[EtherShock]

I once read something about WWIII. It was meant as a joke. All I can remember is that it would last 12 years, start in the Middle East, and Russia would suffer heavy casualties.

[krisvek]

the Schiavo thing...i'm sorry, but that was all wrong
we need people who strive to do what is RIGHT over what is LEGAL...the laws were made to guide us towards doing what is right, not to be some damn bible-rulebook--instruction-booklet for how to run things;  the laws are flawed...only a fool would disagree; with that, the law should move towards what is right...it shouldnt be the other way around

living by some written paragraph of text is idiotic and robotic
her "husband" should not have had any authority in the manner...hell, if you live with someone for a certain amount of time, youre married by commonlaw nowadays...the same should be true for the opposite;  his interests were not with  her, whether he had good intentions or not;  a simple solution would have been to sign the rights to her over to her parents, who WANTED her

and that's not even getting into the matter of whether she was alive or dead...seriously, if she even really did say that she wanted to be killed if she ever wound up like that, wtf does she care at that point?  if she's a vegetable, then it doesnt matter!  let the parents do what they want and be happy!  they WANTED to be burdened with her
many people make recoveries from her situation...neurobiology is still a mystery;  judging her to be "dead" is equivalent to making a judgement on whether aliens can communicate telepathically...we dont even have the beginnings of the knowledge required to determine that, lol
and even then...after the judgement, they let her STARVE?  what the hell?  they feed retards with tubes, why not her?  is starving someone humane?
damn world is all becoming Nazi germany is what it is...they started the same way....kill all the handicaps, theyre not even human, what good are they?  sure, abortion is fine...they arent human anyways...why bother with self-control?  let's just do what makes life easier on us...let's go kill some people that annoy me now

ahem...anyways....there needs to be a global government (the UN doesnt count), obviously...who is the "superpower" shouldnt even matter, nor should it even exist...but, that's not the way things are gonna go, sadly...not for a good long while atleast

[Rictor]

Sounds vaguely like biblical prophecy when you put it that way,

[krisvek]

lol, well, i'm no prophet

the bible implies that a world government will be near the end of times for us all, but alas....it's not the world gonvernment that is the bad idea...it's just that apparently, the bad men, aka satan and company, will manage to gain control over it

but, so far as me saying it's a ways off...that's just because i dont think  people are near enough in that kinda mindset to get along and play nice...unless, like mentioned elsewhere...some vasudans or something attack us...being united against a common cause would do wonders...of course, at this point, if we were attacked by ET, sure, maybe we'd all unite, but there would be no Independence Day computer-virus-bomb-destroys-mothership.....we'd be toast, and all die together

[EtherShock]

We could learn to tolerate each other, as opposed to like each other. I'm a bit of an idealist though, so I'd prefer we actually get along instead of faking it. I think they joked about that once on Futurama.

[krisvek]

people are too afraid to be able to do it....i dont know, it'd take a big thing to change it all...

the world is still very primitve so far as society goes...we're all a buncha monkies ready and willing to smash the skull of any other monkey who even looks at our bananas

[Grug]

I think tolerance for races have come along way. Its rare that you see racism anymore these days, and if it does occur its immediatly stamped out and frowned upon. (Well where I am anyway)

I think people are losing respect for each other though. Schools are appaling these days. Swearing starts in Preschool for goodness sake. Respect for eldars is falling. It dreads me to think what the majority of the next generation are going to be taught and thus become. =/

[krisvek]

i agree there....respect for the fellow man is being replaced with selfishness and trying to gain authority over that fellow man

where ya at grug?  racism still around in the USA...even if it's not as overt as it used to be;  people in black communities, people in asian communities...and yes, those odd occurances of only white people going to a certain school when there's like...a billion black people in the next city over...it's just quiet racism now, and it comes from both sides
"racism" isnt the end though...i mean, the kurds and whoever got their beef over there in iraq...theyre all brown to me, but they still hate each other and live seperately;  racism is becoming social-cism...or something

even in switzerland or whatever...the confederacy thing...ok, sure, it's been that way, and it works, but still...why do they needa be split up with the german-bloods on one side, the french-bloods on the other, etc? ( i dont know the actually divisions, i'm american, i'm too powerful to be concerned with being taught that stuff in school...we have important things, like....learning about...uhh...yeah, our education system sucks)

why the need for borders to our countries at all?  why the need for countries?  so long as there are countries with borders, there will be that sense of seperate-identity, that sense of "you stay there, this is MY kind of people"

[EtherShock]

Switzerland is comprised of French, German, and Italian speaking people (at least). Makes you wonder how they break down the language barrier. It's pretty self-explanatory how they do, they learn the other's. I think they learn both in school, not sure. Btw, I'm an American.

Yeah, our education system blows. Racism is still prevalent in many areas of the world. Most people no longer have the balls to say anything racist in mixed company, but it's still there, and there's all sorts of other discrimination, age/sex/gender/class, you name it.

I lived with two different black roommates in school. Let's just say I learned a lot about how society works, and had my patience put to its limits. Each generation becomes more understanding or more tolerant at least. It's a very slow process. It will be some time before we embrace our differences significantly. I feel a big problem today here in the US at least, is that groups flaunt their differences way too much, blacks are too "black," Asians are too "Asian," Hispanics are too "Hispanic," you get the idea.

Btw, the monkey remark was well said Kris.

[Nuke]

i dont mind bush too much, il vote for whichever guy i think stands the best chance of starting a global thermonuclear war. irradiate this rock!

[krisvek]

lol....live up to your name, eh nuke?

i voted for bush for one reason:  he didnt support abortion
i dont love him, i dont hate him...i figure he's prolly a nice guy in person, i also figure he has a tough as nails job....i figure he could be better, but then again, who cant stand to be better?  he's prolly made some mistakes, and screwed some things up, but, i didnt even try to get the job, so what do i know?  i do know, that besides the constant doom-and-gloom from those who dont like him, we're still here, essentially the same as we've always been (except gas costs a little more...but the american people have little reason to complain about gas prices...how much you guys pay for petrol over there in the UK?  i heard it was like...atleast twice what we pay)

[vyper]

Yes but then we have an equally dictatorial government as you. The problem is they're determined to get us off the roads, even if we do get more fuel efficient cars.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Swantz
Apparently the HLP seems to be strongly liberal, eh?  Or strongly against Bush.  Or both.  And don't take this post wrong it is in no way an insult nor does it express my opinions.

Both, I think.  Albeit a lot of use come from europe and have a vastly different perspective, tending (IMO) to judge Bush/Republicans/America on the basis of its foreign policy, which is a particularly contentious issue of late.

[Kosh]

Krisvek, please stop spamming the forum with OT stuff.

[krisvek]

*zip*

(i wasnt the only oneeee :-P)

[Nuke]

i actually do hope china surpasses us. they would have done it without much aid of religion, which could really hurt the church. yay!

[aldo_14]

Isn't the Communist party/Chairman Mao their religion, though?

[EtherShock]

You could call it that. I think the primary religions of China are Buddhism, Confuciusism, and Taoist. Go punch it in Wikipedia.

[Nuke]

none of which are practeced by any major portion of the populace.