http://kevinhoffberg.com/blog/2009/11/03/europe-where-the-history-comes-from/ The search for good decisions continues Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://kevinhoffberg.com/blog/2009/11/03/europe-where-the-history-comes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-625 kevin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:52:12 +0000 http://kevinhoffberg.com/blog/2009/11/03/europe-where-the-history-comes-from/#comment-625 Another point of view to be sure. But recall my premise that we're talking about a peasant who has seen successive waves of people promising more or less the same thing: a better life (here, thereafter, sometime) by doing what I tell you to do. Unless, until that happens, and given that his condition doesn't ever change in relationship to the people with the power, what difference does it make? Another point of view to be sure. But recall my premise that we’re talking about a peasant who has seen successive waves of people promising more or less the same thing: a better life (here, thereafter, sometime) by doing what I tell you to do. Unless, until that happens, and given that his condition doesn’t ever change in relationship to the people with the power, what difference does it make?

]]> http://kevinhoffberg.com/blog/2009/11/03/europe-where-the-history-comes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Herbert Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:59:18 +0000 http://kevinhoffberg.com/blog/2009/11/03/europe-where-the-history-comes-from/#comment-623 Just a remark on the very last entry: I am sure that they had a splendid time in terms of sex-n-drugs-n-rockn-roll. It simply was more - existenciallistic? Something like that. Since there was a fine, pure and eternal time on the other side of death - wtf shall I care for shorttermed physical implications on this side? Just a remark on the very last entry: I am sure that they had a splendid time in terms of sex-n-drugs-n-rockn-roll. It simply was more – existenciallistic? Something like that. Since there was a fine, pure and eternal time on the other side of death – wtf shall I care for shorttermed physical implications on this side?

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