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| What's most important to you? |
| World Peace |
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25% |
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| World Not-Hunger |
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11% |
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| World Freedom |
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14% |
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| World Happiness |
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7% |
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| World Productivity |
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14% |
[ 4 ] |
| other (please post) |
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14% |
[ 4 ] |
| waffles. |
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11% |
[ 3 ] |
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 Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:32 am
Just a question that popped into my head. If you could do one thing to better the world, just one, what would it be? How do you think this could be done? What do you predict as consequences?
I'm not sure what I would choose. There's so many things that could be done, it's difficult, if not impossible, to pick just one.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:51 am
World peace cannot be achieved without freedom for all.
In similar manner, world peace will lead to the further betterment of the world. Remember peace is not a lack of war, it is a good and healthy relationship between nations.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:08 pm
Actually, I would say that you'd have to give up freedom (and privacy) for ultimate safety. For example, the Patriot Act. Sure, it would be harder for terrorists, but you lose your rights to privacy. Plus, for security, you'd have to be careful what you say, lest it be seen as a threat or something.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:44 pm
I don't like living in a world of fear. People fear more terror attacked and people fear that their rights are being violated. I agree that some rights must be given up for the safety and security of the greater population, but having to be careful of what you say, well that sound like a major infringement on the first amendment. More, it gives the government control over the people in a frightening way: what they think. Without freedom of speech, we are powerless to oppose government action. The US could become an evil super power the world will grow to fear and hate, leading us only deeper into a world of fear.
the right of the citizen are immensely important. Personally, I would prefer that we maintain full rights and occasionally suffer an attack that pales in comparison with how many people die each year in car wrecks than live without full rights and with government procedures slowing everything to a crawl.
We must fix the problem at is source to be safe. Terrorists will find a way regardless of how hard we try to stop them, but if the terrorists aren't terrorists anymore, well, they won't attack.
[edit]I was going to express my extreme love of Windows[/sarcasm] for having an error just as I clicked submit and trashing my irrecoverable post, but when I got back on, my post was there. I can't thank anything to do with Microsoft, so I'll thank Gaia's server for retrieving the info. promptly.[/edit]
Shouldn't this thread be on the main page? This could be a nice discussion.
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:53 am
I would say something, but it would only echo what Myslec has already stated.
(I also think that this should go on the main page)
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:58 pm
Aperium I would say something, but it would only echo what Myslec has already stated. (I also think that this should go on the main page) I thought about putting this on the main page, but this isn't really talking about "the plan." It's more... extended discussion. Maybe we could have a "serious discussion" off-topic subforum?
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:47 pm
I guess the one thing I'd do to change the world is make people more understanding. People don't understand the religion, culture, beliefs of others and that's how wars are started. That's how people hate each other. That's how so many problems are formed.
If people could just understand where others are coming from, things would be a lot better. You don't have to agree with someone else, but you can at least try to see why they believe what they do.
So the most important thing to me is World Understanding (I chose "other" as the option on the poll.)
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:04 am
World Productivity:
Productivity means more food,jobs,oportunities for people, which means it essentially makes happiness (even though people will still complain xp )
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:24 pm
In the end, we'll get to all of these anyways. None of them affect the world as a whole any less than another, and our goal should be to help all of them come to be reality, not just to focus on which one seems imporant right now. So I voted for the f@#*ing waffles.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:25 am
mmm... waffles.
Well, yes, but I just wondered what each member believed to be the most important thing to them/one thing they want to change in the world most. Just to see where we're all at, I suppose. And that way, once we know what each person's priorities are, we can think more on what to do to solve all these problems and whatnot.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:27 pm
Aeridea I guess the one thing I'd do to change the world is make people more understanding. People don't understand the religion, culture, beliefs of others and that's how wars are started. That's how people hate each other. That's how so many problems are formed. If people could just understand where others are coming from, things would be a lot better. You don't have to agree with someone else, but you can at least try to see why they believe what they do. So the most important thing to me is World Understanding (I chose "other" as the option on the poll.) For years I have wanted above most things, the ability to understand things such as other people. I'm not sure it's possible, but we can accept the beliefs and actions of others( and the people themselves).
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:32 pm
Deviant World Productivity: Productivity means more food,jobs,oportunities for people, which means it essentially makes happiness (even though people will still complain xp ) For this I have no opinion, only one comment. The people of a few of the poorest nations of the world are very happy in comparison to the U.S.A. where people are always complaining. Sry, couldn't find my sources, but I know they exist.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:58 am
Myslec Deviant World Productivity: Productivity means more food,jobs,oportunities for people, which means it essentially makes happiness (even though people will still complain xp ) For this I have no opinion, only one comment. The people of a few of the poorest nations of the world are very happy in comparison to the U.S.A. where people are always complaining. Sry, couldn't find my sources, but I know they exist. I could see a lot of instances where people will whine and complain about more work (I might be one of those lazy whiners). So I guess to increase World Productivity we'd have to give them reasons to want to work. If only people could think of the good in the long run rather than short-term gratification.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:28 am
Aeridea Myslec Deviant World Productivity: Productivity means more food,jobs,oportunities for people, which means it essentially makes happiness (even though people will still complain xp ) For this I have no opinion, only one comment. The people of a few of the poorest nations of the world are very happy in comparison to the U.S.A. where people are always complaining. Sry, couldn't find my sources, but I know they exist. I could see a lot of instances where people will whine and complain about more work (I might be one of those lazy whiners). So I guess to increase World Productivity we'd have to give them reasons to want to work. If only people could think of the good in the long run rather than short-term gratification. Ignorance is bliss, ya dig. People in poor countries can't complain about not having fast internet connections or no job satisfaction if they don't have electricity or jobs.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:27 pm
Deviant Aeridea Myslec Deviant World Productivity: Productivity means more food,jobs,oportunities for people, which means it essentially makes happiness (even though people will still complain xp ) For this I have no opinion, only one comment. The people of a few of the poorest nations of the world are very happy in comparison to the U.S.A. where people are always complaining. Sry, couldn't find my sources, but I know they exist. I could see a lot of instances where people will whine and complain about more work (I might be one of those lazy whiners). So I guess to increase World Productivity we'd have to give them reasons to want to work. If only people could think of the good in the long run rather than short-term gratification. Ignorance is bliss, ya dig. People in poor countries can't complain about not having fast internet connections or no job satisfaction if they don't have electricity or jobs. If you are saying that they don't know how miserable they are, I might agree.
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