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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:41 AM Original message |
The state of the world? It is on the brink of disaster |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Chicken Little syndrome |
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mirandaod (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The right wing fundy stand |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well they can try |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It may be a big world, but it's all interconnected. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. People often look |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well then have fun and go on a consumer binge |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Sorry don't do binges |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Why not, the earth is abundently full of riches which will always |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I said that where....exactly? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You believe that people who are worried about the environment |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Nope, didn't say that either |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "rules of online debate with liberals" |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Sorry, the only rules I am following |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. We've already increased carbon dioxide by 30% in the atmosphere |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. 'Experts' have predicted disasters |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Oh, baloney. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I said |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Do you find it at all strange... |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. No, people always did it |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Human and animal sacrifice was not common in "prehistory" |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:25 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. From an Anthropologist who understands your argument |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Thank you! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Let's try discussing a specific problem |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. It is for the people in the Southwest |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. You seem to adhere to the view that humans can't affect |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. We can't |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. This isn't about 'the world ending' |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Our environment |
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The White Tree (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. People living longer has nothing to do with the state of the Earth |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I didn't attribute it to the condition of the planet |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. That's because of modern medicine, not the environment. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Medicine, sanitation, agriculture, education |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 12:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
80. Baloney. |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. What do you know about the phenomenon of Global Dimming? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Doesn't need debunking |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Please provide an answer of substance - that's just gibberish. n/t |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Google is your friend |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. I know the theory of Global Dimming very well... |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Here's another theory for you |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Actually, Malthus Was An Optimist Compared To Reality |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. Malthus was wrong |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. No Proof, No Credibility With Me |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. LOL I don't care |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Well the verbal tennis has been fun folks |
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AtTheEndOfTheDay (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. That one sure was a freak. |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. LOL I Don't Care Either - Enjoy Your Malthusian Future! |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #64 |
75. I see your point in this |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. these are scientists, not rapture types |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Peak Oil is a scary reality though. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. And yet they tell me ...o'er and o'er again, my friend..... |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We weren't then |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. don't worry . . . the Earth will survive . . . |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. We are not parasites |
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ProgressiveConn (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Please provide a prior example of a species changing their own |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. All species |
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The White Tree (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. So then could we assume that in the managing any crisis |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. I don't recall saying |
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The White Tree (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Fair enouugh. In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Re |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. The world has plenty of room |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Re |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Yes, we have plenty of room |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Living in the garden of eden is a state of mind. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Yes we do belong here. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. a lot of people are going to have to die |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. No they won't |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Do you even understand the meaning of 'finite'? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Yes, dictionaries are even available online |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Go and read your own post #1 |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. wow |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. The living world is quickly turning into humans... |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Unfortunately, it is impossible to stop "progress" |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Yes, the problem is with how we define progress or success. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. And thank goodness we can't stop progress! |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. How do you define progress? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I have grandchildren |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I never mentioned retreating to the caves. |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. Militarism- Consumerism -Growth -Wealth- Overpopulation=Goodbye Earth |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
76. kick |
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InformedSource (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
77. The world (or "the planet"] is fine, human civilization is collapsing. |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
81. Rome or Athens - from a European friend |
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