From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 10/01/2026 11:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
      
   Human stupidity is the main problem, and Cursitor Doom does exemplify   
   that. Stupid people do take up all sorts of silly ideas, and often kill   
   people for absurd reasons. Education does make people less likely to   
   fall for stupid ideas, but if you feed enough indoctrination into the   
   education  process it becomes less effective.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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