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Heroic altruistic ants face death alone to save colony
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| 15 February 2010
| Matt Walker
Posted on 02/20/2010 5:05:13 PM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
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02/20/2010 5:05:55 PM PST
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pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: pnh102
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02/20/2010 5:06:39 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I wish Congress, as a whole, were as smart as ONE terminally ill ant. ;)
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posted on
02/20/2010 5:07:15 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.)
To: JoeProBono
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02/20/2010 5:07:28 PM PST
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1rudeboy
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02/20/2010 5:08:11 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
It should be noted that worker ants are non-reproductive. They can be replaced and, genetically, the colony remains unchanged.
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02/20/2010 5:09:50 PM PST
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gundog
(A republic...if you can keep it.)
To: gundog
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02/20/2010 5:11:16 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Altruism is actually evil.
A true human altruist, like these ants, acts without regard to God out of a sterile internal determination that they have a duty to act.
There is no love in altruism, and wiithout love there is no heroism.
We often misuse the word “altruist” and apply to true heroes who are motivated by real love of neighbor rooted in God.
Referring to ants as heroes and altruists is an opportunity to drive home the distinction.
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02/20/2010 5:11:16 PM PST
by
Notwithstanding
(Wer glaubt ist nie allein. Who believes is never alone.)
To: pnh102
...think there’s a federal ant panel that determine who has to stay?
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02/20/2010 5:12:06 PM PST
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americanophile
(Good luck Team USA! Bring home the gold!)
To: pnh102
Take the red pill, you don’t really need the hip replacement!
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posted on
02/20/2010 5:14:15 PM PST
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GeronL
(I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
To: JoeProBono
And why do I say altruism is evil?
Because a true altruist does what HE thinks must be done based on a wholly internal set of criteria - having determined that in a vacuum devoid of God.
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posted on
02/20/2010 5:14:22 PM PST
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Notwithstanding
(Wer glaubt ist nie allein. Who believes is never alone.)
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02/20/2010 5:14:32 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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02/20/2010 5:14:42 PM PST
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stormer
To: Notwithstanding
Exactly, there is no conscious intent here by the ant.
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02/20/2010 5:15:43 PM PST
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GeronL
(I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
To: stormer
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02/20/2010 5:15:55 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Notwithstanding
These communist ants will rot in hell.
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02/20/2010 5:16:11 PM PST
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BRL
To: BRL
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02/20/2010 5:17:19 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; basil; Arrowhead1952
Back in the late 80s- eary 90s, in Central Texas, we had the worst swarm of fire ants. Your weekends were spent killing mounds and everyday someone you knew - usually a child - would get viciously attacked, tens and twentys of bites.
They shorted our A/C contacts non-stop.
One strange thing I did notice during this explosion is that I’d find little mounds of dead ant bodies in places like the bathroom that grew. At night, I’d see maybe ten, then the next day the pile would be half an inch high.
I always assumed these were ant graveyards but maybe the ants were piling themselves up and dying.
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02/20/2010 5:21:07 PM PST
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txhurl
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02/20/2010 5:24:02 PM PST
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stormer
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