Who hates children more?
1. A person who has a gun, who is shooting at soldiers, and who hides behind a child of 6 years or any age while he shoots?
2. A person shooting back at the person who is hiding behind a child?
3. A person who fires a rocket with gas at the person hiding behind a child?
4. A person who fires a rocket into a bus, school or restaurant, each of which is filled with children?
5. A person who fires a rocket with only a bomb into a bus, school or restaurant but would have used gas if he or she had it?
6. A person who has gas and shoots the gas into a bus, school or restaurant, each of which is filled with children?
7. A person who advocates their child strap a bomb around them and that child then walks into an area with children and detonates a bomb?
8. A person who advocates their child strap gas around them and that child then walks into an area with children and releases a gas?
9. A person who knows that the child is a suicide bomb or has a gas device. So, to save the other children he shoots the child bomber and kills him / her?
Pragmatic philosophy:
Why are some so right and others are so wrong? Or to ask it another way. Why do we think others are so stupid and why do they know we can be so stupid? Wouldn't you let your children stay in an area where you know the probability of getting injured or killed is high? Wouldn't you use children as shields? Wouldn't you use children as weapons, suicidal or otherwise? Probably not.
If the Syrians are making these decisions today, would you hazard a guess what decisions they will make tomorrow? If your guess is that their decisions would not be the same tomorrow as today, would you stake your life or your children's lives on it? There is a history ranging a few thousand years of making this type of death (and perhaps life) decisions. There is a rumor that some people are taught that there is more meaning to death than to life.
One factor known with a lot of certainty is that both sides (middle east) want to win no matter who they are fighting at the moment. Regardless of who wins, another certainty is that the winner will find another antagonist. Why, because everyone else is offensive and they despise those who offend them. That is as good a reason as any reason for some. It is based on their historic behavior. It is very unlikely to change.
Moral of the story: Moral guidelines are not congruent. The guidelines are not close to being parallel. The beginning is from two divergent core beliefs. Stated above, many are here to live not to die. The decisions of many others indicate that they are here to die. Living seems to be a short inconvenient layover on their journey.
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Goal: Increase knowledge of economic reality preserving life through tariffs war. My hypothesis explained here in an example is the loss of life of passengers on the Titanic. The loss would have been substantially fewer if there had been a tariff of 100% and more on the price of tickets. Recommendation: Adopt the policy to save lives with tariffs by charging only enough tariffs to save 100% of lives. Expect this methodology to work almost perfectly achieving the intent for applying the tariff.
Warning label: Side-effects are certain to result in the diminishment (diminution) of quality or entirety of life. *
Supposition: The side-effect may over time result in a similar amount of life diminution as the actual event that occurred with the iceberg. AN OPINION
FOOTNOTE: This comment can be analyzed in the intellectual arena of unwanted but not unknown and expected consequences.
SG - Free Thought - [Locals] - [Sept 2026]
Gab: Sept 8, 2026.
GETTR: Sept 8, 2026.
Locals: Sept 8, 2026.
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The clue woven into the yarn, "history repeats itself" is that the "story" has been told before. Sometimes ingenuity (responsibility) can reveal what the repetition point will be (begin/end) since it is known that the current story is metaphorically, figuratively or elsewise plagiarized from history. The curtain dropping end is the only part of the performance that will happen only once.
Unpredictables shall be called "miracles". They are not foreseeable (predictable), so their effect has a case-by-case impact on the performance of reality.
No such word I predict this moment but not always.
OPINION. Historically consistent. That qualifies me for classification as opinionated.)
SG - Free Thought - [Locals] - [Sept 2026]
Gab: Sept 7, 2026.
GETTR: Sept 7, 2026.
Locals: Sept 7, 2026.
Truth Social: Sept 7, 2026.
X: Sept 7, 2026.
Canada has focused on the cow for a hoof in the door of dairy (milk/cheese) supply management*.
U.S. has focused on the steer for a horn in the door of beef supply management*.
Both (all) governments focus on everything it can dream of to force its laws on everyone it can. Each a micro story of the macro rule of man which is evidenced by a propensity to build a Tower of Babel of/to their own cause for survival of man. Particularly the men they know they are themselves.
So, we continue on a trail of our existence.
*Monopolistic structure.
SG - Free Thought - [Locals] - [Sept 2026]
Gab: Sept 6, 2026.
GETTR: Sept 6, 2026.
Locals: Sept 6, 2026.
Truth Social: Sept 6, 2026.
X: Sept 6, 2026.
