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Pioneer1

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  1. Cynique because he realized that the concept of semantics accepts that there are 2 sides to every question, depending on how you interpret language, This has nothing to do with semantics or "interpreting language"....the disagreements simply came from us focusing on alternate definitions for the same words. As has been known by me and pointed out earlier, both "evidence" and "proof" have MULTIPLE definitions and mean different things in different settings. You two either failed to acknowledge this or simply ignored this fact for egotistical reasons to "one up" the other, but it got a little too heated for your boy....and he bowed out, lol. The cream puff melted...lol.
  2. If a machine is thinking and planning and calculating....it's not a machine. It's an intelligent Entity operating THROUGH the machine. Sounds like possession. Jewish literature called them "Golums" which was where the idea of Frankenstein came from. If it can think and plan it almost certainly is self-aware which means it can self-sustain. The question is...at WHO'S expense?
  3. ProfD All the more reason to take a stand, dig in, and fight for our land and resources right here. Not only being native to this land but citizens of this nation by right, we should try to achieve the highest positions we can in this nation and exercise our authority. I was having a conversation with a Haitian dude the other day and he THOUGHT he knew my politics. He pointed to a young brother in a Marine uniform, kind of joked around, and asked me how did I feel about Black folks joining the U.S. military...expecting to hear a particular type of answer. I said I was PROUD of the young brother and that more Black folks should not only join the military but go to West Point and become OFFICERS in the military, not just private grunts. He thought I was going rant and rail about a Black man being in a "White man's army"; but I have a different mentality. I don't see the U.S. military as the White man's military but MY military that's being currently managed and controlled by a mostly White officer class. It's our right and duty as AfroAmericans to move up in rank and replace them. Like you said, AfroAmericans have no other nation to run to and don't really need one. We should and can be extremely successful and prosperous in THIS one of some of these niggaz would just put the weed down, stop glorifying the street life, and start building where they stand. But speaking of Africans in America, here's an interesting discussion I've been watching this morning on AfroAmericans experience in Africa:
  4. Well your deductive reasoning is obviously flawed because I made it clear that the person I described was indeed YOU...lol
  5. Not unless you're a distant cousin.....lol.
  6. ProfD I'm not African (continental) so I can't speak for why so many of them do the things they do, I know most of the Africans I've come into contact with here in the U.S. are highly intelligent and industrious. Like I said earlier, they say their hard work and success "pays off" more here than back home. They may have 7 degrees including medical degrees....but they'd still make more money driving cabs in D.C. than being a doctor in Zimbabwe. Plus, they'll have more control OVER their money and where it goes here. I'm fortunate enough to work with and around a LOT of Africans. Something I've been wanting to do for years and having found a new job a year ago afforded me the opportunity to finally do it. They don't mind working 10 and 12 hours a day 7 days a week and sending a PORTION of that money back home to their families and communities; as opposed to being FORCED to work even longer hours back home and having nearly ALL of their money either go to family members....half of whom are NOT working for one reason or another or go to some corrupt politician who threatens to harm them or their family if he doesn't get the money. The West installs and supports these corrupt despotic regimes that oppress so many of the people over there so we can't fault them too much for wanting to escape and get a chance to breathe.
  7. And just incase anyone wants to laugh and talk about how funny Cynique's post was- You should know she got that picture from one of MY posts in my Evidence and Proof thread. Just saying......
  8. It's so wonderful that we both can relate to and enjoy the wisdom of brother Neely Fuller Jr. So I bring him up again......... He has said numerous times that he was living in Washington D.C. back in 1968 when they had the riots over King's assassination. He said while some Black folks were on ONE END of the block setting fires to the rowhouse they were living in.....he was on the OTHER END helping to pick up a fire hose and wet the building down and put the fire out to keep it from spreading. I found that not just honorable but so amazing because I haven't heard a story like that. I can imagine Mr. Fuller with his younger but still highly intellectual self out there in the middle of a riot, wrestling around with a fire hose trying to put out fires....lol.
  9. Cynique You were not totally agreeing with what i said about DNA, fingerprints,etc, because you No one IN here "totally" agrees with eachother or we'd all be quoting eachother's posts. It's not about TOTAL agreement, it's about acknowledgement where we DO agree and mutual respect and understanding where we don't. .....which is why I was so disappointed when Del all but capitulated to your badgering and down right bullying. You found a soft target. You wore the poor man down and he got tired and gave up and decided to agree with you, shake hands, and go home....lol.
  10. Delano Do you read Hindi and have access to the many many Vedic scrolls? ... or have you just examined a few transcripts that have been "translated" in English to come to that conclusion?
  11. ProfD I'm not sure what's going on in Africa as I haven't been there yet. From the people who ARE from there so seem pretty smart and most are well educated and could make a real difference there, they tell me that the governments are too corrupt and the societies are too repressive and oppressive for their personal success. Just like the United States and the West are highly individualistic....most African and Asian countries are highly COLLECTIVE. It has it's good points and bad points. One of the bad points is no matter how good YOU may be as an individual, everything you do and get has to be for "the team". Either your family or the community. And the wealth and things you accumulate....if it's not shared with the community or large family is often snatched by a corrupt government. Again, I'm not sure if this is true or not....it's what I've been told by many people. But that would make sense as to why so many smart and hard working Africans would rather come here to display their talents than stay at home.
  12. ProfD Neely Fuller Jr. said sex is the 2nd most powerful force in nature. He said people are spending time either ENGAGING in it, PLANNING it, or REMENISCING about a time when they used to have it.....LMBAO!!!!! "Nigga you betta stop...... You know your heart ain't strong enough for that no more"
  13. You can expect to get dissed pretty hard if you keep playing with me......
  14. I guess we gotta go back to middle school............. YOU SAID, and I quote: "Fingerprints, DNA, 911 recordings, security camera images, coroner's reports are objective,....." As a response I SAID, and I quote: "Fingerprints, DNA, 911 calls, security camera images, etc.....ARE objective as you say." I actually AGREED with you about what constitutes as evidence, but being the contrarian you are...in the very next post you turned around and said: "@Pioneer1i don't agree with anything you've said, and it's pointless....". So you didn't agree with ANYTHING I said, even my statements that echo your own! Just disagreeable for the sake of being disagreeable.
  15. ProfD From my years of experience both operating in Black organizations as well as working with them from the outside, it's best to have most of the ethical rules and laws of conduct CLEARLY established and agreed upon by all parties involved as early as possible to avoid misunderstandings as well as fights over power and control.
  16. But how many blockheads are being snatched up, eaten, shitted out, and forgotten about????
  17. Troy Yes, that was MY presumption when he said "experience". But at any rate, I respect his wishes not to divulge. ((shrugs shoulders)) richardmurray I apologize for the confusion. Based on my grammatical comprehension I did not suggest I was the abuser but only the abused aside a witness to others being abused. Lol, I think that statement might have just ADDED to the confusion. Does that mean you were not just a witness but also abused by them too?
  18. It MUST be relevant, you thought it important enough to respond to it....lol.
  19. Cynique Girl you need to be ASHAMED of yourself sitting up there letting all of those messages and notifications pile up like that. If you're that reckless on AALBC, one can only IMAGINE what your porch looks like at home....lol. Do you have a ton of news papers, advertisements, and packages piled up feet high on your porch? Mail spilling all out of the mailbox....lol Too busy online fussing and arguing with people to see about your own business. Maybe once a month you'll slip a robe on and step outside to reach around for the mailbox and look for a check...lol Lazy as hell...........
  20. ProfD Shit......you pretty much summed up the problem, lol. There's no where to go now but the CONSPIRATORIAL route and talk about how they used vaccines like the MMR and others to ill-effect the minds of Black children and especially Black boys and give them autism and other disorders in order to block them from properly developing socially and intellectually. The food is also being used as a weapon as Rodney pointed out. You look at Africans and why they are able to come over to the United States and excel so far and so rapidly in our educational system, perhaps because they weren't bombarded with so many vaccines and so much trash food as children so their minds are still pristine and sharp.
  21. Good character also involves being FAIR and HONEST When you pretend to disagree with something simply for the sake of disagreement and/or maliciousness....you are in no moral position to lecture anyone on "good character".
  22. ProfD I'm adamant about Black people taking back our sexual freedom as well as our morals in general from Caucasians and their religious systems. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism.....highly regulates sex while many of it's so-called adherents were out conquering land and raping women. They're telling YOU how to have sex, when to have it, and who to have it with but THEY aren't following their own rules! Many of the men who called themselves "prophets" were killing people, taking land, taking women, etc...like a lot of gangsters do today. I'm not going to get into the psychology of why some men OR WOMEN (yes...lol) pay for sex. Whether they're too ugly, too stupid, dick too small, pussy to wide, into freaky shit, etc......it's their business. As long as they aren't forcing themselves on their partners and their partners are 18 and over...it's cool with me. We have more pressing things as a society to worry about than whether or not some woman wants to sell her coochie to make some money or voluntarily give a man a portion of her money in order for him to protect her and promote her trade.
  23. Also, when we talk about forming communities....we also must make sure we all have a "collective mind" to a certain degree. In order for a community to be successful and prosper we need to be on the same page as far as values and ethics. I'm not speaking from a religious point of view. No need for religion but religious differences would be tolerated. However our basic understanding of what is "right" and "wrong" must be clear and agreed upon by all in the community. Can't have one brother who insists on having 5 wives and another brother who thinks polygamy is "disrespectful" to women and should be illegal trying to live together. Can't have one sister who thinks all drugs and alcohol should be banned from the community and another sister who is a weed head and insists on selling weed to make a living residing next to eachother.
  24. Something tells me the intelligence in AI isn't so "artificial". Either humans or some other Entities are behind it.
  25. Rodney campbell 👏 👏 Man, I've been saying this for YEARS!!! Black people, especially Black boys usually do excellent BEFORE they get enrolled in school! They develop much faster both physically and mentally than White children before entering public schools. As soon as they go to school you start seeing a decline. Start having social issues. And by the time they hit middleschool around the time of puberty you REALLY see a decline. I really didn't learn anything in the public schools system. My Mother taught me how to read at 3 before starting school. She also taught me how to read, write, and count. The White teachers didn't teach me jack, except how to eat graham crackers and take naps...lol. Like you said, this public educational system was designed to DUMB DOWN and SUPPRESS the true creativity and intellect of Black students. Which is all the more reason we should either homeschool our own children or build our own institutions with our own curriculum. You're also on point about the foods and vaccines. Yet another reason we need to open up more of our own grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals, and laboratories. We can't continue to just trust whatever White folks thrust upon us.

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