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Sparrow
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#1Dec 18th, 2011
1. Greed
2. Power Hungry
3. Fear mongering
4. People starving although there are enough food supplies to go around.
5. Indifference
6. Lack of responsibility
7. Poverty
8. Prejudice
9. Lack of respect
10. Hate
11. Indifference
12. Immediate gratification

I could give a few more but this is enough for now.


I would like to know what you think?
 
Johnnny
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 18th, 2011
People like to dominate other people it gives them a sense of gratification!!!!
 
Cliffy
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Dec 18th, 2011
Human beings. They are all insane.
 
Kreskin
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Dec 18th, 2011
All of the above, including Cliffy .
 
Cannuck
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Dec 18th, 2011
None of the above. It's Cliffy.
 
petros
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Dec 18th, 2011
Ohhhhh you don't wanna know what I think. Nope. Not at all.
 
In Between Man
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Dec 18th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by petrosView Post

Ohhhhh you don't wanna know what I think. Nope. Not at all.

I was just thinking the same thing!
 
JLM
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 18th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by SparrowView Post

1. Greed
2. Power Hungry
3. Fear mongering
4. People starving although there are enough food supplies to go around.
5. Indifference
6. Lack of responsibility
7. Poverty
8. Prejudice
9. Lack of respect
10. Hate
11. Indifference
12. Immediate gratification

I could give a few more but this is enough for now.


I would like to know what you think?

Interesting post, I'd go along with Greed as #1, maybe lack of consideration as #2, Another big one is people who earn big bucks, yet will not make decisions or if they do won't take responsibility for them. (Passing the buck)
 
Kreskin
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Dec 18th, 2011
You guys never have opinions.
 
JLM
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Dec 18th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by CliffyView Post

Human beings. They are all insane.

That's could be good, we're all on the same plain and it's not an issue we can nit pick at each other.
 
jimstark3
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Dec 18th, 2011
Not an easy question to answer seriously or briefly, so I wrote a book on it. http://tinyurl.com/433hlba
 
lone wolf
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 18th, 2011
Too many "me first" people....
 
Spade
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 19th, 2011
Twelve deadly sins? I thought there were only seven.

May I add one?
Humanity's belief it is apart from nature, rather than a part of nature.
 
Cliffy
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Dec 19th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by SpadeView Post

Twelve deadly sins? I thought there were only seven.

May I add one?
Humanity's belief it is apart from nature, rather than a part of nature.

But how else can we rape and pillage the planet if we were part of it?

What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down - The Doors
 
Dexter Sinister
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Dec 19th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by SpadeView Post

Humanity's belief it is apart from nature, rather than a part of nature.

Yep, I'm inclined to suspect that might be the root of all the others, plus the fact that there are simply far too many of us.
 
JLM
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Dec 19th, 2011
Mostly the people in it!
 
wulfie68
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Dec 19th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by SparrowView Post

1. Greed
2. Power Hungry
3. Fear mongering
4. People starving although there are enough food supplies to go around.
5. Indifference
6. Lack of responsibility
7. Poverty
8. Prejudice
9. Lack of respect
10. Hate
11. Indifference
12. Immediate gratification

I could give a few more but this is enough for now.


I would like to know what you think?

I think a lot of your issues are symptoms rather than root causes, and some of them are redundant, and many are related. For example power hunger is a manifestation of greed, and poverty is one of the symptoms that appears once it takes hold.

I think Spade and Dexter Sinister hit the root of many of our problems, especially our over population: people with space and ample resources tend to be more forgiving and easier to get along with (i.e. our national identity with the rest of the world).
 
jimstark3
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Dec 19th, 2011
Our rational minds create tools that change everything very quickly. Our "fight or flight" instinct evolved to deal with a "eat or be eaten" environment, and will take eons to simmer down. It's a formula for disaster - apes with nukes - but since we can't (and shouldn't even want to) stop our rational activities, maybe we need to figure out how to "tame" our instincts before we get the keys to the car.
 
JLM
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Dec 19th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by Dexter SinisterView Post

Yep, I'm inclined to suspect that might be the root of all the others, plus the fact that there are simply far too many of us.

Apparently not yet, Mother Nature will step in when we get too overcrowded.
 
Walter
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Dec 19th, 2011
I like this world; things are pretty good. Some people are assholes but I avoid them as much as possible. As was sung in THE LIFE OF BRIAN, "Always look on the bright side of life."
 
IdRatherBeSkiing
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 19th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by SparrowView Post

1. Greed
2. Power Hungry
3. Fear mongering
4. People starving although there are enough food supplies to go around.
5. Indifference
6. Lack of responsibility
7. Poverty
8. Prejudice
9. Lack of respect
10. Hate
11. Indifference
12. Immediate gratification

I could give a few more but this is enough for now.


I would like to know what you think?

5, 6, 9 and 11 allow most of the other ones to flourish.
 
petros
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#22

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Dec 19th, 2011
Pink jellybeans are wrong.
 
Spade
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#23

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Dec 19th, 2011
Green jellybeans aren't.
 
petros
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Dec 19th, 2011
Nooo not at all. Spearmint is good.

What flavour is pink?
 
Spade
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Dec 19th, 2011
A hint of vulture's phlegm?
 
petros
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 19th, 2011
Could be...

I also happen to feel that Swiffers are wrong. Terribly wrong. My cordless broom does a much better job.
 
Spade
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 19th, 2011
Hoovers are wrong. Nature hates a vacuum.
 
petros
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 19th, 2011
Quote: Originally Posted by SpadeView Post

Hoovers are wrong. Nature hates a vacuum.

There are people so spinny they create cavitation in the aether.

And that is wrong.
 
Spade
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Dec 19th, 2011
I had cousins who, as children, would spin till they fell. I stll get bilious thinking about iy. That was horribly wrong!
 
petros
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Re: What do you think is wrong with this world?

Dec 19th, 2011
Free range eggs are wrong.
 

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