To not fight for the safety of your descendants is immoral.

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Lee — 6/28/2004 11:40:27 PM (archived)

To condemn yourself to misery is one thing, but to condemn those who come after you is mindless nihilism. They were the weak link in the generational chain, and by their cowardice they destroyed the future of those yet to be born. That is an unforgivable sin.

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Remember South Africa? - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:48:23 PM
- Centuries worth of building and investment thrown away without a fight. - Lee - 6/28/2004 10:06:32 PM
  - Self sacrificing = stage of moral development. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2004 11:27:09 PM
    - To not fight for the safety of your descendants is immoral. - Lee - 6/28/2004 11:40:27 PM
      - Bad timing and bad planning - FrankC - 6/29/2004 3:10:57 AM
        
        A scenario I would have liked to see... - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 5:07:00 AM
        
        certainly not race... - FrankC - 6/29/2004 5:40:39 AM
        
        Moldy ideas - Mary Anne - 6/29/2004 5:31:55 AM
        
        re: Moldy ideas - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 7:13:24 AM
        
        in the petri dish of human nature - Robert - 6/29/2004 9:02:42 PM
        
        re: human nature - Tom Brosz - 7/1/2004 12:47:54 AM
        
        Yeah, you're probably right. - Lee - 6/29/2004 4:32:44 AM
        
        Nice idea - FrankC - 6/29/2004 5:54:48 AM
        
        I bet Antarctica is loaded with resources. - Lee - 6/29/2004 6:04:58 AM
        
        Oh, they're looking alright! - jms - 6/29/2004 5:58:32 PM
        
        At last! My claim for the Moebius - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2004 12:27:12 AM

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