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H2O Man

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5. Thanks!
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:10 AM
Oct 2015

While DU doesn’t have the same environment that it had when we first became friends -- and is very different from how it was when I first started posting here -- I appreciate that some folks still value my contributions. Indeed, a society should respect the voices of its elders, and value the insights of its mad men …..and I am both!

The world’s “leaders” are, unfortunately, incapable of ending the fears and hatreds that always result in violence …..even if they wanted to do so, though there is little evidence that many do. It is up to the “average” person. If the every-day man and woman changes, then there will be no “leaders” …..instead, governments would be comprised of “representatives” of the people …..a novel idea, I know, but one that is actually hinted at in the Constitution of the United States.

Again, thank you for your kind words.

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Kegs [View all] H2O Man Oct 2015 OP
It is a bit unnerving. Do the ptb seriously want to go there? We shall see... nt Mnemosyne Oct 2015 #1
Right. H2O Man Oct 2015 #4
Another superlative post from one of DU's finest. Thanks H2O Man. Scuba Oct 2015 #2
Thanks! H2O Man Oct 2015 #5
Thank you both for this, completely agree dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #3
Thank you. H2O Man Oct 2015 #6
Right on, I'm working on my own small part of this dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #7
K&R... spanone Oct 2015 #8
Thank you! H2O Man Nov 2015 #9
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