You're making the issue far larger than it is. The average idiot consumer doesn't care if his car is powered by gasoline or hydrogen fuel cells. How many people do you think actually stare at a lightbulb in their house and wonder where the power comes from? Even IF people are mindless and greedy as you say, assuming that improvements in technology become standard, within the scope of this issue their greed is rendered harmless. They will be liberated not from their own greed, but from the greed of others who impede progress in order to possess more than they could ever need, simply through technological progress.
And people don't need any help being exterminated, they're doing themselves in just fine.
I was in LA just a few weeks ago. A dull grey band stretches for 20 degrees high into what would normally be a clear blue sky. Thick clouds of black and grey smog hang oppressively in the air, drifting down over what might of once been beautiful land. I lived in New York City for many years and am used to a high level of pollution, but you could not pay me enough money to ever live in LA. I have never in my life seen a more compelling argument for enviromentalism than Los Angeles. Please don't tell me the world is nothing but blackness simply because your eyes are squeezed shut.
The issue here is control. Energy, excluding the methods for harvesting it, is for all intents and purposes free. Oil and other fossil fuels however are controlled by a group of elite people with alot of money (or oil, it's interchangeable these days) who would do almost anything to make sure that their fortunes aren't in any way devalued. Fortunately, technology will soon liberate us from their greed.
There's a problem with this argument. It seems in the Grand Ol' USofA movie ticket sales have barely anything to do with the quality of the actual film. Overall sales may be down, but the blockbusters are still crap, and definately not risky. Besides, sequels sell, look at The Matrix Reloaded and The Phantom Menace.
The rules for Quidditch are so insane. Essentially, almost all the time, the seeker is the one who wins the game. 150 points for one individuals accomplishments, it might work in fiction with a protagonist, but it's horrid for an actual game.
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It's the konami code you uneducated troglodytes.
You're making the issue far larger than it is. The average idiot consumer doesn't care if his car is powered by gasoline or hydrogen fuel cells. How many people do you think actually stare at a lightbulb in their house and wonder where the power comes from? Even IF people are mindless and greedy as you say, assuming that improvements in technology become standard, within the scope of this issue their greed is rendered harmless. They will be liberated not from their own greed, but from the greed of others who impede progress in order to possess more than they could ever need, simply through technological progress.
And people don't need any help being exterminated, they're doing themselves in just fine.
I was in LA just a few weeks ago. A dull grey band stretches for 20 degrees high into what would normally be a clear blue sky. Thick clouds of black and grey smog hang oppressively in the air, drifting down over what might of once been beautiful land. I lived in New York City for many years and am used to a high level of pollution, but you could not pay me enough money to ever live in LA. I have never in my life seen a more compelling argument for enviromentalism than Los Angeles. Please don't tell me the world is nothing but blackness simply because your eyes are squeezed shut.
The issue here is control. Energy, excluding the methods for harvesting it, is for all intents and purposes free. Oil and other fossil fuels however are controlled by a group of elite people with alot of money (or oil, it's interchangeable these days) who would do almost anything to make sure that their fortunes aren't in any way devalued. Fortunately, technology will soon liberate us from their greed.
Mods this as a troll?
Because this is what roleplaying is all about. Loot.
I think someone needs a hug.
And a sense of humor.
Delete the file NO-XRATED in the Data folder. I think the effect is probably self-explanatory.
There's a problem with this argument. It seems in the Grand Ol' USofA movie ticket sales have barely anything to do with the quality of the actual film. Overall sales may be down, but the blockbusters are still crap, and definately not risky. Besides, sequels sell, look at The Matrix Reloaded and The Phantom Menace.
The rules for Quidditch are so insane. Essentially, almost all the time, the seeker is the one who wins the game. 150 points for one individuals accomplishments, it might work in fiction with a protagonist, but it's horrid for an actual game.