Actually, yes. That's 100% correct.
Read some of the post WW2 books from the German perspective about what happened during WW2. They are very enlightening as to what people thought they were a part of. The guys that were shooting at American/Canadian/British and other troops on D-Day, those "Nazi's"... They had all been fed a steady diet of propaganda. They were told that the Nazi party and Hitler had united Europe under a single flag for the first time ever and that the Allied powers were coming to try and take that away. In many cases they didn't know the horrors that were being committed upon the Jewish people, sometimes just a few miles from their town. Sounds a lot like the situation in the middle east, except I think most people in Isis know what is going on and actively cheer for murder because their religion demands it.
Now I do think that within National Socialism as well as Islam ,and for that matter any idea (looking at you Christians), there is a potential for people to use the idea in order to corrupt others and spread hate. I think it's perfectly fine to hate those assholes.

Haha, I totally thought of that "I welcome their hatred" quote as well. FDR went on to crush the following election and Varoufakis... err, resigns despite what I assume to be similar levels of support from the electorate? Maybe his opponents found his disdain for ties a bridge too far.

I came here to say thank you for taking the time to write such golden comments re. the economic situation in the EU. Your perspective has been very enlightening.

Funnily enough, he didn't actually mention religion once.

But how very enlightened of you. Completely ignoring anything the man has to say because he's a priest. If he said water was wet, would you ignore that as well?

I'm not saying he's right or wrong, but you're displaying an attribute we expect from the religious nutjobs, ie. steadfast refusal to even consider the words of a person who doesn't share your viewpoint...

Once a middle eastern nation decides that they no longer want to sell oil in dollars - something which seriously shores up the US economy - they start the propaganda machine.

http://videosift.com/video/The-Road-to-World-War-3 is very enlightening, though if you don't like to hear the narrator's emotional view on the subject you might want to stop it half way through.

I found you're contribution to the female supremacy thread very enlightening. Thank you for being a sifter

Well, you're on the internet right now, you should try googling the things he's talking about, here's merely one article of.. thousands:

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/13457-feds-let-mexican-cartel-hit-men-kill-in-us-senior-lawman-told-stratfor

The CIA has had a direct hand in the drug trade for decades now. That's another topic you can google.

Edit: Also looked up this link for you:

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/nsaebb2.htm Very enlightening.

Very enlightening stuff, thank you.

>> ^taranimator:

Closest I've ever come to a downvote.
This is f ing gross.


I get what you're saying, the racism involved with the WB frog is over the top! Something must be done, I think the director of this short was just trying to bring it to light. Very enlightening video.

@berticus Thank You for the link. I've read the article and it was very enlightening.

SUMMARY:
Reactions to claims of near-death experiences (NDE) range from the popular view that this must be evidence for life after death, to outright rejection of the experiences as, at best, drug induced hallucinations or, at worse, pure invention. Twenty years, and much research, later, it is clear that neither extreme is correct.

I think you are commenting on this part of mine,

"Science suggests it could be the result of a series of biological reactions that help the body cope." (1:42) Can you show me the studies that suggest this--No, there are none. That is an incorrect use of the word "science".

I was commenting on the part, "...that help the body to cope." This is the bad science I was referring to. There is no doubt that a series of biological reactions take place.

As the summary shows the article doesn't conclude that science proves that the near death experience is only the result of dying neurons.

I would like to hear your evaluation of the article and your thoughts on this subject.

What kind of world do we live in when self-admitted ethnocentric bigots don't have the right to know every single insignificant detail about their hastily chosen sexual partners?! Someone please think about the xenophobes!

So basically, according to this case, ignorant dimwits have additional rights when it comes to consent than normal well-adjusted individuals simply by virtue of them being ignorant dimwits? Sounds like your typical bigot childishly demanding special treatment while not extending it to anyone else, all the while attempting to actively erode/take advantage of the very Enlightenment values that allow Western-style societies (like the one she enjoys) to function at all, all in the name of further ethnic, racial, or religious segregation. The duplicity on display is staggering.

Change your disgusting attitude towards other human beings who aren't part of your homogeneous in-group and it becomes a non-issue you big crybaby.

In states where 18 is the legal limit if a 19 is with a 17yr old its still statutory no matter how "consented" it is. It seems silly with such a small age difference but the number sticks.

From the sound of it this was a bit more than just bullying, and while I'm not sure about the statutory rape charge either, anything else that gets thrown at this punks the vindictive side of me hopes it fucks up their lives as much as they fucked up hers. Not very enlightened I know but there it is.

Wow very enlightening

Don't have privileges to do the amazon thing, but this:
http://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661/

It is a bit wordy at times and confusing for it, but I found it a very enlightening collection of thoughts on consciousness as a fully materialistic phenomenon. Changed the way I think.

I did actually....both a horrible and very enlightening 2 years of my life. My comments are made out of experience. There were mixed results but speaking the language really helps and in general...out of my personal experience and after having asked "everybody there how much better off they are because the USA invaded their country" most of them had positive comments about the US. So the question is...why do you think you know better than the people there?

Shukuran (Im sure you've sure you've done enough research in the area, and are enlightend enough to at least have the basic knowledge of this simple arabic word.....empathy brought from a purely one-sided comprehension of a situation is always sufficient to debate anything...pfff, off the top of your head name 5 iraqi cities...oh? but you understand the needs of the iraqi people right?)

Your angry little tirade laced with expletives is proof enough of your lack of knowledge and worst so it is evidence of your arm-chair cable news watching efforts at rectifying this problem. So aside from radio shows and TV what have you done to help further your understanding og the problem? What a surprise....nothing. You're really just making fun of yourself.

Play it safe and hit the ignore button next to my comment, because youve reached your limit

Good stuff, NetRunner. Very enlightening read.