10-01-2005 01:55									#1
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I think the top problems effecting the world are poverty, disease, education and equality.

If you just reduced the level of poverty, increased equality and education. Things like drug addiction, "terrorism" and "gang warfare" would be siginicantly reduced or become virtually non-existent.

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Compared to Pax's the whole terrorism thing is completely trivial and manipulated to the ends of western politicians. And remember, one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, and this definitely appears to be becoming more and more true in Iraq.

A big one that any of you have failed to mention is global warming and the rate in which 'greenhouse' gases are being placed into the atmosphere. Bury your head in the sand at your peril...

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lack of education

Education can give you a job, security, and the ability to participate in a free democracy. It wipes out any major problem of our time.

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If you reduced poverty that would lead to a reduction in terrorism? That explains Osama Bin Laden doesn't it? If you get him out of poverty maybe he would stop being a terrorist.. wait a minute.. he has hundreds of millions.

I don't have time for failure mongers like PH and others around here.. in this case, these terrorists are always terrorists. They are never freedom fighters.

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Not privilege though...

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I don't think they represent the ends of the people of the Middle East and nor does the Islamic fundamentalist propelled insurgency in Iraq. But make no mistakes, these people do need to fight for their interests in the face of the onslaught of Western imperialism...

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Even as a capitalist, some people aren't going to stop doing violent things because they attain wealth. Certainly reducing poverty may reduce chances people to turn to terrorism, but rich people like Osama Bin Laden will turn to terrorism because they hate the west. Once you reduce hatred, then you'll reduce terrorism.

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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison I don't think they represent the ends of the people of the Middle East and nor does the Islamic fundamentalist propelled insurgency in Iraq. But make no mistakes, these people do need to fight for their interests in the face of the onslaught of Western imperialism...

Western imperialism?



Hahahahah.. you just discredited yourself. What western imperalism? This isn't imperialism.

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What Western imperialism? When it takes control of a particularly easy target (Iraq, the west has weakened it for so many years now it was hardly going to put up much of a (conventional) fight now was it?) which has one of the largest bodies of oil sitting underneath it in the world effectively regaining it's control over the price of oil. Or is it just a happy coincidence now?

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quote: Originally posted by Giancarlo If you reduced poverty that would lead to a reduction in terrorism? That explains Osama Bin Laden doesn't it? If you get him out of poverty maybe he would stop being a terrorist.. wait a minute.. he has hundreds of millions. I don't have time for failure mongers like PH and others around here.. in this case, these terrorists are always terrorists. They are never freedom fighters.

Alot of his recruits are poor.

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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison What Western imperialism? When it takes control of a particularly easy target (Iraq, the west has weakened it for so many years now it was hardly going to put up much of a (conventional) fight now was it?) which has one of the largest bodies of oil sitting underneath it in the world effectively regaining it's control over the price of oil. Or is it just a happy coincidence now?

Liberal ranting... oh great.. the Amerika controls the oil crap.. that explains the near to $50/barrel oil... hahahah.. you make me laugh.... liberals... They make Homer Simpson look like a rocket scientist.

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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker Alot of his recruits are poor.

But he and his senior command aren't and they are the ones who are behind the scenes. And who says they can't attract people who are rich?

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No, oil prices have plummetted in recent months Gian, haven't you been keeping up?

And Fezzyboy, your lame insults are pathetic. You are nothing, after all...

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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison No, oil prices have plummetted in recent months Gian, haven't you been keeping up? And Fezzyboy, your lame insults are pathetic. You are nothing, after all...

Oil prices are still 30% higher then they were a year ago, above $40/barrel. If we were really controlling the largest reserves in the world, don't you think they would be about $10/barrel? Guess you can't formulate your facts too well into an argument.

You are the one who is nothing. You are insignificant just like the rest of us.

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if you think about it the problems with the world consist of ignorance egocentric behavior and the one mans belief that the world owes them the moon not to mention that every coin has two sides if u dont have poor people rich peple woudnt know they are rich and if you dont have sad people happy people woudnt know they are happy seems to me every aspect of life has a flipside

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They'll keep going down yet...OPEC has had to reduce it's price per barrel considerably because of it...

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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison They'll keep going down yet...OPEC has had to reduce it's price per barrel considerably because of it...

OPEC doesn't control the market. The market moves itself. OPEC hasn't done anything. The mild winter in the US did. The mild winter brought demand down, bringing prices down. Learn the basics.

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It's very true in a way Mrs. Tuberski. The role model of the rich is thrust upon the population as a whole as been that of success. And thus the sexual imperative kicks in - everyone has to be that. It's an interesting method of control when you look at it. We need equibrium not wanton waste...

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quote: Top problems affecting the world

i think trolling on internet forums is up there...

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quote: Originally posted by C0ckney i think trolling on internet forums is up there...

Yeah this thread..

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quote: Originally posted by Giancarlo OPEC doesn't control the market. The market moves itself. OPEC hasn't done anything. The mild winter in the US did. The mild winter brought demand down, bringing prices down. Learn the basics.

No, OPEC is tantamount to a cartel where there is finite supply in a market of ever-expanding demand. Learn the basics, especially those of economics, yourself and figure out what that means. The West wants to muscle in to protect it's own interests, and those lie with lowering the price of oil, whether that be by having control over the oilfields of Iraq or indirectly by controlling Afghanistan and the access that brings to oil in the former Soviet states...

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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison No, OPEC is tantamount to a cartel where there is finite supply in a market of ever-expanding demand. Learn the basics, especially those of economics, yourself and figure out what that means. The West wants to muscle in to protect it's own interests, and those lie with lowering the price of oil, whether that be by having control over the oilfields of Iraq or indirectly by controlling Afghanistan and the access that brings to oil in the former Soviet states...

OPEC has increased supply even when prices were going up. It shows OPEC cannot control market prices. Demand controls market prices. Learn economics and take basic courses. In the 70s, OPEC did have a stranglehold, but not right now. Besides, there are plenty of countries outside of OPEC that produce what they please. You are misinformed, and none less then a liar.

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What are you on about? You have just backed up what I have said, because of recent events the stranglehold of OPEC has been undermined Find out what a cartel is, ignoramus...

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People dying.

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That's a sh*tter, no doubt about it

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quote: If you reduced poverty that would lead to a reduction in terrorism? That explains Osama Bin Laden doesn't it? If you get him out of poverty maybe he would stop being a terrorist.. wait a minute.. he has hundreds of millions.

Bin Laden isn't a terrorist, he's a manipulator. It is the people who he is seeking to recruit that are the poverty-striken easily coerced that, with more money, would be less likely to consider extreme politics.

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No.1 problem IMO: ignorance.