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meatcakeman
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i need some opinions
#7444803 - 09/23/07 05:09 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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anyone who is bored and is willing to read something that is more on the long side
read this
tell me your opinions and your reactions
EDIT: also, the reading asks for more of an intelligent reader
so all you dumb fucks go away haha jk
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Edited by meatcakeman (09/23/07 05:10 PM)
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7444908 - 09/23/07 05:30 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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can't you do your own homework
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: TODAY]
#7444919 - 09/23/07 05:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
so all you dumb fucks go away haha jk
this immediately caught my attention. maybe because i'm a dumb fuck but dumb doesn't mean lazy.
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: TODAY]
#7444931 - 09/23/07 05:36 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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it's not for homework i just wanted something to talk about kind of like a debate but um ok
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7444943 - 09/23/07 05:40 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i'm willing to discuss - first give me a short summary of the text and then your views on it.
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ok so Garrett Hardin wrote a paper on poverty and how to effectively solve the problem of low food supplies and other resources
the author thinks that the metaphor of the earth as a "spaceship" that so many environmentalists use is totally false and illogical. he believes that the Earth is more of like a lifeboat with limited capacity. Also, Hardin covers the subject of overpopulation and the the tragedy of the commons
first before i tell you how i feel how do you think poverty should be solved? how to effectively use resources?
would you be humane and justify sharing resources? or quasilogical and say that it's first come first served and that resources should only be allowed to those you can afford it?
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Edited by meatcakeman (09/23/07 06:05 PM)
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7445034 - 09/23/07 06:05 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: TODAY]
#7445041 - 09/23/07 06:07 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yeah that just proves that this thread isn't for homework help because if it was i wouldn't be scared to say it was
im just trying to strike a conversation up about something that is important to me and that i have strong views about but if you want to bitch about it you can suck it
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7445045 - 09/23/07 06:07 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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x pac motha fucka suck it
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7445051 - 09/23/07 06:08 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7445063 - 09/23/07 06:11 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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poverty can't be reduced without raising education levels. the more knowledge a person has the more he realizes what opportunities await those who DO something. in poverty stricken countries corruption is high, the population is in depression (except the 0.1% who are the ruling class). if people would get even the most elementary education like taught to read, then MAYBE something will change.
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how would people go about getting an education? in developing countries, people are more prone to finding a job then sticking it out in school making money to survive is usually number 1 on the list of priorities
also, even if "poor" people stay in school to at least an elementary level how will that help them at all? it will only make them more aware of the hopelessness that they face
i believe poverty is a never-ending cycle no matter how much people try and help others poverty will never be eradicated and by helping people in poverty we only lengthen the duration of their lives allowing for a higher population living below the poverty line this is a major factor of overpopulation this world can only hold a number of people without finally becoming sucked dry of its resources
in my opinion poor people should be left on their own it's sad and cruel and others might say inhumane but what else can we do it's an ongoing cycle that hurts our environment
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7445124 - 09/23/07 06:24 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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well yes, you hit the nail on the head - fuck the poor. introduce cannibalism to the starving parts of the overpopulated world too: they'll each other out and no problems with hunger OR overpopulation any more.
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think of the world as a lifeboat haha
and it can hold only 100 people on it say 90 people are already on it and there are 100 poor people in the ocean drowning
would you save them all and kill everyone by drowning the lifeboat or save a few and say fuck you to everyone else?? or leave them all be?
some people might feel guilty about leaving others behind well then why don't these people just get out and let them take their place? this might clear up the guilt-ridden person's conscience but it still doesn't change the lifeboat and you think the poor person who just took the other person's place will feel guilty about anyone else? no he will admire the good luck that he just got
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Re: i need some opinions [Re: meatcakeman]
#7445362 - 09/23/07 07:27 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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anyone wanna repute that?
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