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Topic: The future of mankind
noblenan Joined Sat 10/06/07 Posts: 935	Sat 11/22/08 01:53 PM
I'd like to think that there will be some breakthrough in the area of human ethics. Consider what is required simply to stay out of jail in most areas of allegedly "civilized" society. What would be the status of a hypothetical person who had no government issued identification whatsoever? No birth certificate, no social security card, no passport. He couldn't own a home. He couln't rent an apartment in most places. He couldn't get a job. He couldn't travel on an airplane. He couldn't buy a car. The only means of motorized transportation he could use would be a taxi or a bus. He couldn't get any public assistance. In some places and times, he could be legally picked up and taken to jail simply for walking on a public sidewalk. In fact, he couldn't even legally have an income above a certain amount. And the sole reason behind all of this is that individuals, en mass, have abdicated responsibility for their own lives and have literally traded personal liberty for the right to blame others for their own inability to control their own destinies. So I believe that we must make some major breakthroughs in the area of the humanities or we are doomed to a complete socio-economic collapse on a global scale, if not total racial suicide via any one of a myriad of methods. "But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller Everybody's going to miss the "individuals, en mass, have abdicated responsibility for their own lives and have literally traded personal liberty for the right to blame others for their own inability to control their own destinies" part. I love Dennis Miller! I miss seeing his show.

SkyHook5652 Joined Sat 08/23/08 Posts: 4063	Sat 11/22/08 04:35 PM
I'd like to think that there will be some breakthrough in the area of human ethics. Consider what is required simply to stay out of jail in most areas of allegedly "civilized" society. What would be the status of a hypothetical person who had no government issued identification whatsoever? No birth certificate, no social security card, no passport. He couldn't own a home. He couln't rent an apartment in most places. He couldn't get a job. He couldn't travel on an airplane. He couldn't buy a car. The only means of motorized transportation he could use would be a taxi or a bus. He couldn't get any public assistance. In some places and times, he could be legally picked up and taken to jail simply for walking on a public sidewalk. In fact, he couldn't even legally have an income above a certain amount. And the sole reason behind all of this is that individuals, en mass, have abdicated responsibility for their own lives and have literally traded personal liberty for the right to blame others for their own inability to control their own destinies. So I believe that we must make some major breakthroughs in the area of the humanities or we are doomed to a complete socio-economic collapse on a global scale, if not total racial suicide via any one of a myriad of methods. "But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller Everybody's going to miss the "individuals, en mass, have abdicated responsibility for their own lives and have literally traded personal liberty for the right to blame others for their own inability to control their own destinies" part. I love Dennis Miller! I miss seeing his show. Yeah, I have a very bad habit of run-on sentences that are hard to follow because the run-on tries to express multiple thoughts in a single sentence instead of being broken apart into differrnt sentences which would make the whole thought process more easily understood as it does not require one to hold all the individual ideas while the resolution is built and then presented at the very end of the run-on sentence.

noblenan Joined Sat 10/06/07 Posts: 935	Sat 11/22/08 10:58 PM
I'd like to think that there will be some breakthrough in the area of human ethics. Consider what is required simply to stay out of jail in most areas of allegedly "civilized" society. What would be the status of a hypothetical person who had no government issued identification whatsoever? No birth certificate, no social security card, no passport. He couldn't own a home. He couln't rent an apartment in most places. He couldn't get a job. He couldn't travel on an airplane. He couldn't buy a car. The only means of motorized transportation he could use would be a taxi or a bus. He couldn't get any public assistance. In some places and times, he could be legally picked up and taken to jail simply for walking on a public sidewalk. In fact, he couldn't even legally have an income above a certain amount. And the sole reason behind all of this is that individuals, en mass, have abdicated responsibility for their own lives and have literally traded personal liberty for the right to blame others for their own inability to control their own destinies. So I believe that we must make some major breakthroughs in the area of the humanities or we are doomed to a complete socio-economic collapse on a global scale, if not total racial suicide via any one of a myriad of methods. "But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller Everybody's going to miss the "individuals, en mass, have abdicated responsibility for their own lives and have literally traded personal liberty for the right to blame others for their own inability to control their own destinies" part. I love Dennis Miller! I miss seeing his show. Yeah, I have a very bad habit of run-on sentences that are hard to follow because the run-on tries to express multiple thoughts in a single sentence instead of being broken apart into differrnt sentences which would make the whole thought process more easily understood as it does not require one to hold all the individual ideas while the resolution is built and then presented at the very end of the run-on sentence. I got it. Wish everybody would.