I am keeping loyalty to all my wives and g/friends, former and current, always no matter what.

http://us1.harunyahya.com/Detail/T/EDCRFV/productId/16191/WHAT_SHOULD_THE_FEAR_OF_ALLAH_BE_LIKE
“And the fear from Hell, that is the fear of Allah... For this reason, we regard death as a means to draw us close to Allah, and as a means to Heaven.”

Are you preaching philosophy of Death? Would you like to preach philosophy of Life? Can you clearly define “change for the better”? I am not asking you to post here your definition of “change for the better.” I ask you to think about it all your life.

I own Chase stock. They are sweet.

I concur

I think the question reveals boys – girls differences. No boy will ever admit that his family and friends influence his decisions. No girl will ever admit that she may express disrespect to her family and friends. Nobody will ever admit one’s mental disability to make decisions. -- And that will be correct; everyone is personally responsible for one’s decisions (with advice or without).

Is it a rhetoric question? Anyway:

Influence = Zero. However it may not suit to everybody.

Experience = Zero. Because I never paid attention to others’ judgments about me. I live with it happily ever after.

I utterly agree it is more important…

Sounds familiar?

Any type of abuse (meaning the type an abuser can afford) is reflection of hatred. Hatred is the result of (1) lost love [It’s just gone away.] and (2) “obligation” to stay with the partner. [“I hate you so much for must see you 24/7. It is my psychological necessity to torture you. The more is your pain, the more psychological satisfaction I have. I will continue inventing new and more sophisticated tools of bring you in pain. Your physical death only will satisfy my hunger for your pain.”]

For the prey it’s extremely difficult to believe that the love we truly had is not here anymore. Mental paradigm shifts are difficult. Emotional map changes are almost impossible. [“Hard to believe… How could it happen…?” “I can’t believe it…”] However there is no other way, but to realize the reality we cannot change. The prey does not need psychiatrists or mental treatment. To keep sanity the victim needs willpower to stop beating the dead horse, move on, and be happy in the new reality. Double lucky those who realize how lucky they are in their new life. [“My past love had started joyfully and has finished happily.”]

Talking about honesty… he bumped me too. Introduced himself as a BBW from Kenya with humongous @@$. Sent his money requests every day after. – I responded likewise. [He is “robbed and stuck in a hotel.” -- I am “drunk in a brothel and have no clue where it is.”] Now we are good friends discussing Nietzsche philosophy and scientific applications of world religions.

Those are awesome, beautiful, and touchy feely. Thank you so much.

Oh, National Socialist Workers’ Party? Those who had not been fast enough to commit suicide have been hung on piano strings.

No way, your straightforward talk will make any good progress. That way you’ll be sort of needy. Being direct and immediately speaking out everything you think is men’s mentality. Be a woman. Find a way to be interesting for him. Touch his curiosity. Make him think about you. Lead him to admire you. How to do it? Find his “brain buttons.” Motivate and manipulate. Treat him as if he is a lion on a leash. If you cannot cope with him, he is not for you. If you are “a successful diplomat” in this situation, you’ve got the right guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God

Wikipedia: "God is a deity in theistic and deistic religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism.[1]

God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe. Theologians have ascribed a variety of attributes to the many different conceptions of God. The most common among these include omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. God has also been conceived as being incorporeal, a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the "greatest conceivable existent".[1] These attributes were all supported to varying degrees by the early Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologian philosophers, including Maimonides,[2] Augustine of Hippo,[2] and Al-Ghazali,[3] respectively. Many notable medieval philosophers developed arguments for the existence of God.[3] Many notable philosophers and intellectuals have, by contrast, developed arguments against the existence of God."

Atheism (aka godlessness).

I cannot agree more with your analysis. “Roman Empire” is the comparison widely discussed in many foreign countries. Some foreign pundits seriously predict the split of the States in several pieces.

There are many opinions (or several opinion groups) among Iraqis about the fortune of their country. I will try to list them: (1) Those who do not forgive us for their liberation, (2) Those who believe that Islam is the most advanced philosophy, morale, and way of life, (3) Those who believe it is Sheas’ time; therefore Sunnis and Kurds must become the second class citizens, (3) Those who believe it is better to split the country in three, i.e. Kurdistan and two independent states for Sheas and Sunnis, (4) Those who wait for our troops’ leave from Iraq and are happy to welcome Iranians replacing our presence, (5) Those who fight for absolute power in unified Iraq and believe it will be possible to gradually convert the proclaimed democracy into dictatorship, [They say, “Dictatorship is the Iraqi cultural tradition.”] (6) Those who do not want our troops leaving Iraq, because a new wave of violence will come and the current government may not survive without our direct military support, (7) Those who do not believe in bright future of Iraq and desire only to emigrate, [Like after Vietnam, we already have significant wave of immigration from Iraq.] (8) Two Iraqis say they believe in democracy in Iraq, but it will require educational and cultural development of Iraqi population, i.e. the process which will take several decades.

Possibly there are other opinions among Iraqis; they are human beings, not stereotypes.

Guilty as charged.

Smiless, God bless your project. I hope your book will become the history pendulum’s turning point, after which the pendulum will begin shifting to the age of reason again.

The impetus for many cases of government-sponsored-mass violence is wealth redistribution. It is the current case of genocide in oil-rich Darfur, Sudan. (I worked there.) It is the case in oil-rich Kurdistan in Iraq. (I am working there.) Appropriation of neighbors’ resources was the purpose of the both World Wars. Prevention of wealth redistribution was the rationale of the Civil War and the Cold War. To stop robbery we need police; one of the main functions of UN (and before that League of Nations) is peacekeeping.

I do not believe cultural or religious differences may be a genuine reason for military conflicts. [All Arabs, when they want to say “hello/Hi/Hay/Hey dude/ Hey man,” say, “Let peace be with you.”] Frequently cultural differences are used as an ideological tool. It is easy to convince “dependent” minds in the following: “They” are not like “us”; “they” are not human beings; therefore killing “them” is an act of honor.

I heard many times, when we almost proudly call ourselves “arrogant” or “ugly Americans.” Is that the result of our strong belief in our cultural superiority? Is that belief the result of being brainwashed? Am I not correct, and our nation is always right no matter what?

Peacekeeping is an extremely complex subject. You have chosen an enormously tough research. I hope you will not give up. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in the success of your project.

That is correct in the area of Political Science only. 2+2=22 is a joke, unless it is political science, or an election campaign, or a lawmakers’ debate. Assumption that we may have several tool sets of logic is from political science also. That is why political theorists are paid big bucks; it is not easy to sell lies.

Be careful out there. You might be raped, robbed; your identity may be stolen; or you may lose your face at a meeting for coffee. Going with your friend who has a shotgun to the first date is a good idea. If she speaks with accent or withdraws a cell phone, just run, run, run…

Moondark, thank you for clearing this mess. It is such a relief for me.