Sad testimony to greed

[rustyrobot]

A world wide limit on people might help.

Give it 30 years and we'll be shipping the second class citizens off on one-way trips to terra-form Mars. It's going to be the new Australia.

Starting with Nick from Shortland Street.

[mashman]

Is it really the rubbish or is it the raping of fish species? A world wide limit on net and catch sizes might help.

If it were just the fish and not the rubbish, I'd dispatch every sub I had at my command to blow any vessel out of the water that wasn't using a rod to catch fish.

[Zedder]

Give it 30 years and we'll be shipping the second class citizens off on one-way trips to terra-form Mars. It's going to be the new Australia.

Starting with Nick from Shortland Street.

Ha ha, Neutralising Arseholes by Space Adventure.

[Tazz]

Give it 30 years and we'll be shipping the second class citizens off on one-way trips to terra-form Mars. It's going to be the new Australia.

Starting with Nick from Shortland Street.

If you're not already a Douglas Adams fan I guarantee you would be XD

[Banditbandit]

Give it 30 years and we'll be shipping the second class citizens off on one-way trips to terra-form Mars. It's going to be the new Australia.

Starting with Nick from Shortland Street.

OOOoooo ... can we nominate who we are going to send on a one-way ticket to Mars ???

[carver]

Tobacco imports should be banned. Just my 2c. That, or tax the buggery out of imports (3 or 4 times current taxes) and put that $$ to better use - not politicians credit card bills for prostitutes.

you might find it becomes a bit like marijuana now

[SPman]

Er, no. They are bigger pigs than the last generation. Heart breaking.

I don't think so - just no better than the last, or earlier generations. Unthinkingnessseems to spread across all generations and time......the Maori didn't institute all their conservation ideas until they almost starved to death by wiping out all the easily obtained sources of food. A lot of the destruction is caused by old fashioned thoughtlessness - little thought at all to downstream repercussions, - "as long as it doesn't directly affect me now and here, why should I worry" type of thoughtlessness, and from there, it's just a short step to the "how much can I make out of it, now" attitude, which will ultimately fuck us all!

[mashman]

I don't think so - just no better than the last, or earlier generations. Unthinkingnessseems to spread across all generations and time......the Maori didn't institute all their conservation ideas until they almost starved to death by wiping out all the easily obtained sources of food. A lot of the destruction is caused by old fashioned thoughtlessness - little thought at all to downstream repercussions, - "as long as it doesn't directly affect me now and here, why should I worry" type of thoughtlessness, and from there, it's just a short step to the "how much can I make out of it, now" attitude, which will ultimately fuck us all!

We're not taught to care because maths is more important.

[Akzle]

You need to look at it this way.
A smoker lives 10 years less than a non smoker.
That's 10 years less on goverbent super fund and medical care for hip replacements and so on.
Maybe we should encourage smoking and not tax it at all.

there was a brilliant blag, that suggested we make the retirement age 50, force all retirees to take up smoking. it solves the employment problems, the healthcare problems and a swag of other shit. meeb one of the enlightened KBs knows it....

[avgas]

The ocean isn't broken. It has a fever.

Don't worry I will dump some drugs and chemicals in it for you.

[avgas]

We're not taught to care because maths is more important.

Maths is important. It shows how much I don't care.
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Its this much by the way

[Smifffy]

Wonder where the me me me generation got their me me me attitude from . It is learned behaviour.

And we let them get away with it. It's not all tourists either. Take a walk in any resdidential area away from the tourist routes, and there'll still be plenty of litter to be seen.

Fairly certain that neither the residents, nor the tourists would be so free with their refuse in Singapore though.

[Katman]

Maths is important. It shows how much I don't care.
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Its this much by the way

That's > than I do.

[george formby]

Dunno about you, but I'm gonna think positive thoughts and the problem will sort itself

Well, positive thinking is healthy & positive actions are educational.

Where did the me me me come from? Technology. Behaviour is learned because we learn to adapt for our instinctive advantage. If we just imitated this conversation would never happen.
Read somewhere that we have more sensory input in one day than a person 200 years ago had in a lifetime. Freaky thought unless you like chunky boots or sails.

The Oceans? Fooked for the time being. Salinity & PH are changing, temperatures are varying, deep ocean currents are quietly & slowly spreading our toxins everywhere. The dominoes are teetering.

Onwards & upwards nevertheless. From little acorns... etc.

[george formby]

I don't think so - just no better than the last, or earlier generations. Unthinkingnessseems to spread across all generations and time......the Maori didn't institute all their conservation ideas until they almost starved to death by wiping out all the easily obtained sources of food. A lot of the destruction is caused by old fashioned thoughtlessness - little thought at all to downstream repercussions, - "as long as it doesn't directly affect me now and here, why should I worry" type of thoughtlessness, and from there, it's just a short step to the "how much can I make out of it, now" attitude, which will ultimately fuck us all!

I totally agree, it's the lack of consideration, application, thinking. Living habitually without interest or consequence. Most people through all times I guess.
Prolly more accurately, this aspect of our nature is more destructive the more we have available to us. Ban money.