From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:33:06 +0000, 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> John Larkin   
   >>>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   >>>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
   >>>   
   >>>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.   
      
   Communism, like facism, is just another rallying point for tribal   
   thuggery. The nazis invaded countries to "defend" German-speaking   
   minorities. Russia attacked Ukraine to defend Russian speakers.   
      
   Language is a major tribal identifier. The murderous elites just want   
   some theory to hide behind.   
      
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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