Benefits

[racefactory]

I doubt we will see another war big enough to achieve that, I think what is more likely to happen (actually is already happening) is a widespread collapse of the planet's ability to sustain us resulting in mass starvation in some areas and widespread emigration to areas that are able to provide food and water. A very small percentage of the population are able to insulate themselves, and here in dear little NZ we are well set to weather the storm - except for the fact that a lot of people are already looking at us as a place to go.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Given the crash course we are headed on at the moment, It looks like there will be huge famine ahead in our lifetimes as our artificial pyramid scheme continues to collapse on itself. Food and water will be the real currency.

Luckily we won't have such a hard time fighting off the influx of dying and desperate as we are in an excellent geographical position and our waters should take care of that for us. That's if we don't spawn too many of ourselves here first...

[imdying]

I doubt we will see another war big enough to achieve that, I think what is more likely to happen (actually is already happening) is a widespread collapse of the planet's ability to sustain us resulting in mass starvation in some areas and widespread emigration to areas that are able to provide food and water. A very small percentage of the population are able to insulate themselves, and here in dear little NZ we are well set to weather the storm - except for the fact that a lot of people are already looking at us as a place to go.

Fun times in Tahoe... or is that Thames?

[imdying]

That's really it though isn't it, what the world really needs right now is a war to fix everything and then we can have fun starting the viscous cycle all over again.

Given that's how we roll, I don't see how anybody can have anything but utter disgust for humanity.

Fuck humanity, not worth saving.

[BoristheBiter]

Given that's how we roll, I don't see anybody can have anything but utter disgust in humanity.

Fuck humanity, not worth saving.

i knew we would find something we agree on.

[BoristheBiter]

I doubt we will see another war big enough to achieve that, I think what is more likely to happen (actually is already happening) is a widespread collapse of the planet's ability to sustain us resulting in mass starvation in some areas and widespread emigration to areas that are able to provide food and water. A very small percentage of the population are able to insulate themselves, and here in dear little NZ we are well set to weather the storm - except for the fact that a lot of people are already looking at us as a place to go.

It has been this way for years.
It started with band-aid,over 22 billion has been spent in Africa and it is still the same. Its about time we just let it run its course.

[imdying]

i knew we would find something we agree on.

Well now we have that and the GSXR750 being an awesome motorcycle. Next we'll be sitting around smoking a joint and singing kumbaya

[BoristheBiter]

Well now we have that and the GSXR750 being an awesome motorcycle. Next we'll be sitting around smoking a joint and singing kumbaya

God help us all.

[shrub]

It has been this way for years.
It started with band-aid,over 22 billion has been spent in Africa and it is still the same. Its about time we just let it run its course.

Aid has been really bad for Africa. I won't expand because it is a huge and complex problem that would take about 20 pages to even summarise, but the aid industry has turned what should be an incredibly rich continent into a disaster. I read a very good book a few months ago called Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong which described how aid had been subverted by first Daniel Moi then Mwai Kibaki to build empires based on tribal loyalties. A lovely example of where aid went wrong was President Mobutu having a chartered Concorde on standby because he believed none of his other jets were fast enough.

As for leaving Africa to run it's course, tempting as that may be, if we do there will be massive impacts on the west.

[BoristheBiter]

Aid has been really bad for Africa. I won't expand because it is a huge and complex problem that would take about 20 pages to even summarise, but the aid industry has turned what should be an incredibly rich continent into a disaster. I read a very good book a few months ago called Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong which described how aid had been subverted by first Daniel Moi then Mwai Kibaki to build empires based on tribal loyalties. A lovely example of where aid went wrong was President Mobutu having a chartered Concorde on standby because he believed none of his other jets were fast enough.

As for leaving Africa to run it's course, tempting as that may be, if we do there will be massive impacts on the west.

You said something about a war??

[shrub]

You said something about a war??

Civil wars in Africa are tipped to increase, but Africa has a minimal environmental footprint so even if you wiped out the entire population it would have about the impact of wiping out Belgium.

[insane1]

pray tell me why is it that most of the bludgers on the dole are either maori/cocunuts ,or women of the same race who get pregnant and keep doing so to stay on the dole,is a choice they make or are they to bloody lazy to do anything else.

[imdying]

pray tell me why is it that most of the bludgers on the dole are either maori/cocunuts

It's your perception (which doesn't make it a fact) because you live in Auckland. Plenty of lazy pale faced honkys down here.

[insane1]

nah it"s just a comment not fact,but it would seem it"s mainly coconuts/maoris being dole bludgers .

[mashman]

nah it"s just a comment not fact,but it would seem it"s mainly coconuts/maoris being dole bludgers .

take yer sunnies awf

[imdying]

nah it"s just a comment not fact,but it would seem it"s mainly coconuts/maoris being dole bludgers .

This might help:

Key points:

At the end of February 2011, there were 64,308 people throughout New Zealand on unemployment-related benefits.
The majority (70%) were male.
By ethnicity, 36% were Māori and 10% were Pacific peoples.
By age group, 32% were youth aged 18-24 years.
In the three months to March 2011, 41% of people granted an unemployment benefit had either not been recently employed or had never worked.
In the three months to March 2011, only 4% of people granted an unemployment benefit listed their previous occupation as professional or technical workers