mind!” “Change your college major from Science to English!” “Hell, stem cell research today, human cloning tomorrow!” “Protest! Make your display placards and update your marching orders; nip the idea of human cloning in the bud now, right now, immediately!.

So they say. And I say, let’s do human cloning/do research today to get the bugs out of the human-cloning process. We do need to clone human beings. I’m all in favor of cloning humans. Why?

For space travel to the distant stars, that’s why! Outer space calls, but how will Captain Joe America get anywhere, even one light-year away? He lives and will probably die when he’s maybe 70 or 90. But, wait, who steps off our space ship upon distant arrival but Captain Joe America (cloned/stored/released), grown up and ready when he’s 20 years old. Joe will be the same because meanwhile before that long future time, scientists — I should think — will be able to upload the original Captain Joe America’s mind’s contents, store it all, then download the original Joe’s mind into the cloned Joe’s (now 20 years old), and possibly then a million light-years away from Earth. Of course, this stuff needs work.

Now please think upon my argument re space travel for cloning humans; think beyond any splitting headaches. It may — can — work when needed at some distant launch time. Why not? Farfetched? Here’s a history lesson — How many centuries between the idea/detailed drawing of today’s helicopter and the date of the activation of its age-old concept? Likewise, should we do human cloning, for this possible space-travel reason? For any other reasons?
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]]> By: Liara Covert http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-129 Liara Covert Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:32:50 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-129 This reminds us to dig a bit deeper into ourselves, our souls and motivations, even if we assume we already think before we act. This reminds us to dig a bit deeper into ourselves, our souls and motivations, even if we assume we already think before we act.

]]> By: Brandi Magill http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-118 Brandi Magill Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:17:44 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-118 Puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Darrell Fichtl http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-109 Darrell Fichtl Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:32:34 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/03/03/blessed-be-the-slobs/#comment-109 That paradox has often come to mind with me. It most frequently occurs with shopping carts. That same point was brought home to me when I was bringing one of them back into the store. One of the "cart shaggers" said that if everyone brought back their carts he wouldn't have a job. In a very odd way, by you being "tidy", you are depriving another of his/her work. If you expand that philosophy beyond the individual and extrapolate that to a nation I wonder what we're doing as a nation at does exactly the same thing? Interesting speculation. That paradox has often come to mind with me. It most frequently occurs with shopping carts. That same point was brought home to me when I was bringing one of them back into the store.

One of the “cart shaggers” said that if everyone brought back their carts he wouldn’t have a job. In a very odd way, by you being “tidy”, you are depriving another of his/her work.

If you expand that philosophy beyond the individual and extrapolate that to a nation I wonder what we’re doing as a nation at does exactly the same thing? Interesting speculation.

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