From: cd@notformail.com   
      
   On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:02:48 -0800, john larkin    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 20:19:55 -0500, bitrex  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 1/8/2026 7:50 PM, john larkin wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 00:57:24 +0100, Gerhard Hoffmann    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Am 08.01.26 um 22:39 schrieb bitrex:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Incidentally, Bertrand Russell once said that if humans really believed   
   >>>>> there was a God and an afterlife they'd have no fear of death, but as   
   >>>>> many US soldiers who fought in Afghanistan could attest (and part of the   
   >>>>> reason the US ain't there no more) is there are definitely a substantial   
   >>>>> number of religious people out there who don't give one single shit   
   >>>>> about dying.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Religion and killing have been best friends forever.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Gerhard   
   >>>   
   >>> I seem to recall "thou shalt not kill" from somewhere.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> John Larkin   
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   >>   
   >>I don't think religious strife is the #1 killer of humans. Nihilism and   
   >>apathy probably takes that spot.   
   >   
   >#1 is tribalism.   
      
   Nope. Communism wins hands down.   
      
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