What do we need to ban as a species to ensure our continued longevity on Earth?
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Originally posted by Hero:
If you ban ignorance you'll become a Republican.
Yup, nothing says "smarts" like dealing with sea-level rise by outlawing any mention of sea-level rise!
The cavemen who lived in Cosquer caves 27,000 years ago say "hi".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosquer_Cave
Yes, it seems the GOP-controlled state legislatures of Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina are no smarter than cavemen of 27,000 years ago. Ironically, it's likely that most of them don't believe such cavemen existed, since they think the world is only 6000 years old.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/11/2844468/banned-words-in-some-sta
tes-rising.html
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero
"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012
Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"
Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."
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And another thread where the RWAs have not made a single valid point.
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And another thread where the RWAs have not made a single valid point.
You expected them to ?
*perplexed*
-F
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
And another thread where the RWAs have not made a single valid point.
You expected them to ?
*perplexed*
-F
It hasn't happened yet. Rappy is living proof of the RWA mindset.
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero
"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012
Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"
Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."
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I'd be okay with banning transfats.
Signe kids are so fun. I'm not having any, but people ... I refuse to boss all of humanity around like that. But you'll be glad to know that as soon as a potential rutting partner comes along I'm getting fixed, I don't want to take any chances. I think its good to educate people about making babies, give them more info about how disabilities pass down and get worse with successive generations etc. and even encourage people not to have babies in certain circumstances, but ultimately it has to be the person's decision.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Hope.
So highly overrated. Everyone thinks it's a "good" thing, but having just been involved in a long discussion with hubby and others about "hope", I have come to the dark side on it. I think the comedian, Dick Gregory expressed my opinion best in a recent interview. He was protesting, and the interviewer asked him what gives you HOPE?.
He just looked at her as if she were a simpleton, somewhere between bemused and disgusted and said (49:30 min)Quote:(This is a one hour news broadcast, so go to 49:30 for the full comment on "hope")
I don't believe in HOPE....We got in outer space, it wasn't hope... If I had a brain tumor, I don't "hope" it's gonna get out, I'm gonna ask 'Who's the best brain surgeon here?' and I'll go to him
Kind of interesting. There is a quite a bit of research on the impact of hope, having a belief that you will get better, on serious disease survival. How well you recover can be linked with whether you feel you have some hope for recovery. WHen people lose hope with disease, as is sometimes entirely appropriate if you are in the latter stages, then that is usually when they die.
Don't get me wrong, there are times when what you are hoping for is just down right stupid, 'I intend to win a million dollars on the lottery' but maybe that's all that you have to make your life bearable. I don't know if we should judge it.
Without hope, we don't bother to change. Everything is shit, so why bother. It's hopelessness that gets humanity into trouble, being unable to envisage a future that isn't shitty and horrible. We might as well pour all oour shit into the sea, consume ourselves to death, because who cares about tomorrow.
So I disagree with you about hope. And I don't see that humanity is such a mess, not anymore than we ever have been.
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Magon's is right in my opinion. There are a lot of reasons to not be hopeful, everything seems to be falling apart in some ways. But if we don't hope for something better then why should we strive for something better? Why should we try to make things better for ourselves? I certainly need it in my life. I guess Signe doesn't need it in hers, but she is a minority in that regard.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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I don't really do "hope" so much...
But it is in my very nature not to wait for rescue, or hope someone comes through, my first thought when the notion of "someone should DO something!" comes up is "well, I'm somebody." - maybe not the RIGHT somebody, and maybe not as effective or competent as some would like, but being present, willing and downright insanely determined counts for a lot.
Philosophically, this comes pretty close.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAntiNihilist
I don't do kind things for theological brownie points, or cause belief requires it, or for gratitude, sense of obligation or any of that, none of it.... I do them cause *I* damn well please to do them.
It's really hard to explain, cause some of the concepts don't translate well, but the act itself, as a thing, sans motivation whatever.
-Frem
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Originally posted by Kwicko:Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:Quote:
Originally posted by Hero:
If you ban ignorance you'll become a Republican.
Yup, nothing says "smarts" like dealing with sea-level rise by outlawing any mention of sea-level rise!
The cavemen who lived in Cosquer caves 27,000 years ago say "hi".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosquer_Cave
Yes, it seems the GOP-controlled state legislatures of Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina are no smarter than cavemen of 27,000 years ago. Ironically, it's likely that most of them don't believe such cavemen existed, since they think the world is only 6000 years old.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/11/2844468/banned-words-in-some-sta
tes-rising.html
Non sequitor, straw man response.
You can't deny the fact that ocean levels rose dramatically 1000's of years before the industrial age, as you try to gloss over the facts presented w/ childish, inane comments about GOP controlled state legislatures, which have absolutely Z E R O to do w/ the non - issue of global climate change.
It happens. It's natural. We can't stop it, no matter what we do. TRYING to stop it,still, just to make ourselves feel better, is mindless and pointless. And worst of all, it's a colossal waste of our financial, material resources which could be far better spent on more productive and worth while things.
There's nothing we can do to change the planet's climate, so when ever I hear ANY politician yap on about solving 'climate change', I know they're lying.
Can we do something about pollution ? Hell yes we can. And we should. Be good stewards of the planet ? Absolutely. It's our duty to do so. But the phony upped CRISIS of climate change is nothing more than a front, by the extreme far Left, to sway public opinion to accept a collectivist mindset, in all parts of our lives.
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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