IS IT ME OR ARE PEOPLE OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD?

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   7thdirection ~ 3 months ago

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   It's not just you, but at the same time that many keep their minds within the status quo, more and more seem to be looking within and around. We seem to be hard to find, but our numbers are growing!
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   clemmati ~ 3 months ago

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   I suppose what worries me is that as economic times get harder, people will increasingly think of themselves.
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   cdin ~ 3 months ago

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   Hi Loves!
   
   There are many sad things happening, but there are also
   many wonderful things happening.
   
   There are still an amazing number of loving, giving, honorable
   people in this world. Many are devoting their lives for others and
   accomplishing great, great deeds.
   
   2 bad things currently happening:
   1. television and Internet
   2. corporate laws which encourage greed
   
   Television is helping contribute to the degradation of everything
   decent and wholesome.
   
   It is particularly bad for kids.
   
   Internet laws are allowing the worst porn to be available to kids.
   
   Without wise parental discussion and intervention, such porn
   tears at the soul of kids and perverts their natural proclivities.
   
   Corporate laws actually encourage companies to do evil deeds.
   In fact, if a corporation shows deliberate generosity, it can be
   sued by shareholders. It's a slippery area.
   
   A third danger is LAZINESS.
   
   People become very lazy when their basic needs are met.
   They stop earning, stop learning. They squander their gifts.
   
   People will work, go home, watch television, drink, take parmaceuticals,
   party, have indiscriminate sex, and stop working when they don't have
   to anymore while keeping up all the rest, which is the path to nowhere
   and nothing.
   
   When parents leave their fortunes to their kids, they are doing their
   children a disservice.
   
   No child will strive when they don't have to...
   
   GOOD NEWS
   The power of people like you is HUGE. Your heart, your energy, your
   will, your goodness is virtually unstoppable and has extraordinary
   power. There are many people who see the light, and are willing to
   fight for right. The times have never been more exciting!
   
   : )
   
   
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      7thdirection ~ 3 months ago

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      I'll agree with you on television and corporate bologna, but the internet's boons far outweigh its vices. I mean sure, you can go look at porn any time you want, but you can also find an enormous wealth of information that just 10 years ago would have been a much more time-consuming endeavor. The internet laws are fine, there should be no serious restrictions on access to information - if parents want internet protection for their kids they should install software like NetNanny that does so.
      
      The internet is only going to become more advanced and take an increasing part of our lives. I'm not for installing chips in our heads and all that (some people will be) - but the amazing connectivity it offers us can be used to enrich our lives and the planets'. Currently it is being abused by multinational corporations to conduct business in a completely unsavory way and a serious fuel source for usury (which is REPEATEDLY (way more often than gay marriage or abortion) mentioned as a sin in the Bible, Qu'ran, and even ancient philosophers condemn it) but hopefully through the connection it offers us we will pave a brighter future. Seriously, the main problem with our society is usury.
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         cdin ~ 3 months ago

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         oh absolutely agree with you re: Internet! just wanted to point out some negative impacts. I could be wrong, but I think Net porn is harmful for kids.
         
         Kids are engaging in more and more risky behaviors, and morality is becoming a thing of the past.
         
         There's good reasons for moral behavior. Most people probably wouldn't prefer to marry someone who has venereal warts, herpes, clamidia, or oral problems caught when they were very young and very foolish.
         
         Sometimes I think that TV deliberately encourages sexy dress and talk for kids so more kids are available to them! WOW!
         
         Did I say that?? Yeah... I admit I could be totally wrong.
         
         But, it really is sad when so many little girls think it's okay to do sexual activities just to be "popular."
         
         "Used" is more like it.
         
         Sorry guys, but we all know that guys are more predator than prey, at any age.
         
         Uh oh i'm in biiig trouble now...
         
         
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            Loves Bloc Party ~ 3 months ago

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            morality is only becoming a thing of the past because kids arent stupid, they realize that in this society the majority of late have made money more important than human beings.the bit about jesus being a liberal is true. whether you are christian or not, religious or not, real morals begin with social programs for the poor, tax breaks for the middle class, universal healthcare for everyone - regardless of which class you are in america.these are real morals, and i think without them you cant convince children that we are a "moral society." children arent stupid. they do what is reflected in our world. if our world says one thing and then does another they reflect that.example: Sarah Palins' daughter. jami lynn spears. if you want to teach children morals then lets show them that every human life is worth healthcare, is worth more than the almighty dollar. lets give them every bit of knowledge we can possibly give them so they have all the information to protect themselves from disease, from drugs, and to be successful. teach them love.
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   Tabin ~ 3 months ago

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   I live in India and i think here (at least the place where i live) the people, either neighbors or unknown people care about their neighbors and will spend some quality with them, and all the children will play together.
   
   http://www.yummyuck.com
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      cdin ~ 3 months ago

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      Dear Tabin, that sounds like paradise. Where I live, people barely talk to their neighbors, everyone lives separate lives, most people spend evenings glued to TV, spend hours in freeway gridlock, take prescription meds like anti-depressants and mood elevators, exercise in expensive gyms instead of gardening or walking, create a huge bag of throways everyday, eat terrible tasting canned frozen or fast food, eat tainted beef chicken pork fish, eat mass produced tasteless vegetables and fruits, etc.
      
      (Those were the bad things - there is a list of good things, too!)
      
      Maybe should put good things in separate post...
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         clemmati ~ 3 months ago

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         It's better where I live, cdin, in an inner-city suburb with the city centre within walking distance, and a local shopping centre a lot of people walk to. I haven't got a car but don't really need one here.
         
         One important difference is that here there are pavements (sidewalks) everywhere -- children play on the pavements in my street, and we meet people as we walk along them and in the park -- and there are thriving local cafes too. (Also it's a rather mixed place with a scruffy side, I think that helps.)
         
         It isn 't though as friendly as I think India would be.
         
         
         
         
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   AdGuy

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