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A new version of Notes on Facebook has been posted at: csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/facebook.html Ludwik Kowalski http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html

My article about futile confrontations between theists and atheists appeared in the April 2012 Issue of American Atheist Magazine. The link is: http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/theo/atheist.html Please share this link with other potential readers. Thank you in advance, Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)

Some of you are probably not too young to remember what happened nearly 23 years ago, on March 23, 1989. It was a dramatic announcement of the discovery of the so called Cold Fusion. Some people think that this was the greatest fiasco of the last century; others believe that this discovery was an important step toward future technology of pollution-free nuclear energy. The link to my free online book about Cold Fusion is: http://ludkow.info/cf/403memoir.html Please forward this post to those who might be interested. Thank you in advance. It is my third book written after the retirement. Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) is also the author of a FREE ON-LINE autobiography, entitled “Diary of a Former Communist: Thoughts, Feelings, Reality.” http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html It is a testimony based on a diary kept between 1946 and 2004 (in the USSR, Poland, France and the USA).

Is man's inhumanity to man avoidable? Is moral sensitivity of people sufficient to protect world societies from mass murderers? Probably not. What else is essential? Elimination of extreme poverty and injustice. How can this be accomplished? Many sociologists have asked this question. Karl Marx was one of them. He believed that the "proletarian dictatorship" was the answer. I suspect that the 20th century will be named after this kind of dictatorship. The idea was tried in many countries and failed. It did not create justice; it replaced old tyrants with more brutal tyrants. Lenin, Stalin and Mao are well-known examples. Is man's inhumanity to man avoidable? Perhaps not, perhaps it should be accepted as part of human nature. If this is so then episodes of mass murder can be compared with other calamities, like epidemics, earthquakes and wars. But scientific understanding of epidemics has often resulted in great improvements. Likewise, constructing less vulnerable buildings, or avoiding certain locations, can minimize consequences of earthquakes. We do not accept natural disasters passively; we do everything possible to prevent them, or at least to reduce their undesirable consequences. Why should man's inhumanity to man be accepted as unavoidable? Humanity is also part of nature. Most people want justice and deplore suffering. Shouldn't this be the basis for working toward elimination of man-made calamities? Are mass killings avoidable? Hitler's holocaust was based on racism; Stalin's and Mao's slaughters were based on the concept of class struggle. Can we say that these two ideologies of intolerance are responsible for mass killings? Or should the tragedies be attributed to the evil nature of leaders? The two tyrants were not alone; it is impossible to kill millions without favorable social conditions. Can such conditions be identified? Can they be eliminated? How can this be done? I am not sure how to answer such questions. But I believe that all occurrences of mass genocide should be analyzed and exposed, not hidden or forgotten. Mass murder occurs when brutal and sadistic criminals, to be found in every society, are promoted to positions of dominance, when propaganda is used to dehumanize the targeted population and when children are inoculated with intolerance and hatred. It occurs when victims ("inferior races" or "class enemies") are excluded from the norms of morality, when ideological totalitarianism is imposed and when freedom is suspended. Fear and violence, the preconditions of genocide, are likely to be found in societies with large numbers of thieves and informants. Stalin and Hitler were fanatical leaders inspired by a gang mentality and by the concept of "historic mission." They believed that intolerance and large-scale brutality were necessary ingredients of social order. Each of them was also supported by the “cult of personality.” Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) His profile ==> http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/my_profile.html . .

K sozheleniu pishu po angliskij. I agree, God is not a material body. You might be interested in an essay I wrote on that subject. The link is below. http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/theology3.html Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)

Prostitie, pishu na angliskom jazyke. I think that the author should not give up, unless he or she no longer believes that what writings are important. Internet offers us a chance of publishing and that chance should be used. Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)

1) Privet wsem. I am a new subscriber. Sorry for writing in English, my computer does not have Russian keys. But I can read and understand Russian on my screen. In other words, you can reply in Russian. 2) Some of you might be interested in a memoir I wrote this year. You can read it at: http://pages.csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/dedenievo.html I am 80 years old and I am describing events which took place 70 years ago (Dedenevo near Moscow). This memoir was sent to a newspaper of the regional town Dmitrow (near Dedenevo), about two months ago. I gave them permission to translate and to publish it. But they did not reply. The director of my old Russian school in Dedenevo also did not reply to me. How can this be interpreted? Comments will be appreciated. 3) I am Ludwik Kowalski, author of a free ON-LINE book entitled “Diary of a Former Communist: Thoughts, Feelings, Reality.” http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html It is a testimony based on a diary kept between 1946 and 2004 (in the USSR, Poland, France and the USA). The more people know about proletarian dictatorship the less likely will we experience it again. Please share the links with those who might be interested, especially with young people. Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)