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Originally posted by Volatile
So my question to you is: Do you think that a World War 3 would actually be good for us? I believe that it will be extremely good for us because we are simply destroying the world, and what better way is there to build up a war which kills 75% of all sinful people, and to top it all off, a comet hits us and takes out another 20%.
Originally posted by resistor
Like the old saying goes, things have to get worse before they get better.
The native Americans refer to it as a time of 'cleansing', and believe that this occurs periodically.
Originally posted by resistor
It certainly wouldn't be better for those of us around now, at least not in the short term, but complete destruction seems to be the only way for the current immoral power structure of the world to be replaced.
Second coming anyone?
Originally posted by Volatile
So the worlds pretty much doomed? What a nice place to live in... So can anyone give me a scenario on how the world could get any better? Beside the fact that we should all just be helpful to each other etc.
Originally posted by Jonna
Make things better!?! I suppose that would all depend on who wins...or rather who loses the least.
Originally posted by dAlen
If your asking if we need a War in order to have peace (the order out of chaos theory)...well those who believe in that, then yes.
Originally posted by dAlen
On the other hand, no you dont need a disaster to bring about peace.
But think of your own personal experiences and you will find that through hard times comes the refining of the self. So one could then argue again that after a "tramatic" time for the earth, the age of enlightenment will come.
Originally posted by The_Voice
*shakes his head*
"75% of all sinful people"
Originally posted by pml
Aristotle has been quoted as follows: "It is the mark of an intelligent mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." That is what this forum is, and should be, about. Regarding war, nobody ever wins. As long as mankind has existed there have been wars. Sadly, man has a short memory and has not learned the folly of war. With WWII sixty years in the past there are many who claim the Holocaust never occurred; that man could not be that evil. So, unless man changes, war will always be with us. War will never be a solution.
Originally posted by Netchicken
Whilst I sit here in a comfortable place knowing that if WW3 breaks out I will be the last person to be affected by it, it still saddens me that if it did happen, not only would the internet go down, but that most of you guys posting here will be dead.
I would also miss the development in computing, The next season of Lost, and the exploration of Mars.
If the board was still functioning, if the server its hosted on was not destroyed and the net connections still functioned, I think the last dying action of admin should be to promote me to admin as well so I could roam the empty halls of ATS at will and post threads that I would not have to worry about offending anyone.
Actually Volitile, upon reflection if you consider that the world will be improved by the death of the humans in it then surely the logical outcome would be to kill yourself and remove your presence from the world? Think globally, act locally....
When you start to think of it like that it makes the entire concept seem a little like a bad joke, doesn't it?
[edit on 14-3-2006 by Netchicken]
First of: Would you want me to call them the "bad guys" instead of sinners