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22 Aug 2011, 11:34 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FgSmdfRUus[/youtube]

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23 Aug 2011, 2:12 am

i have no faith that human nature can support the continued existence of humanity in any civilized form, for many more decades hence.

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23 Aug 2011, 4:49 pm

auntblabby wrote:

i have no faith that human nature can support the continued existence of humanity in any civilized form, for many more decades hence.

I'll be suprised if things don't really go downhill in my lifetime......I mean the world can only go so long without a catastrophe, a huge war or something that kills a lot of people and causes civilized behavior to be thrown out the window.

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23 Aug 2011, 6:29 pm

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Civilized behavior is the behavior of rabble rousing politicos and wooden nutmeg merchants and tavern brawlers and dark alley thugs.

That is the nature of cities.

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23 Aug 2011, 6:37 pm

Philologos wrote:

Sweetleaf wrote:

Civilized behavior is the behavior of rabble rousing politicos and wooden nutmeg merchants and tavern brawlers and dark alley thugs.

That is the nature of cities.

Insert Ghandi quote about western civilisation.

P.S. That's an interesting song.

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23 Aug 2011, 6:37 pm

Gee, the sky is falling..............again.

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24 Aug 2011, 12:00 am

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Gee, the sky is falling..............again.

:roll:

Look who's talking Mr. Conservative.

Obama elected ... sky is falling!
Same sex marriage ... God will murder us!

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24 Aug 2011, 12:03 am

Sweetleaf wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i have no faith that human nature can support the continued existence of humanity in any civilized form, for many more decades hence.

You need law-abiding civilians to have a holocaust. Anarchists never built any concentration camps.

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24 Aug 2011, 2:39 am

Raptor wrote:

Gee, the sky is falling..............again.

:roll:

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24 Aug 2011, 2:41 am

blauSamstag wrote:

Sweetleaf wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i have no faith that human nature can support the continued existence of humanity in any civilized form, for many more decades hence.

You need law-abiding civilians to have a holocaust. Anarchists never built any concentration camps.

What makes you think I consider law-abiding civilians to be civilized? they are one of the main reasons no human civilization can last.

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24 Aug 2011, 8:25 am

DarthMetaKnight wrote:

Raptor wrote:

Gee, the sky is falling..............again.

:roll:

Look who's talking Mr. Conservative.

Obama elected ... sky is falling!
Same sex marriage ... God will murder us!

Please post a link to the thread where I said that.

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24 Aug 2011, 9:43 am

In the future we can look forward to less. Which is not all that bad considering many of us have much more than we really need.

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25 Aug 2011, 9:06 pm

i reckon the mosquitos & jellyfish will be happy.

what a terrible song. i love it.

actually, things will be quite interesting once the armaments run out. it's been awhile since sheer intelligence was really a survival factor.

personally i would not ever wish for the amount of human suffering this will entail, but since we would NOT listen to reason, it's going to be a good thing for the planet when our Big Machine goes smash.

will human survive in some form? probably. will they rebuild with similar artifacts? i doubt it. will they forgive us?

no.

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25 Aug 2011, 9:20 pm

Raptor wrote:

DarthMetaKnight wrote:

Raptor wrote:

Gee, the sky is falling..............again.

:roll:

Look who's talking Mr. Conservative.

Obama elected ... sky is falling!
Same sex marriage ... God will murder us!

Please post a link to the thread where I said that.

I'm just saying that conservatives are just as prone to "the sky is falling" behavior as liberals.

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25 Aug 2011, 9:24 pm

ruveyn wrote:

In the future we can look forward to less. Which is not all that bad considering many of us have much more than we really need.

ruveyn

Yes I heard it well-put by NYT critic in the documentary Objectified (Forward to 3:00)

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25 Aug 2011, 9:54 pm

Is the sky done falling yet? I can't stay awake much longer...

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