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Well, let's try to set goals that are attainable short of world-wide
depopulation.  :)

Your outlook makes me feel worse than ever though.  Mainly because
you're suggesting that humans simply cannot coexist in harmony.
You're probably right.  There are certain aspects of us that I don't
think we can change.    

I'd like to think that someday we'll transcend alot of the
superficialities that have plagued our nation.  In the end though, it
all boils down to human nature.  

  

On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:39:53 GMT, "Blair J." <blairj@!.org> wrote:

>Some guy wrote:
>
>> We can't continue to treat the symptoms that ail our nation.  Placing
>> band-aids on problems only covers up the real issues.  Things like
>> teen-age smoking, drinking, pregnancy, etc.  These issues are real
>> problems that demand attention, but the general consensus is that if
>> we air enough TV commercials the problem will somehow magically
>> disappear.
>
>    You're still talking about superficial wounds, here. The real wound
>is the way the human species has chosen to organize itself in the last
>10,000 years. If you want to really leapfrog the 'flesh wounds', let's
>take a look at our system of agriculture and civic organization as a
>source of massive trauma that needs addressing. The way our culture (not
>just the West or anything; human culture as a whole) has evolved since
>the populating of the fertile crescent is fundamentally flawed. We
>weren't destined to live in cities and to farm (and abuse) the land the
>way we do; it's just one possible avenue that we chose to pursue. Anyway,
>in choosing to do so, we've set ourselves up for a whole lot of troubles
>that are a result of our unprecedented population boom - violence, drugs,
>disease, famine... you name it.  I wish we could go back in time and make
>some better decisions as to the future of our species.
>
>Yikes.

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