tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post5666533113299059219..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: The New Pyramid Builders IIPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-6834115708389721282008-04-27T07:34:00.000+01:002008-04-27T07:34:00.000+01:00Edward Cline,there are a lot of things that you ar...Edward Cline,<BR/><BR/>there are a lot of things that you are saying that I must agree with. We should not be acting the way that we are. We also need to stand by Israel, but we are not. However at least one of your premises is flawed.<BR/><BR/>You wrote in your article<BR/><BR/>"Are Americans willing to starve and toil as environmentally acceptable germ-eaten creatures to help the Islamic rajahs of the Persian Gulf build them?"<BR/><BR/>No, its not that we don't care about our own well being. It is not that we Americans don't care about what we think is in our self interest. We are not just doing these things for the Saudis. Most people in America do not want to undo the industrial revolution. we are doing what we are doing, largely out of fear. Even the refusal to drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has more to do with fear of catastrophic global warming, than not caring about our well being. Keep in mind that if man is causing global warming, it is in our interest to care. Would you want New York or Florida, under the sea. Also our government's dealings with the Saudis are motived by the mistaken notion that they are out friends. We therefor think it is in our interest to be nice to them. Too many of us don't see them the way they really are. We don't see them as barbaric fundamentalist nut jobs who want to destroy our way of life.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691850040385670009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-7602956690687257652008-04-25T18:09:00.000+01:002008-04-25T18:09:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691850040385670009noreply@blogger.com