Society

[RIJIMMY]

side topic, but man, how the hell did the Europeans rebuild after WWII?
Its not like those countries are weatlthy or have an abundance of resources. Cities and towns were leveled, but today, they're beautiful. it must have been the townspeople all pitching in
Goes to show the difference in people. look at Iraq/Afghanisatan, still crap holes. You'll never be able to get those countries/people to ebrace freedom. There not ready

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

look at Iraq/Afghanisatan, still crap holes. You'll never be able to get those countries/people to ebrace freedom. There not ready

Those countries have been crap holes since well before we started blowing them up.

I was enlightened to a very interesting view by a friend and have since further detailed it. Societies started in one place, regardless of a belief for/against evolution (against, it started in the Middle East; For, it started in Africa). Those people have thousands of years of a head start over us "from the West." It should be the Jetsons over there by now.

The mini-cultures with ambition, skill and (I'm guessing) higher intelligence left those areas to find new lands, expand and also created new technologies. Where as the people in the Middle East turned a fertile, diverse paradise like Mesopotamia, into a barren desert.

If they didn't have oil, the countries of the Middle East would be in the same exact position as the people of Africa - 99% poor, majority with fatal diseases, few legitimate governments and life expectancies that barely reach 30 years old.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Those countries have been crap holes since well before we started blowing them up.

I was enlightened to a very interesting view by a friend and have since further detailed it. Societies started in one place, regardless of a belief for/against evolution (against, it started in the Middle East; For, it started in Africa). Those people have thousands of years of a head start over us "from the West." It should be the Jetsons over there by now.

The mini-cultures with ambition, skill and (I'm guessing) higher intelligence left those areas to find new lands, expand and also created new technologies. Where as the people in the Middle East turned a fertile, diverse paradise like Mesopotamia, into a barren desert.

If they didn't have oil, the countries of the Middle East would be in the same exact position as the people of Africa - 99% poor, majority with fatal diseases, few legitimate governments and life expectancies that barely reach 30 years old.

agree

[FishermanTim]

When you take it all into consideration, the horrors of war should be a "wake-up" call for all to heed, so that we can learn from history.
It also seems like we, as a society, have become "numb" to the horrors of everyday life and not war.
Then when you consider that the FCC will allow untold acts of violence to be broadcast whenever a show airs, yet will censor most language and almost all nudity, you have to wonder what we are protecting our children from?
How old were you before you saw a show/movie that depicted an actual murder/killing? You know, shootings, stabbing, throat slitting, decapitations, disembowelments...etc? Now we have video games that ENCOURAGE these acts, and we have the gall to ask "Why did those kids kill their classmates / neighbors / family?"

I think that if the FCC would allow public executions of criminals, since they have no trouble with killing on TV, they may finally have a positive effect on the youth of America.
Once video games started heading down the "role-playing" path, I lost ALL interest in them because they were substituting real life for a fantasy which a lot of people get totally lost in.

That being said, give me a good old fashioned mystery, or adventure film any day of the week.