"Saving the World"

TheMoose

With all the do-goodery and save the world types about the place these days, why do things seem to get worse as the years pass and not better?

bonzodog2

Life's a biatch sometimes huh ?

admiralofthefleet

because your getting older op

TPD

Because despite our greatest efforts, the Legion of Evil is recruiting more members by the day

El Guapo!

That would be an ecumenical matter








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mikom

More media.

Kold

Because saving the world means killing all the humans.

Archeron

Because unlike yesteryear, the moment a natural disaster strikes you have reporters from all over the world surveying the damage and showing us the highly emotional human cost, then broadcasting it to you 24 hours a day through every medium imaginable in a competition for ratings.

There was a report on traffic on the M50 on RTE news the other night and they made it sound like the world would end because there was a tailback at the Red Cow.

Bodhisopha

TheMoose wrote: »

With all the do-goodery and save the world types about the place these days, why do things seem to get worse as the years pass and not better?

Too vague. Elaborate.

MagicMarker

Dean09 wrote: »

That would be an ecumenical matter








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YESS!

RMD

Because thankfully those do-goody arseholes and save the world types are in the minority.

TheMoose

RMD wrote: »

Because thankfully those do-goody arseholes and save the world types are in the minority.

You got it pal, a bunch of clowns.

jumpguy

Check the "if you found 20,000 Euro would you keep it or return it" thread for the answer tbh.

Then add on all the scumbags who don't exactly frequent boards.

jif

because of this fucker and his clan of numpties

watch less news people

Mike 1972

TheMoose wrote: »

all the do-goodery

Damn them all Im off to deflower a virgin and desecrate a church (or maybe the other way around ?) I hear bad is the new good

lugha

TheMoose wrote: »

With all the do-goodery and save the world types about the place these days, why do things seem to get worse as the years pass and not better?

Maybe it's only getting worst from the perspective of the do-baddery and feck the world types?

dsmythy

The more people on the planet near possible natural disaster zones = more misery. Too many people.

lugha wrote: »

Maybe it's only getting worst from the perspective of the do-baddery and feck the world types?

Down with do-badders!

OctavarIan

More media coverage, OP, more media coverage.

genericguy

TheMoose wrote: »

With all the do-goodery and save the world types about the place these days, why do things seem to get worse as the years pass and not better?

who'd have thought that political correctness, the do-gooders' weapon of choice would fail?

drunken_munky52

Well OP, I understand where you are coming from totally with that question. Unfortunately, you wont get the answers you want here, even tough its the most popular forum.

Check out this thread I started way back if you are interested in hearing what I have to say:

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055706843

In a nutshell, the world is a big ego. The reason the world is getting worse is because people are thinking too much... more than ever. People need to start using their minds just for what it is ... a tool. As people think the less creative they become... even Einstein admitted this was the case.

wes

Our generation actually has it pretty good. Sure if we were born a 100 years ago, a lot of us would probably be fighting some damnable pointless war or dead from what is today an easy to cure disease.

imeddyhobbs

Its cool to have an opinion on everything these days and be idealistic,Trouble for most people is that when it comes to getting their finger out of their ass's and go and do something they decide its better for them just to talk about it,Unless you are mega wealty like Bill Gates or bono and you do decide to do something.
These guys are so rich it makes them feel uncomfortable, Seeing such poverty and devastation that they urge the masses to do something,So we talk and give a little but our own life's are more important to us so we remain idealistic.

R0ot

Save the cheerleader?

drunken_munky52

imeddyhobbs wrote: »

Its cool to have an opinion on everything these days and be idealistic,Trouble for most people is that when it comes to getting their finger out of their ass's and go and do something they decide its better for them just to talk about it,Unless you are mega wealty like Bill Gates or bono and you do decide to do something.
These guys are so rich it makes them feel uncomfortable, Seeing such poverty and devastation that they urge the masses to do something,So we talk and give a little but our own life's are more important to us so we remain idealistic.

Sorry, but that's a big opinion also.

Idealistic is good, but it needs so hop on to the next stone, whichmore and more people are doing these days.

The real crisis in the world today is consciousness... people are not aware of its presence and this gives rise to more division. Until people see human suffering as part of their own suffering, the world will never be the utopia that we all so desperately chase in our imagination.

Biggins

...because unlike a computer systems based on binary previous input programmed replys/answers of positives and negatives, we are human and there are many more variables which we spew forth in fumbling attempts to achieve a correct outcome while intermingling those results on an emotional level too.

Short answer, we're prone to be stupid by our natural nature and mental characteristics.

Dudess

TheMoose wrote: »

With all the do-goodery and save the world types about the place these days, why do things seem to get worse as the years pass and not better?

True. Things are a whole lot worse since the Dark Ages.

imeddyhobbs

drunken_munky52 wrote: »

Sorry, but that's a big opinion also.

Idealistic is good, but it needs so hop on to the next stone, whichmore and more people are doing these days.

The real crisis in the world today is consciousness... people are not aware of its presence and this gives rise to more division. Until people see human suffering as part of their own suffering, the world will never be the utopia that we all so desperately chase in our imagination.

I know what you mean but this point is rarely explained properly so that people can understand it.

Biggins

drunken_munky52 wrote: »

Sorry, but that's a big opinion also.

Idealistic is good, but it needs so hop on to the next stone, which more and more people are doing these days.

The real crisis in the world today is consciousness... people are not aware of its presence and this gives rise to more division. Until people see human suffering as part of their own suffering, the world will never be the utopia that we all so desperately chase in our imagination.

Sounds like the smatterings of the fundamental basics of Buddhism to be honest and its four noble truths (HERE).

imeddyhobbs

Dudess wrote: »

True. Things are a whole lot worse since the Dark Ages.

Thats a simplistic way of looking at it,we are all a hell of a lot smarter now,you cant just something like that.

Dudess

The opening post is also very simplistic. It's just an excuse to sock it to those... liberals!!!

drunken_munky52

imeddyhobbs wrote: »

I know what you mean but this point is rarely explained properly so that people can understand it.

I know what you mean... people will go to mass and listen to the same old story over and over and still not understand it. Yet when one trys to explain this simple message like I did above, to a normal person you get ostracized

Biggins wrote: »

Sounds like the smatterings of the fundamental basics of Buddhism to be honest.

There may be similarities but I dont follow Buddhism altough I have great respect for spiritual teachings. I'm mostly an admirer of Jiddu Krishnamurti's seminars.

Ziggurat

Dudess wrote: »

True. Things are a whole lot worse since the Dark Ages.

Precisely. Back then you only had to worry about the tiniest of wounds killing you because of a lack of any real medical knowledge, being set upon by bandits, conscripted into a military force with no training or equipment (beyond what you could provide yourself), the Black Death, the Plague, very real and endemic privation, exposure, rape and pillage by aforementioned peasant armies, accusations of heresy, accusations of witchcraft...

Now? Well now you have to worry about...hmm...tv license inspectors? Ghastly, isn't it.

imeddyhobbs

Dudess wrote: »

The opening post is also very simplistic. It's just an excuse to sock it to those... liberals!!!

It poses a genuine question without categorization

Latchy

imeddyhobbs wrote: »

Thats a simplistic way of looking at it,we are all a hell of a lot smarter now,you cant just something like that.

Well leaving aside natural disaters such as Hati were millions of ordinary people donate what they can to aliviate the suffering of millions of others what else can be done ? We are a helluva lot smater yes but it's the people who have the power , politics and politicians , what call the shots at the end of the day , always has being like that so nothing ever changes really .

Celly Smunt

Because nothing in the world works the way you think it does.

imeddyhobbs

Ziggurat wrote: »

Precisely. Back then you only had to worry about the tiniest of wounds killing you because of a lack of any real medical knowledge, being set upon by bandits, conscripted into a military force with no training or equipment (beyond what you could provide yourself), the Black Death, the Plague, very real and endemic privation, exposure, rape and pillage by aforementioned peasant armies, accusations of heresy, accusations of witchcraft...

Now? Well now you have to worry about...hmm...tv license inspectors? Ghastly, isn't it.

I dont think we are talking about this..Be serious

Ziggurat

I was. Some people have no concept of perspective.

imeddyhobbs

Ziggurat wrote: »

I was. Some people have no concept of perspective.

Do you?

Ziggurat

More than most here, I'd wager.

AlmightyCushion

TheMoose is a re-reg so I'm closing the thread.