Mother Nature? Oh, please......

[British Red]

True - but at least in the more "advanced" countries, they're frowned upon, not part of state policy!

I wouldn't have thought "early stage" homo sapiens had a "state policy" did they? Surely individuals committed attrocities then as they do now. Indeed it could be argued that there are probably more state policies now than there ever have been allowing it.

 

[Tengu]

Wheres the anti semetic angle in Bambi, then?

Im told its de rigur in a Disney.

 

[Andy BB]

I wouldn't have thought "early stage" homo sapiens had a "state policy" did they? Surely individuals committed attrocities then as they do now. Indeed it could be argued that there are probably more state policies now than there ever have been allowing it.

There is a difference though, surely? With a number of native american tribes, those acts were accepted as the norm, not an aberration. No signing on to the Geneva Convention for them! An equivalent action would be for the British government to say - "we're stronger than Eire, so we'll invade, torture and kill most of the men, rape the women and bring the remainder back to sell as slaves. Oh, and we'll barbeque a few of the more tender ones for the celebration party"

 

[British Red]

....somewhat as we did during the time of the Empire then?

For me, the main difference is the scale of death, impoverishment and enslavement Britain has caused in the last millenium is vastly greater than any practiced by native americans. The idea of us no longer using slaves is the ultimate hypocrisy....where do we think all these cheap goods we buy come from? Of course we try really hard not to think about it. We do it - we just choose not to look at it.

 

[Cliv]

Snap!..same wavelength..

Knew I should have stayed in the Bunker

Ahhh but how do we know Buddha wasn't a Martian?

Either way guess it doesn't matter damn fine words, clever lads them Buddhists.

 

[Tengu]

I like Buddhism, it means you can get in as many fights as you please and justify it by being a pacifist...

 

[Cliv]

I like Buddhism, it means you can get in as many fights as you please and justify it by being a pacifist...

Ahh so grasshopper always wondered about Kwai Chang Caine, loved kung fu he was one Budhhist. I know too much TV

By the way the Bambi thing its something to do with the writer Felix Salten who by all accounts was quite an interesting character.

 

[wicca]

"By the way the Bambi thing its something to do with the writer Felix Salten who by all accounts was quite an interesting character."

I think Salten was an Austrian or German who wrote a book 'Life in the Woods' which was err..'Disneyised' The Bambi bit, fluffy animal thing is often used as a smokescreen when people talk about Pagan beliefs, rather like Witches dancing under the moon etc; Naked Satanists eating babies, all very interlectual..

Someone will stun us with knowledge and Google him then give us the full story I'm sure..

 

[Toddy]

Erhm...on that note, we have members on the forum who are Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Moslem, Wiccan, Pantheist, Famtrad, Odinist, Druidic, Satanist, etc.,.....so please take this gentle hint to heart and keep religion out of the discussion folks.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[mountainm]

Erhm...on that note, we have members on the forum who are Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Moslem, Wiccan, Pantheist, Famtrad, Odinist, Druidic, Satanist, etc.,.....so please take this gentle hint to heart and keep religion out of the discussion folks.

cheers,
Toddy

How dare you leave out the pastafarians!?

 

[Imagedude]

How dare you leave out the pastafarians!?

May you be touched by his noodly appendage.

And let's not forget the Jedi.

 

[mountainm]

And the Jedi.

These are not the threads you're looking for....

 

[Toddy]

Sorry
I'll amend the list......pastafarians, jedi and whatever the turquoise suited cult that David Icke found himself being badly dressed by.

M

 

[mountainm]

Sorry
I'll amend the list......pastafarians, jedi and whatever the turquoise suited cult that David Icke found himself being badly dressed by.

M

I'll admit I had to google famtrad.

 

[Toddy]

Fair load of them. Think folks who consider modern wicca/neo pagan a rather odd pastiche.

M