david starling
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It's easy. Just consider yourself and everyone else as Individuals, with different Natal-charts and life-experiences.
Making the world a better place
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Oddity
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But we're not supposed to do that, David. We're supposed to judge people by the colour of their skin, or their religion, or their gender. Or their politics.
All of which is stupid, but that's where we are.
I think it started with the smoking bans, and I may write about that at some point. It took quite a lot of propaganda to make smokers the loathed class of persons they are, but hey - it worked. People to be avoided at all costs.
And when people realised it was okay to hate, shun, and exclude, when they felt it was positively righteous doing so...it started getting a lot worse.
Let's not forget those charming folks who don't want to pay into the national health because...smokers....fat people....junkies...drunks...are making us bankrupt.
That's not true, btw, it's that we're living longer and longer lives and getting diseases like Alzheimer's, that can leave you lingering on for years and costs a mint to treat. But we don't want to look at that, it doesn't give us a reason to be self-righteous.
Leo: Liberals, and even socialists can be good people. They can also have good ideas sometimes. Maybe that loathesome liberal is a great chess partner and you like the same movies, and he's the guy who'll help you out in a 3 am emergency. It's also a good idea to recognise that other people may know things that you don't, and that politics isn't the sole definition of a person.
david starling
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Well, some people get off on hating others for whatever reason. It's not their fault though, and they may change for the better.
Solar Flare
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I don't disagree with this but... I feel like maybe people (not just you) didn't really understand the purpose of this thread? Maybe I haven't explained it properly. My goal is not that people would say something like The world would be better if we all came together, stopped being prejudiced towards each other, stopped all wars etc. I mean, it sure would be nice but my intention is to have a more practical discussion. For example, the idea of stopping wars. It's good but how do you implement it? Do you sign up some international treaty and punish anyone who doesn't follow it? Do you create robots that won't allow the wars to begin? Do you just ban all weapons altogether? Or something else? Sure, there are no or very few experts on such matters here so I don't expect everyone to give balanced or even rational opinions but very interesting and fruitful discussions can be created. I have some other ideas besides the renewable energy which I mentioned in my first post here, perhaps more unusual ones, but first I wanted to see if others have other interesting thoughts as well.
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david starling
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david starling
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I guess that explains Kilauea.
Solar Flare
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Who even makes these stupid pictures, smh...
They rarely even make any sense.JupiterAsc, hopefully you'll have enough courtesy NOT to ruin yet another thread with a neverending chain of absolutely pointless and irrelevant pictures you found on the Internet. Did you read my first post? Guess who I was talking about in the second paragraph?
AppLeo
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Who even makes these stupid pictures, smh...
JupiterAsc, hopefully you'll have enough courtesy NOT to ruin yet another thread with a neverending chain of absolutely pointless and irrelevant pictures you found on the Internet. Did you read my first post? Guess who I was talking about in the second paragraph?
You should notify the moderators because he is disrespecting your thread.
Just press the little red button in the top right with the exclamation point.
Solar Flare
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AppLeo
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If it gets out of control, I will. Thanks for the tip.
Update: FLOL, he backed out.
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david starling
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Uh, how about, "Act locally, think globally" ?
JUPITERASC
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Siriusly making thread a better placeIf it gets out of control, I will. Thanks for the tip.
Update: FLOL, he backed out.
Solar Flare
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Siriusly making thread a better place
By the way, I'm not against you posting on this thread. If you have some interesting AND relevant thoughts and/or links about something that in your opinion could make the world a better place, please share them. I don't have anything against you personally, siriusly.
david starling
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I've come around to liking the memes, except when they're too large and shrink the text.
JUPITERASC
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Siriusly thenBy the way, I'm not against you posting on this thread.
If you have some interesting AND relevant thoughts and/or links
about something that in your opinion could make the world a better place, please share them.
I don't have anything against you personally, siriusly.
SEVEN WAYS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE https://www.gaiam.com/blogs/discover/7-ways-to-make-the-world-a-better-place
david starling
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By the way, I'm not against you posting on this thread. If you have some interesting AND relevant thoughts and/or links about something that in your opinion could make the world a better place, please share them. I don't have anything against you personally, siriusly.
Is this about DOING or NOT DOING something to make the world better. Or, in THEORY, what SHOULD be done, with no way to make it happen?
JUPITERASC
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another useful link by requestI've come around to liking the memes, except
when they're too large and shrink the text.
50 SMALL WAYS YOU CAN HELP MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
https://reflectionsfromaredhead.com/make-the-world-a-better-place/
JUPITERASC
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Industrialization and urbanizationIs this about DOING or NOT DOING something to make the world better.
Or, in THEORY, what SHOULD be done, with no way to make it happen?
have intensified environmental health risks and pollution
especially in developing countries.
Air pollution, lead poisoning, inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene
and hazardous waste cause debilitating and fatal illnesses
create harmful living conditions, and destroy ecosystems.
Pollution stunts economic growth and exacerbates poverty
and inequality
in both urban and rural areas.
Poor people, who cannot afford to protect themselves from
the negative impacts of pollution, often suffer the most.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO)
an estimated 12.6 million people die from environmental health risks annually.
Air pollution has become the fourth highest risk factor for premature deaths
– one in 10 deaths worldwide is attributable to air pollution exposure.
While the challenge of pollution is a global one
the impacts are overwhelmingly felt in developing countries.
About 95% of adults and children affected by pollution-related illnesses
live in low and middle-income countries.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment/brief/pollution