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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-14-08 11:38 PMOriginal message"The world would be better off without humans." Advertisements [?]What a stupid sentiment. I don't think anyone who makes that statement actually thinks through the implications of it. If you really think that, then murder is good, because it takes one more human off the planet. If you really think that, then genocide is even better; after all, without all those pesky human beings, the planet's better off! You must have Hitler and Stalin posters in your bedroom - they got rid of more humans than anyone else in history. Surely you're a big fan of W's policies, with all the death in Iraq. And I've never, never heard anyone who talks about how the earth would be better off without humans mention that they want to start with themselves, their family, or friends. Seems like it'd be appropriate.
karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-14-08 11:55 PMResponse to Reply #213. Nonsense. Humans are not intrinsically more valuable, useful or good than any other form of life. ...
Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-15-08 12:33 AMResponse to Reply #2430. humans also consume the most resources, kill the most species Kill for Sport, foul their own nests with garbage and pollution. Humans hate other humans because of their skin-color, or religious beliefs, or life style. We stopped showing our *potential* long ago. Right about the time one human decided the other guy's shiny rock was something he had to have, and killed him for it.
Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-15-08 12:53 AMResponse to Reply #3438. No -- you're missing the point No other species is arrogant enough to think that it is at the top of the food chain. And where exactly does a fish in a tank kill other fish for possessions like money, cars, etc.?This very sort of "humility" is my point -- we lost our potential a long time ago. Some of us get it. Some don't.
karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-15-08 12:58 AMResponse to Reply #3041. In college (Aeronautical Engineering) we liked to describe helicopters this way: "the only machine ever designed by man that is constantly attempting to destroy itself" (strength of materials never quite caught up to the demands made of it)... There's something "not right" about the human brain...we do not operate for our own common benefit. I find thatincredibly fascinating...and sad.
alarimer (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-15-08 08:57 AMResponse to Reply #1385. I agree. We ar a random act of evolution,. There is no purpose, no direction to evolution (except generally in the direction of higher complexity, which does not imply that we are worth more).I make no secret of the fact that I despise the human species. We are an utter waste of oxygen and we will eventually kill ourselves off. Extinction is almost inevitable.
IMModerate (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-15-08 12:17 AMResponse to Original message22. Humans are to earth as cancer is to the body. Sorry, but that analogy holds.No, I am not suggesting any cure. Natural selection will obtain.--IMM
I make no secret of the fact that I despise the human species.
There's a reason why patriotism is considered a conservative value. Watch a Tea Party rally and you'll see people proudly raising the American flag and showing pride in U.S. heroes such as Thomas Jefferson. Watch an OWS rally and you'll see people burning the American flag while showing pride in communist heroes such as Che Guevera. --Bob, from some news site
maybe, but who would be there to appreciate it?
It's appalling how little these DUmpRoaches know about nature.
QuestionAll (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-15-08 07:27 PMResponse to Original message106. maybe...but then who would pet my dog? nt
I dunno.Would the world be better off without primitives?Why yes, sure, most definitely.So in order to make this a better world, should the primitives be liquidated?No, that's not our call to make.
Quote from: franksolich on February 16, 2008, 08:10:38 AMI dunno.Would the world be better off without primitives?Why yes, sure, most definitely.So in order to make this a better world, should the primitives be liquidated?No, that's not our call to make.But if they self-liquidate there won't be any tears. I think more of them should fully embrace this "humans are bad" thing and take care of the problem by self-liquidating.
We can sell it to them as "Reducing Their Carbon Footprint."
"The world would be better off without humans." Only if you consider Democrats 'Humans,' and even then it would really be more correct to say "The world would be better off without certain humans."