From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:41:50 +0100, Jeroen Belleman   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/10/26 15:21, john larkin wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >   
   >How many languages do you speak?   
   >   
   >Jeroen Belleman   
      
   One. My brain doesn't process sounds in to words very well. French   
   classes almost flunked me out of high school. I have trouble   
   understanding even accented English.   
      
   But if you are suggesting that I'm tribal over language, no. I'm not a   
   bit tribal.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Fb-SJ9v0M   
      
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   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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