No progress can be made except through increased autism.
Autism was named such because of its observed symptoms. Among these often encountered is a lack of need and/or ability to join in with or be a part of groups and teams. The "au" to me leads to "auto-" or self. Unfortunately, there are too many drawbacks to extreme cases of autism. This aspect is key.
Humans have a tremendous need to identify themselves with brands, teams, clubs, products, politics and religions. (I'll just overly simplify by saying "symbols" and cleverly call people with this affliction "symbol-minded.") The need is tremendous and even that is a bit of an understatement. If you have ever experienced an event that completely destroyed your sense of reality, you will know how jarring and disorienting it can be. (A common example is living in the illusion that 'love' is some kind of cloud shared by two people and that there is some sort of psychic bond between two people. Another might be in facing the disparities of practical reality and ideology associated with the nature of love relationships. I could just say a really bad romantic betrayal, but it doesn't get into the detail enough.) I can think of few experiences among people which would be common enough to understand what it means to have your reality shaken up. But to have experienced that type of event many people can begin to understand what it would mean to lose a part of one's self identity.
Religion is just one common part of one's self-identity. It's a part of one's understanding of reality and a part of one's comfort within existence. To question that is to invite change. And change is always unwanted... well almost, but conditions have to change in order to beget a desire for change if that makes sense. (For example, I have had my job for a while and I have a new boss and he is terrible, so now I think I need to get a new job.) As animals we do not want change. We fight to the death, often, in effort not to change. Wolves will fight other wolves for territory -- the ones that were there first will fight not to change and the intruders are probably responding to a change in their original territory. The result is a winner gets to have the disputed territory. And we all fight for the right not to change. And yet change is what improves us. (yes, change can also make things worse.)
So why are some hell-bent on religion? It's change and they don't want it. Children are taught to believe things but as they grow they learn more and more about the world independent of their early childhood teachings. If by chance they come across thoughts which suggest that there are alternative ways of seeing the world at a young enough age, there is some hope that they will grow up with some questions about their taught beliefs. But if that doesn't happen, then they are increasingly locked into their sense of reality. And as that firms up, the pain of a change of reality becomes worse.
Consider Santa Claus. Most people don't have traumatic memories associated with the realization that a fat man doesn't come down the chimney. There can be lots of rational reasons we tell ourselves we "never really believed it in the first place." But I can tell you, at some point, I truly believed there was a Santa Claus. And when I realized there wasn't, it still took me a few years to adjust to it. As a young school kid, there was a stage where people didn't want to admit they doubted there was a Santa Claus. Would I stop getting presents? Would people who still believe think I'm stupid? So at first, I was a closeted Santa doubter. But as I grew with my peers, they too came around. Now we can all speak freely about there not being a Santa Claus.
But why is this belief in God so different? Is it because adults all over seem to believe it? Is it because the same forces that caused reluctance to admit doubt in Santa are still at play? I think so.
Having my touch of autism has enabled me to not get so locked into mythological thinking so much.
I would prefer separating the C from the O2 rather than simply putting it away somewhere. And can it seriously put enough CO2 away to make a difference? I doubt it very much.
Trust in anything connected with the US is done. Other governments and other people are VERY aware of what the US influence has been doing. They are also very aware that Brazil's financial systems didn't crash because they didn't do what the rest of the world did. A lot of things aren't being talked about but the leaders know what's what but they don't know how to escape the net which the powers behind the US have put over everyone else. BRIC will make the changes the rest of the world will be inclined to follow.
I never thought there would be a year of Linux on the desktop, but something like it is becoming more and more possible in other nations.
Things are changing and they're going to change a lot more before it's done.
Lately, for whatever reason, I have been hearing about "sacred geometry" and especially about this "flower of life" figure that appears all over ancient human sites. To me it just looks like bits from the Led Zeppelin 4 album cover...
On a 7" display, I don't see the benefit. Seriously, and I mean this sincerely. I am a high-resolution junkie in so many ways. If I can see the pixels, I am annoyed. And I threw a fit when Dell went from 1920x1200 to 1920x1080 for their best laptops. And so when the new Google Nexus 7 came out, I was there to get one. But now that I have one, I am not displeased with it, but I am also not "impressed" with it either. I mean I can tell the difference to be sure, but the difference just isn't huge. And that may actually be the fault of the applications themselves... the games I play. Video plays back fine though.. and it is very clear. But the 1280x800 was fine... and still is. And while I am not sure it's worth the full $199, it's not bad and does enable useful features. I guess I'll look it over when I can.
I find it quite easy to get people onto Linux when I brief them over what Linux is good for and to determine if Linux is a good fit for them. For example, I ask what they use most often. It's invariably internet related things -- email and web stuff but sometimes the netflix and stuff like that as well. And depending on their answers, I do or do not recommend using Linux... well, not entirely depending on their answers -- I factor in my own time and patience in with my recommendation as well. But I have been quite successful in reducing my troubles by getting people onto Linux instead of Windows. It mostly boils down to using, not what OS is running. Sure, the OS determines what apps run or are available, but where standards based activities are concerned, it matters a lot less and where the activity is more proprietary and closed in nature, it matters more. And since the world of many important and useful things are moving more into open standards, the OS is mattering less and less.
You know, we love our tech. I love mine. But back in the day, there was a reason they didn't allow students to use calculators in math class. Basic skills mastery are needed. How to use your hands to write is necessary. How to count and do basic math is necessary. How to spell is necessary. These basic skills most of the 40+ here take for granted is in serious trouble for those younger. When you see actual business reports contain "RU" instead are "are you" you have to face-palm at the very least.
We don't need computers, tablets and multimedia edutainment for our children. We don't. We need, in fact, to isolate them from these things until mastery of the basics are demonstrated.
And here's a thought... just a mild paranoid question to consider. By connecting our childrens' minds to 'the net' are we exposing their psychological profiles to government for evaluation and selection? Enabling them to more easily select the best or the most 'dangerous' from the sea of young minds out there? As the Snowden secrets continue to trickle out, we are seeing the wildest conspiracy theories get proven right and a few which even the theorists didn't dare to dream are coming to light. It's out of control. We need rational control back.
Say it isn't so!!! Someone made a copy of my keys from a wax mould. So I got an electronic lock. So now that is vulnerable too?! Say it isn't so!!
I'm sorry, but if you want to secure a transmitted signal, then SECURE IT. Signals which are one-way only are weak by definition. Instead, there should be work done on systems which require an encrypted signal started by the key device and received by the lock which returns with a reply to the key device which acknowledges the reply.
And yes, even THAT can be replicated... it's just harder. But the rule is that which can be locked can be unlocked. It's a question of complication.
The government players think they run the country. They kind of do. What do you think those billions of bullets are for? But you can't commit treason against traitors. The people who are betraying "the people" are traitors.
The threat is over! Haven't you heard? Al Qaeda is our ally now and we support them in Syria. DHS and TSA were set up because of terrorist threat and the war on terror. We won. Al Qaeda is our friend now. Can we have our freedom back? (yes... sarcasm and disgust being expressed here and little else and nothing particularly contributory.)
My thought exactly. I thought it was absurd to give him a Nobel for as yet unknown and certainly unmaterialized reasons. Meanwhile Snowden has changed the world in a very significant way.
Firstly we have the courts taking a position about the nature of open wireless networks -- specifically that sniffing them does represent an invasion. I think that's pretty big and pretty useful. (It can also get you or your neighbor charged as a felon under the laws about unauthorized computer access...) As many other have pointed out, it opens the door to seeking relief from government invasion by legally identifying what has been done as what it is. Not that I expect serious traction in any sort of rectification of the damage the NSA and others have caused.
There have been so many stories like these lately that make me ashamed of being a Texan. Simply ashamed. But, not that it's not being apologetic, I have observed the people most often doing these things aren't really Texan. I think in the late 70s and through the 80s, the demographic makeup of Texas noticably shifted. As a child almost everyone I met was new and came from other states, mostly the northeast because their family had come here for work. And with them, they brought some incredible things... ideas and paranoia and legal threats instead of reason. I found those people to be completely unacceptable. And when I moved to the DC area for work (ironic? did these 'foreigners' come in an trash my Texas?) that old sick feeling of the people around me exploded by an order of magnitude. Sick suspicious minds who go out of their way to be offended by imaginary things, seek to sue and complain about everything and anything and whole laws written to support these lines of thinking rather than to prevent the harm of innocent people by these sick minds. I couldn't leave Virginia fast enough. Every moment there was a feeling of something iritating on my skin that I just couldn't wash off no matter how hard I tried.
I'm not back in Texas yet... yet... I find myself in a very nice southern state though and I have some new perspectives on my Texas I didn't have before. There are places which, in some ways, are better than Texas... and yet still not as good. When I see what Texas does without state income tax, I have to wonder what smaller states are wasting theirs on. And when I see some states taxing people on owning cars and calling it "property tax" as if it were land? (This in additional to annual registration fees) And when I see some states are cutting their unemployment benefits during a time when unemployment is so bad, I am left wondering what they are wasting their ridiculously high tax money on.
Taxes... a practice that has been the cause of two wars on the continental US and countless armed revolts you never hear about in history class. (learn why the federal government now requires your taxes to be withheld from your pay check. it wasn't always that way.)
Texas is usually rather practical and old fashioned in the way the people think. But when I see Texas legislators interfering with business like this? I'm sorry, but why are Apple stores allowed in Texas if a car maker can't sell direct to the public? To me a car is a thing I can buy like a can of soup in a supermarket. Why? I don't get it.
I bought a new car not too long ago. I selected my car based on an experience I had when travelling and rented a car. I bought the same [type] of car I rented because I liked it. It felt right. I researched things and decided to select a dealer. My time was wasted... badly. At first I submitted information online telling them what I wanted but then they wanted to waste my time by having me go to their location. They gave me stupid reasons but I let it go... I went. My suspicions were confirmed. They wanted to waste my time and upsell me and all that crap... also I had already arranged financing and they STILL wanted me to play their games. On top of that, they wanted to charge me some ridiculous "documentation fees" or some crap like that. Oh really? "This is my hard limit. I will not exceed X. If your fees and stuff push my spending beyond that amoung, you will have to decrease the cost of the car by that amount. I am spending X and nothing more." "But we don't control the documentation fee!" "So? You control the price of the car! If you have a problem with these fees, lobby your state/county. I only have X to spend, and that's all I'm spending." I ended up deciding to go to another car dealer because I simply couldn't trust those scumbags. The next closest was owned by the same people so I skipped that one too and I told them exactly why... their reply was remorseful. Clearly the problem was their leadership as I suspected an
The US uses chemical weapons too. I don't see the big deal. We pepper sovereign nations with depleted uranium and bomb people with white phospher. I'd say that qualifies under the definition of chemical weapons. If not, then certainly under other horrifying definitions.
In any case, when comparing other humanitarian causes to that of Syria, the ones in Africa are far worse and simply go ignored. I am doubly amazed. I am amazed that the US government can offer the causes they do with a straight face and I am amazed that people seriously buy into it.
My assumption is correct due to [multi-]cultural situations. It is pure hubris to assume all human cultures are the same. This is easily demonstrable in European countries who have opened their borders to immigrants of more violent nations. Especially look to Sweden and England where violence is reaching scales which the police simply cannot manage. Police and emergency people simply cannot react to situations in these "exclusionary zones."
"Guns" themselves are not the problem -- it is the people. "Gun violence" is not special. There is just violence. The tool used is almost inconsequential. I say almost because if the tool is a knife, it is far riskier to the defender. Guns are far safer for defenders of aggression because it enables distance between them and the aggressors and decreases the chance that the weapon will be used against them.
One of the biggest and most prevailing problems of "gun control" advocates is that they don't know the first thing about guns themselves beyond what they learn from Hollywood.
It's fun to say "more guns = more gun violence" which is "basically" true. But then you open up other problems where "the weak are victimized by the strong and/or by numbers." There are too many ways to hurt and kill people. Guns are just one and still the BEST way for the weak and individual to defend themselves.
Please don't live in an area with both gun control and a natural disaster. In the US, where both of those coincide, armed gangs looting, robbing and raping are an expectation, not merely a possibility. Look to New York to see what happened.
People aren't thinking any longer. They are reacting with emotion and parroting talking points. "Why are we in Iraq?" "Freedom!" "Because 9-1-1!" People seriously have no interest in facts or knowledge nor care to try to understand what's what and what's going on.
It has gotten past the point where I don't want to live on this planet any more. There is just no other planet to live on right now.
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No progress can be made except through increased autism.
Autism was named such because of its observed symptoms. Among these often encountered is a lack of need and/or ability to join in with or be a part of groups and teams. The "au" to me leads to "auto-" or self. Unfortunately, there are too many drawbacks to extreme cases of autism. This aspect is key.
Humans have a tremendous need to identify themselves with brands, teams, clubs, products, politics and religions. (I'll just overly simplify by saying "symbols" and cleverly call people with this affliction "symbol-minded.") The need is tremendous and even that is a bit of an understatement. If you have ever experienced an event that completely destroyed your sense of reality, you will know how jarring and disorienting it can be. (A common example is living in the illusion that 'love' is some kind of cloud shared by two people and that there is some sort of psychic bond between two people. Another might be in facing the disparities of practical reality and ideology associated with the nature of love relationships. I could just say a really bad romantic betrayal, but it doesn't get into the detail enough.) I can think of few experiences among people which would be common enough to understand what it means to have your reality shaken up. But to have experienced that type of event many people can begin to understand what it would mean to lose a part of one's self identity.
Religion is just one common part of one's self-identity. It's a part of one's understanding of reality and a part of one's comfort within existence. To question that is to invite change. And change is always unwanted... well almost, but conditions have to change in order to beget a desire for change if that makes sense. (For example, I have had my job for a while and I have a new boss and he is terrible, so now I think I need to get a new job.) As animals we do not want change. We fight to the death, often, in effort not to change. Wolves will fight other wolves for territory -- the ones that were there first will fight not to change and the intruders are probably responding to a change in their original territory. The result is a winner gets to have the disputed territory. And we all fight for the right not to change. And yet change is what improves us. (yes, change can also make things worse.)
So why are some hell-bent on religion? It's change and they don't want it. Children are taught to believe things but as they grow they learn more and more about the world independent of their early childhood teachings. If by chance they come across thoughts which suggest that there are alternative ways of seeing the world at a young enough age, there is some hope that they will grow up with some questions about their taught beliefs. But if that doesn't happen, then they are increasingly locked into their sense of reality. And as that firms up, the pain of a change of reality becomes worse.
Consider Santa Claus. Most people don't have traumatic memories associated with the realization that a fat man doesn't come down the chimney. There can be lots of rational reasons we tell ourselves we "never really believed it in the first place." But I can tell you, at some point, I truly believed there was a Santa Claus. And when I realized there wasn't, it still took me a few years to adjust to it. As a young school kid, there was a stage where people didn't want to admit they doubted there was a Santa Claus. Would I stop getting presents? Would people who still believe think I'm stupid? So at first, I was a closeted Santa doubter. But as I grew with my peers, they too came around. Now we can all speak freely about there not being a Santa Claus.
But why is this belief in God so different? Is it because adults all over seem to believe it? Is it because the same forces that caused reluctance to admit doubt in Santa are still at play? I think so.
Having my touch of autism has enabled me to not get so locked into mythological thinking so much.
To do anything with the shale on or near a power plant site would have serious seismic consequences.
I would prefer separating the C from the O2 rather than simply putting it away somewhere. And can it seriously put enough CO2 away to make a difference? I doubt it very much.
The world has been betrayed by the white-hat wearing bad guy that is the US. Putin has put himself out there as the influential voice of reason.
Trust in anything connected with the US is done. Other governments and other people are VERY aware of what the US influence has been doing. They are also very aware that Brazil's financial systems didn't crash because they didn't do what the rest of the world did. A lot of things aren't being talked about but the leaders know what's what but they don't know how to escape the net which the powers behind the US have put over everyone else. BRIC will make the changes the rest of the world will be inclined to follow.
I never thought there would be a year of Linux on the desktop, but something like it is becoming more and more possible in other nations.
Things are changing and they're going to change a lot more before it's done.
More content? Sorry but no. That's not what people do. They just make things bigger.
Lately, for whatever reason, I have been hearing about "sacred geometry" and especially about this "flower of life" figure that appears all over ancient human sites. To me it just looks like bits from the Led Zeppelin 4 album cover...
On a 7" display, I don't see the benefit. Seriously, and I mean this sincerely. I am a high-resolution junkie in so many ways. If I can see the pixels, I am annoyed. And I threw a fit when Dell went from 1920x1200 to 1920x1080 for their best laptops. And so when the new Google Nexus 7 came out, I was there to get one. But now that I have one, I am not displeased with it, but I am also not "impressed" with it either. I mean I can tell the difference to be sure, but the difference just isn't huge. And that may actually be the fault of the applications themselves... the games I play. Video plays back fine though .. and it is very clear. But the 1280x800 was fine... and still is. And while I am not sure it's worth the full $199, it's not bad and does enable useful features. I guess I'll look it over when I can.
I find it quite easy to get people onto Linux when I brief them over what Linux is good for and to determine if Linux is a good fit for them. For example, I ask what they use most often. It's invariably internet related things -- email and web stuff but sometimes the netflix and stuff like that as well. And depending on their answers, I do or do not recommend using Linux... well, not entirely depending on their answers -- I factor in my own time and patience in with my recommendation as well. But I have been quite successful in reducing my troubles by getting people onto Linux instead of Windows. It mostly boils down to using, not what OS is running. Sure, the OS determines what apps run or are available, but where standards based activities are concerned, it matters a lot less and where the activity is more proprietary and closed in nature, it matters more. And since the world of many important and useful things are moving more into open standards, the OS is mattering less and less.
Imagine a "Windows update" that upgrades a Windows XP machine to Windows 7 in some form or fashion. Absolutely deadly and a brilliant idea.
You know, we love our tech. I love mine. But back in the day, there was a reason they didn't allow students to use calculators in math class. Basic skills mastery are needed. How to use your hands to write is necessary. How to count and do basic math is necessary. How to spell is necessary. These basic skills most of the 40+ here take for granted is in serious trouble for those younger. When you see actual business reports contain "RU" instead are "are you" you have to face-palm at the very least.
We don't need computers, tablets and multimedia edutainment for our children. We don't. We need, in fact, to isolate them from these things until mastery of the basics are demonstrated.
And here's a thought... just a mild paranoid question to consider. By connecting our childrens' minds to 'the net' are we exposing their psychological profiles to government for evaluation and selection? Enabling them to more easily select the best or the most 'dangerous' from the sea of young minds out there? As the Snowden secrets continue to trickle out, we are seeing the wildest conspiracy theories get proven right and a few which even the theorists didn't dare to dream are coming to light. It's out of control. We need rational control back.
Yes... let's support the insurance racket. It worked out so well for healthcare.
Say it isn't so!!! Someone made a copy of my keys from a wax mould. So I got an electronic lock. So now that is vulnerable too?! Say it isn't so!!
I'm sorry, but if you want to secure a transmitted signal, then SECURE IT. Signals which are one-way only are weak by definition. Instead, there should be work done on systems which require an encrypted signal started by the key device and received by the lock which returns with a reply to the key device which acknowledges the reply.
And yes, even THAT can be replicated... it's just harder. But the rule is that which can be locked can be unlocked. It's a question of complication.
The government players think they run the country. They kind of do. What do you think those billions of bullets are for? But you can't commit treason against traitors. The people who are betraying "the people" are traitors.
Yahoo? You're toast.
The threat is over! Haven't you heard? Al Qaeda is our ally now and we support them in Syria. DHS and TSA were set up because of terrorist threat and the war on terror. We won. Al Qaeda is our friend now. Can we have our freedom back?
(yes... sarcasm and disgust being expressed here and little else and nothing particularly contributory.)
My thought exactly. I thought it was absurd to give him a Nobel for as yet unknown and certainly unmaterialized reasons. Meanwhile Snowden has changed the world in a very significant way.
I for one welcome our Zionist overlords.
Oh okay... just poison.
Firstly we have the courts taking a position about the nature of open wireless networks -- specifically that sniffing them does represent an invasion. I think that's pretty big and pretty useful. (It can also get you or your neighbor charged as a felon under the laws about unauthorized computer access...) As many other have pointed out, it opens the door to seeking relief from government invasion by legally identifying what has been done as what it is. Not that I expect serious traction in any sort of rectification of the damage the NSA and others have caused.
Oh let it be... let it be.
There have been so many stories like these lately that make me ashamed of being a Texan. Simply ashamed. But, not that it's not being apologetic, I have observed the people most often doing these things aren't really Texan. I think in the late 70s and through the 80s, the demographic makeup of Texas noticably shifted. As a child almost everyone I met was new and came from other states, mostly the northeast because their family had come here for work. And with them, they brought some incredible things... ideas and paranoia and legal threats instead of reason. I found those people to be completely unacceptable. And when I moved to the DC area for work (ironic? did these 'foreigners' come in an trash my Texas?) that old sick feeling of the people around me exploded by an order of magnitude. Sick suspicious minds who go out of their way to be offended by imaginary things, seek to sue and complain about everything and anything and whole laws written to support these lines of thinking rather than to prevent the harm of innocent people by these sick minds. I couldn't leave Virginia fast enough. Every moment there was a feeling of something iritating on my skin that I just couldn't wash off no matter how hard I tried.
I'm not back in Texas yet... yet... I find myself in a very nice southern state though and I have some new perspectives on my Texas I didn't have before. There are places which, in some ways, are better than Texas... and yet still not as good. When I see what Texas does without state income tax, I have to wonder what smaller states are wasting theirs on. And when I see some states taxing people on owning cars and calling it "property tax" as if it were land? (This in additional to annual registration fees) And when I see some states are cutting their unemployment benefits during a time when unemployment is so bad, I am left wondering what they are wasting their ridiculously high tax money on.
Taxes... a practice that has been the cause of two wars on the continental US and countless armed revolts you never hear about in history class. (learn why the federal government now requires your taxes to be withheld from your pay check. it wasn't always that way.)
Texas is usually rather practical and old fashioned in the way the people think. But when I see Texas legislators interfering with business like this? I'm sorry, but why are Apple stores allowed in Texas if a car maker can't sell direct to the public? To me a car is a thing I can buy like a can of soup in a supermarket. Why? I don't get it.
I bought a new car not too long ago. I selected my car based on an experience I had when travelling and rented a car. I bought the same [type] of car I rented because I liked it. It felt right. I researched things and decided to select a dealer. My time was wasted... badly. At first I submitted information online telling them what I wanted but then they wanted to waste my time by having me go to their location. They gave me stupid reasons but I let it go... I went. My suspicions were confirmed. They wanted to waste my time and upsell me and all that crap... also I had already arranged financing and they STILL wanted me to play their games. On top of that, they wanted to charge me some ridiculous "documentation fees" or some crap like that. Oh really? "This is my hard limit. I will not exceed X. If your fees and stuff push my spending beyond that amoung, you will have to decrease the cost of the car by that amount. I am spending X and nothing more." "But we don't control the documentation fee!" "So? You control the price of the car! If you have a problem with these fees, lobby your state/county. I only have X to spend, and that's all I'm spending." I ended up deciding to go to another car dealer because I simply couldn't trust those scumbags. The next closest was owned by the same people so I skipped that one too and I told them exactly why... their reply was remorseful. Clearly the problem was their leadership as I suspected an
He doesn't WANT out. Or perhaps the people pulling his strings don't want him out.
The US uses chemical weapons too. I don't see the big deal. We pepper sovereign nations with depleted uranium and bomb people with white phospher. I'd say that qualifies under the definition of chemical weapons. If not, then certainly under other horrifying definitions.
In any case, when comparing other humanitarian causes to that of Syria, the ones in Africa are far worse and simply go ignored. I am doubly amazed. I am amazed that the US government can offer the causes they do with a straight face and I am amazed that people seriously buy into it.
My assumption is correct due to [multi-]cultural situations. It is pure hubris to assume all human cultures are the same. This is easily demonstrable in European countries who have opened their borders to immigrants of more violent nations. Especially look to Sweden and England where violence is reaching scales which the police simply cannot manage. Police and emergency people simply cannot react to situations in these "exclusionary zones."
"Guns" themselves are not the problem -- it is the people. "Gun violence" is not special. There is just violence. The tool used is almost inconsequential. I say almost because if the tool is a knife, it is far riskier to the defender. Guns are far safer for defenders of aggression because it enables distance between them and the aggressors and decreases the chance that the weapon will be used against them.
One of the biggest and most prevailing problems of "gun control" advocates is that they don't know the first thing about guns themselves beyond what they learn from Hollywood.
It's fun to say "more guns = more gun violence" which is "basically" true. But then you open up other problems where "the weak are victimized by the strong and/or by numbers." There are too many ways to hurt and kill people. Guns are just one and still the BEST way for the weak and individual to defend themselves.
Please don't live in an area with both gun control and a natural disaster. In the US, where both of those coincide, armed gangs looting, robbing and raping are an expectation, not merely a possibility. Look to New York to see what happened.
People aren't thinking any longer. They are reacting with emotion and parroting talking points. "Why are we in Iraq?" "Freedom!" "Because 9-1-1!" People seriously have no interest in facts or knowledge nor care to try to understand what's what and what's going on.
It has gotten past the point where I don't want to live on this planet any more. There is just no other planet to live on right now.