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Let me start by saying that I am not the type of person that will dwell on issues, until they make me crazy.
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amen.
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I hear people complain about the poor quality of Evil-Mart and the less than standard customer service, but yet, the next day, they return for more crap.
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The alternative being what? make your own stuff? they've got us under siege.
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Corporations ARE taking over the world
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i agree, like Collegeboard... does anyone else thing it's kind of sketchy that one company controls where everyone goes to college??? i mean they can set the bar as low or as high as they want and nothing would be able to change. i personally think that the SATS are a horrible test with unreasonable standards that don't even reflect competence or intelligence.
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Lastly, where did the compassion go? What ever happened to "wave to your neighbor" or "help to fix a flat tire on the expressway". We have backed ourselves into a corner on this one. The media has us so terrified of each other,
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I don't think i'm gonna get shot at any moment, especially not by my neighbor or someone who is stuck on the expressway. i just don't have time for things like that... if i'm driving i'm on a timebudget and often in a hurry...
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The one that through me into a rage was when I took my son to the doctor for a sore throat. This unpretensious Ped Doctor had the gall to ask me......if I had any firearms in the house.........WHAT? What does that have to do with his throat??? Wow........I can only watch with awe!
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you should have been like "yeah, got a problem with that?"
i'm only joking of course.
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I agree pretty much. I think this country will meet it's doom in our lifetime.
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I think that the world will end in our lifetime.... just completely disassemble.
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100% agree.
Maybe 99.
People aren't scared of each other, people are just raised to believe that they are "unique individuals" etc. In such a fashion that they believe they are better than anyone else. We're all guilty of this, not wanting to help someone
Thinking... "he wouldnt help me", or something.
Whenever I see one of my neighbors, I wave. It's courteous and shows mutual respect, not a mutual feeling of superiority.
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comrade, we need a new wave of communism.
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While I was growing up, I was raised in a family of Funeral Directors. Of course, before I branched off and went to Engineering School, I worked and observed alot of sadness and grief in the family business.
Part of my training was to "sell" families products, as all Funeral Directors do. But even in the Funeral Biz, there are marketing Tatics. The one that stands out in my mind, is the "Minds Eye" theory. Basicaly it is taught, the Minds Eye can not tell the difference between what is imaginary vs what is reality. I am sure you have all at one time, thought of something that excited you, or made you sad. Your body begins to react accordingly to that emotion. Even thou, it did not "physically" endure it, your body cannot tell the difference. Your hands sweat, your stomach gets "butterflies" etc etc.
The media has begun to use this against us. They control the minds eye, and we, as humans......cannot tell the difference.
We are in trouble......hopefully we are not done evolving and can cure this natural fault.
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The fact that you can call that (the last line) shows that YOU are already on your way past it. just make sure to raise your kids in a way so that they are aware of it, although i will tell you now, from experience, growing up without naivete is a living hell, but you have to endure the worst to attain the best.
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Sure, maybe someday Wal-Mart will control most markets and they will raise their prices. Well, I'm not totally stupid (just mostly) so if the new S-Mart begins selling the same stuff cheaper I will shop there. Consumer allegiance to Mom and Pop stores isn't any more noble than allegiance to any other company. None of them are on your side, they all want your money.
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To your last sentence: amen.
By the way... Double Post... Triple Post.... Edit Button
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I'm not at all offended, I'm just responding to your post. I acknowledge you have strong opinions, and maybe I'm making mine a little stronger in a "Devil's Advocate" kind of way because I saw the next three posts after yours were all in agreement with you.
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Master_Shake, as i understand, devil's advocate means that you don't actually agree with what you're defending so much as you're doing it just 'because someone has to do it' so you might not want to use that analogy.
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I mean that we will continue turning reality itself - including our lives - into media (technology). At a certain point we will be pure technology. That will be the point where "human beings" no longer "exkst"/
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Thank god for stubborn devout religious zealots who stop us from getting into things like cloning and abortion, right?
(not to offend anyone, i'm just making a point that there will always be that check-factor)
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Your "wave at the neighbors" thing to me is a different topic all together. Technological progress seems to have an adverse affect on social progress - I'll agree with you there. I can't quite place my finger on it, but it seems that the more technologically advanced societies no longer have a need or desire to "wave at their neighbors" - why is that? I just don't think it HAS to be that way...
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Before headphones came out, would you ever start talking to someone just to have them scream at you "I CANT HEAR YOU, SORRY"? (point)
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Good point. But the TFP, as remarkable as it is, is still only artificial interaction. True that there is more of a "proactive" interaction than say...TV, but it's artificial just the same. The internet will never fill the void created by the demise of the good old fashioned front porch.
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I disagree, it's interaction on a mass scale. This is a hub connecting thousands of lives. We are beings predominantly ruled by intellect and these are purely intellectual relationships that we lead here as we convene to discuss intellectual turmoil.
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How does the media control you? or any technology for that matter...
All you have to do is turn off the TV/radio/computer/AC/etc...
Yes, you will have to cope with the loss of the benefits of them, but you still have all the right in the world to simply leave everything and live your life to the fullest in any way you choose.
Also, there is a lot of people victimizing themselves which gets me a bit mad... What can I do? apart from posting my opinion...
(All IMHO)
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Come on, you can't just live without TV, you depend on it for your news atleast.