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You'd have thought the Mr Omni would have known about smart technology.

The law defines criminality.

Whether or not people either agree or abide by such definitions is another matter.

As far as we are able to know there is no greater authority that can define human behaviour, in terms of right and wrong.

"Liberals support criminals and criminality" is conservative rhetoric.

Conservatives are criminals, would be the liberal approach.

In my opinion...A peaceable opposition of principles is the best alternative.

Another option is Russia, where opposition is either imprisoned or gunned down on the streets.

Far Eastern systems of enforced subservience through education, perhaps have their merits.

Though all that we can infer, is that a global society of intelligent organisms is enhancing material evolution, either for a greater  purpose or for no greater purpose.

And I still tend to run with the former, rather than  the nihilistic alternative.

And all systems of people management seem to be working in this respect.

Hi BK.

There's a certain unrealism about this propaganda photo.

Always a pleasure Doc.

Boy, tends to refer to males somewhat less than 65 years of age.

And I recently listed my profile details especially for you...#16 See above.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Hypothetically.

If the whole world peacefully and contentedly shared a unanimous sense of global and cultural identity.

But how realistic is this?

I thought that you were a devotee of the Man God Kim.

Perhaps I am mistaking you for someone else.

Or perhaps not.

Anyone who ever scratched their chin and considered something, was a scientist.

And so people got together in Chicago in 1893 and got all gooey over mystical Boy Gods who go ohmmmmmmmmmm a lot.

Did  a Buddhist ever go to the Moon?

Yep I know, on another plane in another existence.

Nope, I'm no more impressed by Buddhist BS than I am by Catholic BS.

Other than for tourism purposes.

Though Rome is an overpriced, over populated nightmare. (Mind you, so is London)

And I'm sure that the Dalai Lama is a very nice chap, who says excitingly profound things.

And so if eminent World Atheists convened in Chicago next week and concluded that all religion was bollocks, would you believe them?

I doubt it.

Nothing better than a good sing-song to lift the spirits.

Haha, was that a Freudian metaphor?

Well, one might suggest that there is a marked difference between internal squabbles over transport infrastructure, and international squabbles over territory.

Russia and Ukraine certainly preferred the bullet and bomb option over the coffee and a chat option.

Yep, me and Herr Frankling are two Anglo-Saxon peas in a pod.

Though to be fair, he is part Leprechaun.

Begorrah.

I'll take that as a compliment.

It's all it takes Herr Franklin, it's all it takes.

So we could indeed be distant Anglo Saxon cousins.

And prior to that who knows.

Roman influences for sure.

Maybe a sprinkling of Viking.

And all manner of influences radiating out from the Mediterranean, into North Africa, Central Europe and the Middle East.

In fact, it is thought that the origins of the Celt was Indo-European.

And of course, originally we all started somewhere 2 million or more years ago.

So I start my family tree back then and refer to myself an Earthling.

And you prefer to start yours a few hundred years ago and refer to yourself as Irish-American.

No worries Bro.

Top of the morning to ya Doc.

Hmmmmmmm.

You mildly obsess about my profile.

But I'm sure that I clarified such details previously.

Nonetheless:

Male.

British.

British State Education.

No religion.

Moderate Eclectic

Stay fit and healthy for as long as possible.

Semi-retired, do a bit of delivery driving these days.

Anything else that you need to know?

Franklin is very much Anglo Saxon and comes from the Germanic Frankel. 

So if you are in fact related to any Franklins you will inevitably have a smaller or larger percentage of relevant DNA.

Britain and Ireland and also the USA for that matter, are undeniably mongrel nations.

Based upon names only, I would probably have Germanic-English, Scottish, Irish and even Jewish connections.

As things stand for one generation, you are an American mongrel breed and I am a British one.

Though if we start our ancestral clock 2 million years ago, we would undoubtedly have common ancestors.

Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, we prefer to start the clock later rather than earlier Doc.

For sure.

One can simultaneously refer to oneself as both a Buddhist and a scientist.

Similarly one can refer to oneself as both a peach and a pear...Though this doesn't necessarily infer the existence of a tin of fruit salad.

A Muslim grocer would be better placed to prophesize the existence of canned food products.

Western people tend to get all gooey over Buddhism because it's all ace, mystically eastern with prayer wheels, flags and Kung-fu...And overlook the importance of Archimedes.

Praise be indeed.

To be honest, I don't have a clue what my ancestral make up consists of.

I may or may not have Anglo-Saxon forbears...Same applies to you.

In fact Franklin, is an anglicized Germanic name given to an Anglo Saxon freeman.

As in all walks of life, there are some good and some bad.

For example, regions of South and central America are awash with violent drug dealing Catholics.

Some authors say what some authors want to say.

Though in this instance, I would say that you have conflated your question erroneously.

As I stated previously, religions are, and do not need scientific approval.

And as I also suggested, Buddhism is not  a religion in the typical deistic sense.

HaHa.

And you think that humans wouldn't find something to squabble about.

Firstly, you going to have to completely re-engineer the species, and remove the clever stupid gene.

That rant wasn't particularly inspirational Doc.

Ok...Just toeing the party line...I know.

All very Celtic.

Or Slavic even.

Top of the morning to ya.

HaHa.

The Marathon for women with a lunch box, men with tiny feet, blind dogs and all manner of other fools.

Well, all religions are, so require no scientific approval.

And science has never proven the existence of a specific deity or specific deities.

Though old style theocracies (and modern ones I suppose), were/are the chief sponsors of scientific research.

That aside, I would suggest that Buddhism is not a deistic religion, but promotes a ritual adherence to a sort of naive sociological fantasy philosophy, based upon the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, a sort of South Asian Jesus type mystic.

So, I'm not sure that such lifestyle choices require scientific approval, or that the Buddha sought to scientifically prove their basis.

Though material and astrological sciences seem to be a human evolutionary requisite, irrespective of non-scientific theological or philosophical ideology.

HaHa.

Tena Men Man.

You Catholics...You're the worst.

Yep, the biblical character that certain Middle Eastern style deists refer to as Jesus, presented as male.

A male who sought the company of other men.

No offspring or sexually significant female acquaintances recorded, so putting two and two together.

A lot of bloke action but no lady action, plus a body seething with hormones and a bagful of jizz.

A very Best Korean type of list there Sunny.

Aren't demographics always 100% entirely Doc?

Though I'm not sure that Trumps Sino-Russian approach to national and global management is going to be popular with a well armed proletariat.

Knowledge is what we know.

So we only know that there is human life on one planet.

Other than that.

It's 21.599999999 recurring, so I guess that FLRW was just rounding up.

Though I'm guessing also that 22 stars just went supernova destroying 72 planets, 3 humanoid civilisations and 14 billion non-humanoid species.

Out of those 14billion species, 2 were intelligent non-humanoid.

One of which escaped and was heading this way.

They can be identified by their peculiar hairstyle, orange skin colour, delicate hands and mushroom like appendages.

Approach with caution.

It was men who generally had the last say on stuff like creation and existence hypotheses...So they chose a man.

Not taking into account, that women give birth and men fuck things up.

GOD was perhaps a hermaphroditic reptile out cruising the universe.

Or whatever.

Though experience informs us that some of our top theists will orientate in any direction, irrespective of gender or age.

Wasn't Jesus gay?

Yep, miles.

Oooooooooooooooo Yes.

Well, the phrase "not that unique" is a contradiction in terms.

Something is either unique or not.

It can't be sort of unique almost but not quite just a little bit marginally similar but not that much so as to make it not quite special enough but sort of different though inconclusively unspectacular  but reasonably extraordinary in an indifferent sort of way type thing almost.

If you've been paying attention to DebateArt, you would know the name Best Korea.

I cycled 2800 miles across the Southern US a few years ago.

100 miles per day approx, with 4 rest days.

Oceanside to Jekyll Island.

I consumed more Gatorade than is good for you.

Slept like a log.

I was thinking the same.

Yep.

Go for a 50 mile bike ride.

Ah, so Stephen and Mrs Stephen were celebrating Sunday and their Grandson losing 3 - 1 at football (soccer).

Logs can float .

But sodden lumber is no good for construction.

What is who celebrating?

I was describing a typical British Sunday.

Laziness is the biggest cause of insomnia.

Tiredness is the best cure.

How did they used to shift lumber?

All the did was replace the Horse with an engine.

Of course if the World population was reduced by several billion, there would be no need to shift lumber.

We just make work for ourselves.

It's not the winning that matters.

It's the pint afterwards.

The Sunday Lunch.

And dozing off, whilst Mrs Stephen does the dishes.

The World is largely made up of reasonably straightforward people, and then there are a few perpetual dorks.

Though history tells us that it doesn't take much to persuade reasonably straightforward people to behave like dorks.

Clever stupid.

Is there any supposed about it?

Sounds like it's already been agreed for you.

I was referring to annexation and the current buzz.

For sure, bloodless coups are preferable.

When an AI takes over it will probably make changes.

Whereas, we have currently evolved to a point, whereby we do what we do, because we did what we did.

My favourite games are.

Naughty games involving protrusions, orifices, fluids and bacteria.

And all manner of accoutrements.

Certainly A tan.

Have a lovely day, though Mr Sun will be hiding for most of it.

He will be out to play next week.

The Sun has got his hat on,

Hip hip hip hooray,

The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out to play.

Now we'll all be happy,

Hip hip hip hooray,

The Sun has got his hat on and he's coming out to play.

Regards.

Zed.