Is this a better  way to separate the wheat from the chaff of humanity?
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I'm so glad I took time out of my life to click on those links.\n\nSo very glad.
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By most reports (including yours) it appears to be getting worse.\n\nHowever,you have the solution. Let's just work together to promote it, OK?\n\nI would like to share a radical idea with you. Let's no longer refer to ourselves as members of the human race. For being human implies that we have imperfection in the eyes of others (you know, "I'm only human, born to make mistakes"). \n\nThe phrase "Human Family" seems like an oxymoron these days with so much division and emphasis on differences.\n\nLet's all get along. And as you sorta said, Love ourselves!\n\nPeace.
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If I were a farmer with a large flock of sheep, the last person I would want looking after them is God.  \n\nMind you, on the basis of some of these answers, I think I might elect to keep something other than sheep anyway.  \n\nEvolution is indeed a pitifully slow process!
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No. Always be prepared to plant the seed of reason. It will not always find a fertile spot in the swamps of dogma, but when it does you may see the blooming of a great thinker, a scientist, a philosopher. If nothing else, you will have made it possible for someone to value humanity on its own terms.
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Yes it is and I can't stand it. I think we should all be our own country and stay out of others..mind our own business...honestly...I think someone should hit that big red button and fix all the problems in 2 seconds. Wouldn't it make the world so much better?! haha!
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Some people already do, you know.  There are people who are able to set aside prejudice, at least on a person-by-person basis.  \n\nUnfortunately, race, religion, and lifestyle often encompass pretty radical behaviors that can't fail to separate and divide people. One can make the case that some of the more extreme behaviors are designed to alienate others.  As well, extremely differing lifestyles are the result of differing economies, which are hugely disparate around the world.  \n\nSo, I guess, when everybody can put aside their extremism, whatever its origins, we'll be able to find more common ground with one another.  \n\nWe're entering into an era of global interaction on an individual level.   English, the 'language of commerce' like it or not, looks to be becoming the language of the global community.  The Internet already provides us with the method, all we have to do is be able to speak the same language enough to start communicating.   If we find we all have more in common than we do dividing us, average people may be able to succeed where heads of state have failed, in making peace.  Eventually.
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Absolutely. The system is inherently flawed in many ways. However, my main criticism stems from the deep polarization that this system causes within the country. It's like two major religions duking it out. Everyone is far more interested in pointing out what the "other side's" flaws are than in doing anything productive, and consequentially things rarely get done. There is a pervasive "my side is right no matter what" mentallity, and I for one am sick of it. When you have some free time, read some of my other posts. Occasionaly, my answers only display my bizzare sense of humor, but most of them offer a balanced perspective. Many of them directly relate to this topic. Good question!
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it's a great idea!!!! \nhttp://ailf.org/ipc/fairdistortion.asp\nhttp://humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13889
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Well -- it could be better, sure.\n\nBut, when you consider the alternatives:\n\n(1)  For example, the Chinese government, which arrests law abiding citizens just because they hold Bible studies.   Keep them locked up for years.\n\n(2)  China also harvests the organs of political prisoners (there are reports they are simply killed for the organs).\n\n(3)  Think of the extreme governments around the world that hold their women to sub-servient roles, denying them education or career advancement.\n\n(4)  Despotic tribal governments which are conducting acts of genocide on refugee camps, or their own people fleeing the destruction of their own villages.\n\nYou read about this, and you often think, "Didn't this happen in the Dark Ages?"   Sadly, it's a reality that affects over half the planet.   Yes, over half.\n\nSo, while our government can always use improvement, I am grateful to live here.   And, if you really want to change America, you CAN make a difference.
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yes, its the only way to get support for their fake wars & maniacal policies. it really strikes up the patriot in the gullible. proven to work over the last 3000 years.
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We are an amazingly divided people and need to get over our petty differences if we ever hope to do anything good on a large scale.\n\nGetting rid of Bush would also be nice.
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These are really good points. I mean it's about time someone proves to the world that we don't make this all up and that they need to broaden their horizons. Thanks for making the world a little easier to live in.
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You have a good point there, in fact lets get rid of anything which maybe deemed as religious and that would stop all fighting as well as crulty in the world. Only trouble then, we would all have to live together happily. Good question, it would be great if the so called leaders of the churches and the worlds countrys take few minutes to think over this one.
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Is this for homework?\n\nGoogle it, but here's a hint - it's SERF
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Never. It's not time to gloat. Both main parties have been sitting on their hands only thinking about their own necks, not about what is best for our country. \nThere is on reason to qloat.
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Yes. Too many people that are ripping off the government using the welfare system. Also, welfare is not a permanent solution, but is a helping hand until you get on your own two feet.
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Leaving people and places better than when we found them sounds like an excellent goal in life, don't you think?  It is not all roses and butterflies, as sometimes we must argue against what is unjust and unfair....and confronting those users and abusers in our lives with the truth.....not fun - not pretty but, still a manner of leaving people and places better off.