What is the absolute WORST thing

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broon

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The white man exterminating the native Americans. The Japanese invasion/occupation of China. The US firebombing Japan. Hitler's attempts to wipe out multiple races. All of these are equally horrific.
 

broon

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Originally posted by: RandomFool
our ancestors leaving the trees...

There is trouble in the forest. Trouble with the trees. The maples want more sunlight and the oaks ignore their pleas.
 

wchou

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war, it obsolutely kills more people then drugs, car accidents, and natural death combined. machine gun, grenade, bombs are the absolute worst invention man has created since prehistoric times. they keep finding more efficient ways to kill and kill in larger numbers. why doesn't anyone care? we screwed as a species who's temper are bad enough to even cause mass extinction on a global scale. man are the worse being to ever evolved, we no longer trust anyone, all wants to rule the world and kill everyone off for their own selfish greed. no creature is worse then man, even lion or tiger is tame in comparison. man invented war so the fault lies with man, they can never get along because it's a man's thing using violence as scare tactic whether it is wrong or right. if population reduction is the only solution to solving this global problems then so be it. I rather have less people with less problems then more people with more problems fighting over land and resources.

 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: broon
Originally posted by: RandomFool
our ancestors leaving the trees...

There is trouble in the forest. Trouble with the trees. The maples want more sunlight and the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
 

broon

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Originally posted by: wchou
war, it obsolutely kills more people then drugs, car accidents, and natural death combined. machine gun, grenade, bombs are the absolute worst invention man has created since prehistoric times. they keep finding more efficient ways to kill and kill in larger numbers. why doesn't anyone care? we screwed as a species who's temper are bad enough to even cause mass extinction on a global scale. man are the worse being to ever evolved, we no longer trust anyone, all wants to rule the world and kill everyone off for their own selfish greed. no creature is worse then man, even lion or tiger is tame in comparison. man invented war so the fault lies with man, they can never get along because it's a man's thing using violence as scare tactic whether it is wrong or right. if population reduction is the only solution to solving this global problems then so be it. I rather have less people with less problems then more people with more problems fighting over land and resources.

I'm not sure I agree. In a kinder/gentler nation, war was civilized. People would come out to a battlefield and watch like a spectator sport. Only the combatants were the ones dying. A drunk driver killing people is much worse in my opinion.
 

HBalzer

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Originally posted by: judasmachine
society and all that entails; large scale wars, genocide, money, pavement, pollution, etc.

So your hippi camp got the internet huh?
 

RaDragon

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Originally posted by: wchou
war, it obsolutely kills more people then drugs, car accidents, and natural death combined. machine gun, grenade, bombs are the absolute worst invention man has created since prehistoric times. they keep finding more efficient ways to kill and kill in larger numbers. why doesn't anyone care? we screwed as a species who's temper are bad enough to even cause mass extinction on a global scale. man are the worse being to ever evolved, we no longer trust anyone, all wants to rule the world and kill everyone off for their own selfish greed. no creature is worse then man, even lion or tiger is tame in comparison. man invented war so the fault lies with man, they can never get along because it's a man's thing using violence as scare tactic whether it is wrong or right. if population reduction is the only solution to solving this global problems then so be it. I rather have less people with less problems then more people with more problems fighting over land and resources.

A side-effect of war is technological advancement, imho.

Genocide is the absolute WORST thing. War (whether small or large scale -- world/civil, etc.) is inevitable, genocide isn't.
 

wchou

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Originally posted by: broon
The white man exterminating the native Americans. The Japanese invasion/occupation of China. The US firebombing Japan. Hitler's attempts to wipe out multiple races. All of these are equally horrific.

that's war, no man likes peace. all wants to kill for fun, for dominating others. to show who's boss. it's animal nature and shows our aggressive instinct invented by the male side of the human species. war makes our existence pretty meaningless wouldn't you say? we live only to kill or be killed if you are a weakling. survival of the fittest plays a major role here. god does not exist and hell does not exist either cause dead = dead. the winner gets to multiply in numbers, the losers become like the dinosaurs, extinct and be forgotten forever.

 

wchou

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war leads to genocide, the killing of civilians is the result of soldiers going out of control or bad leadership who's morality is nonexistent. it gives them legal reason to kill without unjust cause. who's going to stop them? certainly not me or you.. so the killing will continue until the humans learn how to defend themselves. when punks have ability to kill, they will do so behind our backs and who is going to risk their life to keep them from killing more? war is a never ending thing until all human cease to exist. actually war will never end as long as life exist on earth. even animals fight over another to mate with a female often resulting in a death of a male rival.

 

RaDragon

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Originally posted by: wchou

war leads to genocide, the killing of civilians is the result of soldiers going out of control or bad leadership who's morality is nonexistent. it gives them legal reason to kill without unjust cause. who's going to stop them? certainly not me or you.. so the killing will continue until the humans learn how to defend themselves. when punks have ability to kill, they will do so behind our backs and who is going to risk their life to keep them from killing more? war is a never ending thing until all human cease to exist. actually war will never end as long as life exist on earth. even animals fight over another to mate with a female often resulting in a death of a male rival.


Main Entry: geno·cide
Pronunciation: 'je-n&-"sId
Function: noun
: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

You make a lot of generalizations. Not all war leads to genocide. War is not never ending. Otherwise, we wouldn't have a word called "peace". But if you feel like making a lot blanket statements, I'm not here to stop you.