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Making allowances for the fall of Civilisation

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  • #32
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    Gurgle wrote: »
    I don't buy this.
    This is why I said it is a debatable theory, which in turn is the only reason I can think of why someone might believe that countries that lack freedom of speech may be a threat to our (Western) society. In other words, I was agreeing with you that such a belief is more a product of propaganda than reason.

    If I were to suggest a 'rot' in Western society, it's that we've become pretty decadent. When you start hearing social groups arguing that people have a basic human right to the Internet or to a PlayStation, it doesn't take much imagination as to how we'll fare should some catastrophe befall us.


  • #33
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    The Corinthian wrote: »
    This is why I said it is a debatable theory
    I wasn't arguing with your point, I was adding to it. :D
    The Corinthian wrote: »
    When you start hearing social groups arguing that people have a basic human right to the Internet or to a PlayStation, it doesn't take much imagination as to how we'll fare should some catastrophe befall us.
    At least we can be sure we'll have something to eat... tender, juicy spit-roasted keyboard warrior :P


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