Signs of the FUCKING times.

[blackmonsters]

I went to yahoo and saw the news headlines.
Two headlines caught my attention:

1. Sunni militants take 100 Shiites hostage
2. U.S.-China spacecraft debris collide in orbit

Now guess which one I thought was most important to read.
Yep, I went straight to the space debris story.

I guess that's a sign of the times.

[Tat2Jr]

I feel very sorry for those kids over there, and their families back home, as Americans get more concerned with the latest Desperate Housewives twist then their sacrifice. You can just tell how bad it's getting in the nightly news... stories about Iraq almost seem like sidenotes now.

[tungsten]

yea everyday something happens in iraq

[2HousePlague]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

...Yep, I went straight to the space debris story.

I guess that's a sign of the times.

Don't beat yourself up about it. At least your conscientious enough to take pause and wanna vent.

Unfortunately, the "times" are such that the words "militants" and "hostage" are so much more often in the news that we don't really see (much less FEEL) them anymore. We're trained to believe that something like that is ALWAYS happening SOMEWHERE, so the particulars, the body count, the details of needless savagery don't penetrate.

Resist that.

Meanwhile, the sky may actually BE falling.



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[kmanrox]

Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

Don't beat yourself up about it. At least your conscientious enough to take pause and wanna vent.

Unfortunately, the "times" are such that the words "militants" and "hostage" are so much more often in the news that we don't really see (much less FEEL) them anymore. We're trained to believe that something like that is ALWAYS happening SOMEWHERE, so the particulars, the body count, the details of needless savagery don't penetrate.

Resist that.

Meanwhile, the sky may actually BE falling.



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well said

[Head]

Originally Posted by Hedonistic

well said

Yes indeed.

[pornguy]

This is a war that no one believes in, and very few did when it started.

[Nembrionic]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

2. U.S.-China spacecraft debris collide in orbit

I don't see that anywhere :/

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by Tat2Jr

I feel very sorry for those kids over there, and their families back home, as Americans get more concerned with the latest Desperate Housewives twist then their sacrifice. You can just tell how bad it's getting in the nightly news... stories about Iraq almost seem like sidenotes now.

Just like stories about the economy seemed like sidenotes during Afghanistan & Iraq.

[jonesy]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

Sunni militants take 100 Shiites hostage.

both muslims yet they kill each other - yet were the enemy.

fuckin ignorant people.

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by Nembrionic

I don't see that anywhere :/

[2HousePlague]

Originally Posted by jonesy

both muslims yet they kill each other - yet were the enemy.

fuckin ignorant people.

By far, history's saddest lesson is that ANY difference (however arbitrary or superficial) is ENOUGH to make one group of people hate and kill another group.

You wonder about Muslims vs. Muslims? That's hardly where the absurdity sits.

Somwhere in space, a race of superior aliens are shaking their heads in disbelief thinking:

"What's WRONG with them down there? They're all the SAME species..."


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[WarChild]

Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

By far, history's saddest lesson is that ANY difference (however arbitrary or superficial) is ENOUGH to make one group of people hate and kill another group.

You wonder about Muslims vs. Muslims? That's hardly where the absurdity sits.

Somwhere in space, a race of superior aliens are shaking their heads in disbelief thinking:

"What's WRONG with them down there? They're all the SAME species..."


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What if there's a race of superior aliens and they're shaking their heads in disbelief thinking:

"What's wrong with them down there? We even color coded all the different people so they could figure out which team they're on really easily ... Team White had it in the begining, but they're not even playing anymore they're just trying to help all the other teams!"

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by WarChild

What if there's a race of superior aliens and they're shaking their heads in disbelief thinking:

"What's wrong with them down there? We even color coded all the different people so they could figure out which team they're on really easily ... Team White had it in the begining, but they're not even playing anymore they're just trying to help all the other teams!"

So are you advocating that "team white" revert back to acting really fucking stupid too?

What the fuck were you thinking when you wrote that?

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

So are you advocating that "team white" revert back to acting really fucking stupid too?

What the fuck were you thinking when you wrote that?

I'm not advocating anything of the sort. I'm just saying wouldn't that be a kicker if it turned out that while Humanity continues to make strides (okay baby steps) towards global unity, that it was entirely against the design of an experiment being played out by a superior race of beings?

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

In all honesty I do not understand what motivates people to draw lines in the sand and kill each other.

Whether its:
God, Culture, Money.

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Even Hitler came in with good intentions.

It's the leaders of men that tend to take over the ignorant and pushing them to kill.

[jonesy]

Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

By far, history's saddest lesson is that ANY difference (however arbitrary or superficial) is ENOUGH to make one group of people hate and kill another group.

You wonder about Muslims vs. Muslims? That's hardly where the absurdity sits.

Somwhere in space, a race of superior aliens are shaking their heads in disbelief thinking:

"What's WRONG with them down there? They're all the SAME species..."


j-

[jonesy]

Originally Posted by AlienQ

Even Hitler came in with good intentions..

i cant wait for the replies on this one