28th January 2003, 10:51 AM
I find This Modern World very funny because I'm both liberal and cynical (or, rather, realist... because, lets face it... the public as a whole really IS that dumb...) about the public, and those are the audiences he aims for... :)
I think you're analyzing the moon thing a liiitle bit too much... given it was a joke and all... :)
Yes, the world can recover from what we've done to it... it we leave it alone for a long time. Of course, we can't do that. We will keep destroying forests, polluting the air and water, killing off species after species, etc. until we actually HAVE done nearly irrevokable damage to the ecosystem... as it is some places are in big trouble...
And it sure won't help that many conservatives want to do away with the few environmental laws we do have that keep, for example, rivers from bubbling with foam and burning because of so much pollution in them.
Is Iraq cooperating? Not really... but Sadaam wouldn't do that. He hates us too much... the problem is we don't really know what he's hiding. So far, it sure doesn't look like much... I see no proof that Iraq so much as HAS a nuclear or chemical weapons program, and see no proof coming soon! If Bush wants ANYONE to believe him he'll have to start by giving GOOD, SOLID PROOF. I think that won't happen... after all, this is Bush here and he doesn't need proof. And if he had it I doubt he'd want to tell us, the public, about it...
Abortion... it is a touchy subject like this... and I know there's really not much I can say. You won't change your (awful, IMO) views. I mean, 'when does it become ok to not kill'? Um, when they are born and become a child? Duh? Dislike abortion all you want... it really becomes a problem once people try to ban it. Disliking something is one thing, but banning it is going too far in many cases... and antiabortion people seem to want to do anything in their power to destroy this important right.
I might say more on this later... we'll see.
I think you're analyzing the moon thing a liiitle bit too much... given it was a joke and all... :)
Yes, the world can recover from what we've done to it... it we leave it alone for a long time. Of course, we can't do that. We will keep destroying forests, polluting the air and water, killing off species after species, etc. until we actually HAVE done nearly irrevokable damage to the ecosystem... as it is some places are in big trouble...
And it sure won't help that many conservatives want to do away with the few environmental laws we do have that keep, for example, rivers from bubbling with foam and burning because of so much pollution in them.
Is Iraq cooperating? Not really... but Sadaam wouldn't do that. He hates us too much... the problem is we don't really know what he's hiding. So far, it sure doesn't look like much... I see no proof that Iraq so much as HAS a nuclear or chemical weapons program, and see no proof coming soon! If Bush wants ANYONE to believe him he'll have to start by giving GOOD, SOLID PROOF. I think that won't happen... after all, this is Bush here and he doesn't need proof. And if he had it I doubt he'd want to tell us, the public, about it...
Abortion... it is a touchy subject like this... and I know there's really not much I can say. You won't change your (awful, IMO) views. I mean, 'when does it become ok to not kill'? Um, when they are born and become a child? Duh? Dislike abortion all you want... it really becomes a problem once people try to ban it. Disliking something is one thing, but banning it is going too far in many cases... and antiabortion people seem to want to do anything in their power to destroy this important right.
I might say more on this later... we'll see.