Rex Murphy:"... how many lone wolves make a pack?

[darkbeaver]

Rex is simply stating that the world used to react to events like this differently. The code of chivalry ensured that the innocent were left alone.

The code worked with local conflicts and between neighbouring kingdoms. It doesn't work so well on a global scale.

The difficulty lies in how the world reacts to events like this. There was a time when rogue kingdoms or evil rulers were attacked, punished or killed for their misdeeds. In the modern world, that solution is more difficult to achieve.

In days of yore, the code protected the innocent from harm and allowed the guilty to be punished. With the odd exception, even the bad guys followed the code. Today's evil doesn't care who gets hurt or how much damage is caused. In short, the end justifies the means.

The conflict? Should the West, in order to rid the world of ISIS and the evil that's rife in the Middle East, react in the same or harsher manner? How does the West build concensus with China and Russia in order to stop the constant killing? The solution is obvious to all the powers, nuke the Middle East, but who wants to be the one to pull the trigger? This solution will kill a lot of people too. It's a giant, global conundrum. A planetary version of surgeons debating how much tissue to remove in order to stop the gangrene.

There isn't much of a moral dilemma, but there is a financial one. Can you harvest and use oil extracted from a nuclear wasteland?

Time will decide. How long can you poke the world with a stick before it gets fed up and definitively takes action?

The world may have acted like you think sometime in a distant forgotten past. There is nothing new in False Flag attacks carried out by the rich and powerful to incite the motion of mobs of illinformed citizens in a perferred direction. In fact it has been the standard method of steering at least since the advent of the written word. The west has obliterated much of the middle east and hundreds of other lands they had no legal bussiness inteferring in. Gangrene rules this world. No nation or group wields the stick like the USA does they are the global enforcers for the worlds banking elite, and nothing else.

 

[Mowich]

So, calling them "extreme Islamic radicals" or "filthy ragheads" or whatever will help?

Well the hashtag, placard carrying idiots haven't seemed to stem the flow of gore............so why not give a try.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Well the hashtag, placard carrying idiots haven't seemed to stem the flow of gore............so why not give a try.

Because there's no indication it will do anything?

 

[EagleSmack]

Who needs a pack eh Lone Wolf?

 

[Murphy]

The world may have acted like you think sometime in a distant forgotten past. There is nothing new in False Flag attacks carried out by the rich and powerful to incite the motion of mobs of illinformed citizens in a perferred direction. In fact it has been the standard method of steering at least since the advent of the written word. The west has obliterated much of the middle east and hundreds of other lands they had no legal bussiness inteferring in. Gangrene rules this world. No nation or group wields the stick like the USA does they are the global enforcers for the worlds banking elite, and nothing else.

I'm afraid you've missed the mark with this one. The world still acts like this, but geographically speaking, there are a few concerns.

The main problem comes from big business. It concerns pumping and processing oil from a contaminated area. Is it feasible? How would it be done? What is the cost? It's a big area. Can it be secured? Who takes over control?

Almost as important are the problems of countries like Canada and the US whose oil stocks would become more valuable. The possible money and power shift would be disconcerting to the present business Illuminati.

Another problem would be how the world reacts to decimating that region of the planet. How much unrest would be caused by making most of the Islamic world disappear? where would it happen? In the US? In Europe?

Canadian voters that believe selfies, unicorns and rainbows will heal the world aren't really important to the powerful of the planter, but the disenfranchised folks - predominantly the young and poor - might be inclined to cause trouble. There's a lot of them. Alot of the cheap world workforce. Until now, protests, drugs and Game Boys have kept them docile. Will they remain that way?

There is also the problem of other countries attacking people they don't like. Maybe China will just nuke the people they don't like. Russia as well.

I'm sure that the business Illuminati have been burning the midnight oil trying to figure this one out. All the pieces of the puzzle must come together before they act. It will be interesting to see what happens when they determine their course of action.

It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi.

 

[taxslave]

You can't get any dumber than Rex.

Unless you're Ezra.

Guess you never met any of BC's NDP leaders.

 

[Cliffy]

Guess you never met any of BC's NDP leaders.

And I suppose Crispy Carp is an angel of virtue.

 

[MHz]

Might be going out on a limb here but a lone wolf does not travel with any pack, hence the key word 'lone'. Why do I bother going anyplace when there is oodles of entertainment right here?

And I suppose Crispy Carp is an angel of virtue.

More likely something that was left on the stove a tad too long.

 

[taxslave]

And I suppose Crispy Carp is an angel of virtue.

Comparatively speaking, yes. At least she doesn't steal from charities and the taxpayer like dippers have been convicted of.

 

[Cliffy]

Comparatively speaking, yes. At least she doesn't steal from charities and the taxpayer like dippers have been convicted of.

You are blinded by political dogma.

 

[pgs]

You are blinded by political dogma.

So NDP cabinet minister MEL Stupidch didn't steal charity money ?

So NDP cabinet minister MEL Stupidch didn't steal charity money ?

Should read MLA .

 

[Cliffy]

So NDP cabinet minister MEL Stupidch didn't steal charity money ?


Should read MLA .

How long ago was that? Are any of those people that were there at the time still in the legislature?

 

[darkbeaver]

I'm afraid you've missed the mark with this one. The world still acts like this, but geographically speaking, there are a few concerns.

The main problem comes from big business. It concerns pumping and processing oil from a contaminated area. Is it feasible? How would it be done? What is the cost? It's a big area. Can it be secured? Who takes over control?

Almost as important are the problems of countries like Canada and the US whose oil stocks would become more valuable. The possible money and power shift would be disconcerting to the present business Illuminati.

Another problem would be how the world reacts to decimating that region of the planet. How much unrest would be caused by making most of the Islamic world disappear? where would it happen? In the US? In Europe?

Canadian voters that believe selfies, unicorns and rainbows will heal the world aren't really important to the powerful of the planter, but the disenfranchised folks - predominantly the young and poor - might be inclined to cause trouble. There's a lot of them. Alot of the cheap world workforce. Until now, protests, drugs and Game Boys have kept them docile. Will they remain that way?

There is also the problem of other countries attacking people they don't like. Maybe China will just nuke the people they don't like. Russia as well.

I'm sure that the business Illuminati have been burning the midnight oil trying to figure this one out. All the pieces of the puzzle must come together before they act. It will be interesting to see what happens when they determine their course of action.

It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi.

Thankyou for your very good and interesting reply. I'll just say this, history as we are usually taught, is more invention than chronicle of actual events.

 

[WLDB]

Being immunized to it isnt necessarily a bad thing. Being immunized to terrorism makes terrorism futile. If it doesnt generate a reaction - like terror for example, it fails.

Rex is simply stating that the world used to react to events like this differently. The code of chivalry ensured that the innocent were left alone.

The code worked with local conflicts and between neighbouring kingdoms. It doesn't work so well on a global scale.

Anyone who has studied history knows that such a time never existed and that that code only existed in theory. Every conflict has seen innocents either killed, raped or enslaved by one side or another.

 

[Murphy]

The code was not a law or a time. It was a pattern of behaviour or conduct.

Certainly, not everyone followed it. There was also a time when most people did not cuss in public and opened the door for women.

 

[darkbeaver]

The code was not a law or a time. It was a pattern of behaviour or conduct.

Certainly, not everyone followed it. There was also a time when most people did not cuss in public and opened the door for women.

Good directions no doubt but in the end they did not stop us from bombing those cities into rubble and raping the survivors. A man may hold open a door for a cultured finely dressed woman and that same day toss an old baglady into the street useing the foulest language.

There are times when the best of humanity shines through but they are invariably the worst of times.

 

[Murphy]

And what I take away of my friend Rex's article is that if we are going to aspire to be anything, we should keep trying to be the best that we can be. There is nothing wrong with trying to follow a code of good conduct, even though not everyone does.

Mankind is no better or worse than it was 100 or even 1000 years ago. The difference today is that we see and hear about these events instantly. Technology has also made is easier to kill. ISIS, their supporters, and even crazy people with no affiliation to Islam, use technology to kill. It is impossible to remove or restrict the tech.

So how can we prevent these things from happening? When they do occur, how do we react? Simple questions, but the answers aren't easy. We have the tools to deal with ISIS. As I posted earlier, we can simply nuke the Middle East, but like the Hydra, the problems will double. I've no doubt there is a solution, but it has not been determined yet. I know that it will not be a "unicorn and rainbows" ending though.

It is easier to react to individuals , i.e. crazy people. They call them, 'radicalized' when it has something to do with Islam. 'Mentally disturbed' when it's not. Generally speaking however, individuals do not kill as many people as organizations or countries. In the majority of cases, the perpetrator ends up dead and the trouble is over. Whether it's driving over people on the sidewalk, shooting innocents in a mall, or some other murderous event, they come to a faster end. There are usually less lives lost as well.

It seems we have more problems - death and destruction - with organizations or countries than we do with individuals.

Let's go back to this code of conduct thing. Good behaviour is created when people are educated from a young age to respect others. So how do we deal with societies or ideologies that do not respect the most basic rule of human conduct? That being, don't kill.

Like most of you, I have ideas, but honestly, I don't think there is an easy answer. Education may be one of the cornerstones, but despite the tech available in the world, how do you get the message out to everyone? (Damn you Marshall McLuhan!)

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The code was not a law or a time. It was a pattern of behaviour or conduct.

Certainly, not everyone followed it. There was also a time when most people did not cuss in public and opened the door for women.

 

[tay]

Is Rex going to update his lone wolf thoughts...........?