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Ichingcarpenter

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27. Ahh.....The 99%

Reply to 4th law of robotics (Reply #23)

Sat May 5, 2012, 01:07 PM

May 2012

vs the 1% .

I'm just saying we as humans,
should look at our roots and connections to the real world.

The rationalization of elite rule
has been around for ages once humanity got past certain level of development, which brought in a pedantic society, first shared by both sexes then dominated by one .

Humans are not ants, I'm not saying that, but all social structures need to be observed.

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"We are the only species who pay to live on this planet. Why?" [View all] Fire Walk With Me May 2012 OP

Other species pay with their lives which seems a greater price to pay than a few bucks. dkf May 2012 #1

plenty of housecats seem to have it pretty good. provis99 May 2012 #4

I agree with you braddy May 2012 #5

LOL! randome May 2012 #29

Paying Slammer May 2012 #2

Hey, I throw spare change at the geese all the time. randome May 2012 #30

Simply because we allow it. nt Zorra May 2012 #3

Idiotic. That is the most inane quip I have seen in months. Quantess May 2012 #6

This is a very recent development in the scope of the overall history of Zorra May 2012 #7

And we aren't poisoning the streams, clear cutting their habitats, raising them in unsanitary and dkf May 2012 #9

So very sorry Zorra May 2012 #12

Thanks for this. redqueen May 2012 #13

They paid for it in a different way 4th law of robotics May 2012 #18

No, they did not pay for it. Zorra May 2012 #31

Thanks for this. raouldukelives May 2012 #28

this type of stuff doesn't help the cause , maybe their cause is different JI7 May 2012 #8

Soulds like someone really "mailed it in" when they were trying to decide hughee99 May 2012 #10

It's amazingly dumb! Quantess May 2012 #15

You can't hug your children with nuclear arms! 4th law of robotics May 2012 #19

Holy shit. The nuclear arms line was exactly what I was thinking hughee99 May 2012 #22

Heh 4th law of robotics May 2012 #24

define "pay"- Bluerthanblue May 2012 #11

We're the only species to pay for anything - including things like water and air. baldguy May 2012 #14

are there others that have that choice but decline? arely staircase May 2012 #16

The utility of money is a function of population density bhikkhu May 2012 #17

Other species also don't have laws and police to ensure what they haven't isn't taken from them 4th law of robotics May 2012 #20

Ants do Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #21

Ants have police and laws? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #23

Ahh.....The 99% Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #27

That's, like, real deep, man...nt SidDithers May 2012 #25

That's very insightful, Sid. But do we, can we, really understand it? Zorra May 2012 #34

If you have to ask.... Zax2me May 2012 #26

And, the rent is going up. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #32

I wish I could live long enough to see a Star Trek type Eutopia... YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #33