Everything's Great - An anti-whinge Part 1

[Hurlshort]

You guys are terrible at this thread.

 

 

 

Damn, now I'm terrible at this thread.  

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

This forum is terrible, it doesn't let me edit posts after 30 minutes.

[Bartimaeus]

That's strange. I thought the new time limit was 24 (or was it 48?) hours. I can edit my previous post in this topic, which was just under 24 hours ago.

Edited May 24, 2015 by Bartimaeus

[213374U]

You guys are terrible at this thread.

 

I'm terrible in general. But you are absolutely right, let me try again:

 

I've almost finished my second consecutive 28-hour weekend shift. That alone makes me plenty happy. Until the next shift comes around, anyway.

 

What? No? Damn.

Edited May 24, 2015 by 213374U

[Hurlshort]

This forum is terrible, it doesn't let me edit posts after 30 minutes.

 

Your time management skills are terrible.  

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

That's strange. I thought the new time limit was 24 (or was it 48?) hours. I can edit my previous post in this topic, which was just under 24 hours ago.

Really, it seems my research abilities are terrible then.

 

 

This forum is terrible, it doesn't let me edit posts after 30 minutes.

 

 

Your time management skills are terrible.  

You should see my dating history.

[ShadySands]

Everything's great and I feel fine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Except for this crappy weather and this headache

[Barothmuk]

No we are in the greatest era of mankind. Things have never looked better actually,

• we can cure more diseases and more people are educated than ever before
• we now are a  global world that is interconnected  and this positively effects what countries can do and how they  act. For example the chances of another Rwanda or Khmer Rouge are very remote ( yes NK is an anomaly due to the Nuclear threat and Chinese support ) 
• We now know sanctions work...this reduces the risk of full scale war to implement political changes  (Like Iran)
• It is now irrefutable that the happiest people in the world live in  Western countries. So we now have a framework for what types of governments work and how to generally  uplift people. Its not hard to understand that Western style Democracies( despite the challengers) that include components like a respect for human rights, free press and free and fair elections   do work and should be copied globally

Most of you guys may seem morose but you suffer from perceived  first-world views of issues  which are not actually that serious in the global picture..the rest of us are dealing with real social and political issues but there is still more good than bad

 

[BruceVC]

 

No we are in the greatest era of mankind. Things have never looked better actually,

• we can cure more diseases and more people are educated than ever before
• we now are a  global world that is interconnected  and this positively effects what countries can do and how they  act. For example the chances of another Rwanda or Khmer Rouge are very remote ( yes NK is an anomaly due to the Nuclear threat and Chinese support ) 
• We now know sanctions work...this reduces the risk of full scale war to implement political changes  (Like Iran)
• It is now irrefutable that the happiest people in the world live in  Western countries. So we now have a framework for what types of governments work and how to generally  uplift people. Its not hard to understand that Western style Democracies( despite the challengers) that include components like a respect for human rights, free press and free and fair elections   do work and should be copied globally

Most of you guys may seem morose but you suffer from perceived  first-world views of issues  which are not actually that serious in the global picture..the rest of us are dealing with real social and political issues but there is still more good than bad

 

 

 

 

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

[Barothmuk]

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

- Wealth inequality

- Unsustainable resource exploitation

- Poverty

- Racism

- Sexism

- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

- Wealth inequality- Unsustainable resource exploitation- Poverty- Racism- Sexism- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

So Capitalism?

[BruceVC]

 

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

- Wealth inequality

- Unsustainable resource exploitation

- Poverty

- Racism

- Sexism

- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

 

 

Sure those exist in society but most of those points will always exist in some form...we can never eradicate them completely so lets not get too depressed 

 

But we have  more SJ campaigns than ever before that help people and general  global poverty deals are down. Also most Western countries have laws that reduce blatant racism, sexism and homophobia.

 

I also think you guys get confused with laws that are implemented to protect us from new threats like Islamic extremism and cyber-terrorism with your civil liberties being eroded? Can you give me an example of that so I understand the context ?

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

 

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

 

- Wealth inequality

- Unsustainable resource exploitation

- Poverty

- Racism

- Sexism

- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

 

Sure those exist in society but most of those points will always exist in some form...we can never eradicate them completely so lets not get too depressed 

 

But we have  more SJ campaigns than ever before that help people and general  global poverty deals are down. Also most Western countries have laws that reduce blatant racism, sexism and homophobia.

 

I also think you guys get confused with laws that are implemented to protect us from new threats like Islamic extremism and cyber-terrorism with your civil liberties being eroded? Can you give me an example of that so I understand the context ?

Patriot Act and TPP.

[BruceVC]

 

 

 

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

- Wealth inequality

- Unsustainable resource exploitation

- Poverty

- Racism

- Sexism

- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

 

Sure those exist in society but most of those points will always exist in some form...we can never eradicate them completely so lets not get too depressed 

 

But we have  more SJ campaigns than ever before that help people and general  global poverty deals are down. Also most Western countries have laws that reduce blatant racism, sexism and homophobia.

 

I also think you guys get confused with laws that are implemented to protect us from new threats like Islamic extremism and cyber-terrorism with your civil liberties being eroded? Can you give me an example of that so I understand the context ?

Patriot Act and TPP.

 

 

But  we know why the Patriot act was implemented ....it was probably justified at the time. But Baro lives in Oz so this shouldn't have impacted him? So I am interested in his examples of how his civil liberties are being attacked?

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

 

 

 

So do tell, what are you unhappy about in our modern age?

 

- Wealth inequality

- Unsustainable resource exploitation

- Poverty

- Racism

- Sexism

- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

 

Sure those exist in society but most of those points will always exist in some form...we can never eradicate them completely so lets not get too depressed 

 

But we have  more SJ campaigns than ever before that help people and general  global poverty deals are down. Also most Western countries have laws that reduce blatant racism, sexism and homophobia.

 

I also think you guys get confused with laws that are implemented to protect us from new threats like Islamic extremism and cyber-terrorism with your civil liberties being eroded? Can you give me an example of that so I understand the context ?

Patriot Act and TPP.

 

But  we know why the Patriot act was implemented ....it was probably justified at the time. But Baro lives in Oz so this shouldn't have impacted him? So I am interested in his examples of how his civil liberties are being attacked?

He'll be impacted by TPP.

 

And Patriot Act being justified? Hell no, spying on people because they might do something is unjustifiable to anyone who considers privacy a natural right.

[Barothmuk]

But we know why the Patriot act was implemented ....it was probably justified at the time. But Baro lives in Oz so this shouldn't have impacted him?

We had the Anti-Terrorism Act in 2005 and Abbott's recently been cracking down harder.

He'll be impacted by TPP.

Indeed.

[BruceVC]

 

But we know why the Patriot act was implemented ....it was probably justified at the time. But Baro lives in Oz so this shouldn't have impacted him?

We had the Anti-Terrorism Act in 2005 and Abbott's recently been cracking down harder.

He'll be impacted by TPP.

Indeed.

 

 

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

[Barothmuk]

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

Should I only care about the curbing of civil liberties once they have directly effected me?

 

Should I cease caring about the impact of racism and sexism too?

[BruceVC]

 

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

Should I only care about the curbing of civil liberties once they have directly effected me?

 

Should I cease caring about the impact of racism and sexism too?

 

 

Come on you are too clever to make silly comparisons 

 

Being opposed to bigotry is not the same thing as your government passing laws to protect its citizens from the threat of attack?

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

 

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

 

Should I only care about the curbing of civil liberties once they have directly effected me?

Should I cease caring about the impact of racism and sexism too?

 

Come on you are too clever to make silly comparisons 

 

Being opposed to bigotry is not the same thing as your government passing laws to protect its citizens from the threat of attack?

My government passing laws to trample natural rights people is worse than bigotry in many ways.

[Hiro Protagonist]

This thread got derailed.

 

- Wealth inequality
- Unsustainable resource exploitation
- Poverty
- Racism
- Sexism
- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

 

You're being targeted with racism and sexism? Do tell. And what civil liberties have you personally lost in the last year or two? And how does unsustainable resource exploitation affect you on a personal day to day level.

 

Please note what this thread was about.

Edited May 25, 2015 by Hiro Protagonist

[BruceVC]

 

 

 

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

Should I only care about the curbing of civil liberties once they have directly effected me?

Should I cease caring about the impact of racism and sexism too?

 

Come on you are too clever to make silly comparisons 

 

Being opposed to bigotry is not the same thing as your government passing laws to protect its citizens from the threat of attack?

My government passing laws to trample natural rights people is worse than bigotry in many ways.

 

 

Yes it can be but its not like you live in Russia where there is real pressure on the free press ?

[BruceVC]

This thread got derailed.

 

- Wealth inequality

- Unsustainable resource exploitation

- Poverty

- Racism

- Sexism

- The continued erosion of our civil liberties

 

You're being targeted with racism and sexism? Do tell. And what civil liberties have you personally lost in the last year or two? And how does unsustainable resource exploitation affect you on a personal day to day level.

 

Please note what this thread was about.

 

No I think he means modern society is beset by these types of things so he doesn't think its as great as I do 

Edited May 25, 2015 by BruceVC

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

 

 

 

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

Should I only care about the curbing of civil liberties once they have directly effected me?

Should I cease caring about the impact of racism and sexism too?

 

 

Come on you are too clever to make silly comparisons 

 

Being opposed to bigotry is not the same thing as your government passing laws to protect its citizens from the threat of attack?

 

My government passing laws to trample natural rights people is worse than bigotry in many ways.

 

 

Yes it can be but its not like you live in Russia where there is real pressure on the free press ?

 

The problems of another state does not negate the problems with my own. The fact that I or anyone else in the US can be spied on without consent concerns me greatly, as it should anyone who favors freedom.

[BruceVC]

 

 

 

 

 

Okay but how has the anti-terrorism laws in Oz effected you personally?

Should I only care about the curbing of civil liberties once they have directly effected me?

Should I cease caring about the impact of racism and sexism too?

 

 

Come on you are too clever to make silly comparisons 

 

Being opposed to bigotry is not the same thing as your government passing laws to protect its citizens from the threat of attack?

 

My government passing laws to trample natural rights people is worse than bigotry in many ways.

 

 

Yes it can be but its not like you live in Russia where there is real pressure on the free press ?

 

The problems of another state does not negate the problems with my own. The fact that I or anyone else in the US can be spied on without consent concerns me greatly, as it should anyone who favors freedom.

 

 

Its interesting how that type of thing doesn't bother me..but I do sell and implement eDiscovery software so it would strange if that type of thing did bother me