Originally posted by sasquatch672lets start with the Bush mafia not policing the world and instead utilising the funds they have in their back pockets for wars on helping poverty stricken areas ... or is that as infeasible as stopping capitalism ...maybe so
Okay, I don't even know where to begin here.
First of all, no one here on the site, myself included, should have any illusions regarding their impact on world issues, at least as related to our efforts on this site.
Second of all, even if we don't make a difference, wouldn't it be nice to engage in informed, reasoned debate on real issues? ...[text shortened]... sleep last night? Girlfriend have you up late?
You've got to do better than this.
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Originally posted by sasquatch672Now BIgfoot...can I call you that?----
"...archaic notions of the world cup/olympics and the competitive spirit defunct".
Do you have any idea what you're saying?
Competition is so basic to existence that you can no more remove it from our existence than you can make elephants grow spiky pink mohawks. Competition is a vital and necessary component of every species' existence. An abse ompetition. That, my friend, is the mother of all root canals. It's a goofball premise.
Yes competition is intrinic to biological life and evolution as Spencer stated 'the survival of the fittest'... But as Rousseau fomulated humainty has moved from a state of nature to a state of culture/civilization....So do we need archaic forms of competition , maybe according to Freudian maxims that say they're necessary to quench the thirst of our suppressed primal urges, they are.. But aren't we suppossed to moving on, I mean really look at football or soccer as you call it, its archaic full of different coloured clans fighting each other and singing stupid songs and overpaid primadonna's please...An anthropologist from another planet would find it quite amazing in a very banl way
Originally posted by Vladamir no1I seriously doubt that bringing troops home from Iraq and raising taxes on the rich would eventually make the world not want to watch the Olympics or the World Cup. The Olympics is much more than competition, it is a celebration of athletecism. In a world where McDonald's reigns supreme and people are dropping from coronary heart disease and diabetes every day, the idolization of someone who is fit and can run a long ways is a good thing, not a bad one.
Some good ideas that if they were implemented would eventually change the social ethos and make the archaic notions of the world cup/Olympics and the competitive spirt defunct 🙂
Besides, bringing troops home from Iraq so that we can send money to poor people is a bad idea. It is not the US's responsibility to give aid to other nations.
Originally posted by DraxusIts not their job to police the world either but they do
I seriously doubt that bringing troops home from Iraq and raising taxes on the rich would eventually make the world not want to watch the Olympics or the World Cup. The Olympics is much more than competition, it is a celebration of athletecism. In a world where McDonald's reigns supreme and people are dropping from coronary heart disease and diabetes every ...[text shortened]... to poor people is a bad idea. It is not the US's responsibility to give aid to other nations.
Originally posted by Vladamir no1Nice, now I can add you to a long list of idiots who think that George Dubbya is the reason for all the problems in the world.
lets start with the Bush mafia not policing the world and instead utilising the funds they have in their back pockets for wars on helping poverty stricken areas ... or is that as infeasible as stopping capitalism ...maybe so
