what will 2000+ forebode?
R. DuFresne
It's interesting to note we left 1999 and an old millennium behind with on
third (1/3) of the worlds nations at war, not too much better then how we
ushered in the 1900's. And while we are being blasted with statistics
that boast the lowest crime rates in years, we also have a prison populace
that exceeds the numbers of all time (approximately 2 million in the US
alone). We can;t forget the 1960's, we haven't tried all the terrorist's
from that era, nor forgotten the strife of setting a people truly free
and the rage that swept through the jungles of far away places and peoples
and tore at the fabric of American home-life. In the last quarter of the
1900's we saw a rock icon die in the streets as John Lennon was killed,
and the closing moments of 1999 saw yet another of those legends, George
Harrison laying in a hospital bed from an assault in his own home...
We can only see where we are going by examining where we have been. And
in just 100 years, let alone the thousands that have passed before, we
have seen alot. We saw the world go to war twice, and almost a third and
perhaps forth time. Humanity had reached the depths of perversion and yet
struggled again and again to rise up from the slime and mud and
destruction, only to find new depths to sink into oft and again. We
reached the moon, and traversed the planets, stars, and solar system.
Moving the parts from one human body to another is almost second nature,
as we ride the brink of cloning ourselves at this very minute. Yet, even
in the United States, children die of hunger each and everyday, and they
rot in poverty, killing one another, amongst the garbage piling in the
alleyways.
We've got machines that talk and sing to us. They can make our coffee and
prepare our food to suit our schedules. We've got machines that do it
all, almost, accept have our babies and raise our kids, if we decide not
to mention the television. Millions and billions are no longer big
numbers to comprehend, we have a world economy that vastly exceeds those
limits yearly, soon to be daily?
Where are we going? I'm not sure, I'm still trying to ingest where we
have been...
Laterer,
Ron DuFresne
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<Pine.LNX.4.05.100010...@darkstar.sysinfo.com>, "R.
DuFresne" <dufr...@sysinfo.com> wrote:
> Where are we going? I'm not sure, I'm still trying to ingest where we
> have been...
I think you need to visit a clinic and consider ingesting some prozac.
We are today at the time and place where everyone before us has dreamed
of being. We are the richest people in the richest land in all of
history. We have such cheap food that much of our population is getting
overweight, such cheap energy that we can waste it on decorative lighting
and fake fireplaces, and unprecented freedom of movement, thought,
employment, and leisure. If there was a god, one might think that we
were his chosen poeple.
> It's interesting to note we left 1999 and an old millennium behind with on
> third (1/3) of the worlds nations at war, not too much better then how we
> ushered in the 1900's.
That simply is not true. Of the nearly 200 nations that are part of the
United Nations, there are exactly zero declared country to country wars
going on right now. Yes, there are some conflicts, mostly based on
nationalism, but hardly of the scale and repression that we saw during
the colonial era 100 years ago.
On the contrary, what is remarkable as we move into the year 2000, is
the peace and tranquity amoung the 50 top ecomonic powers on this
planet. Other than China, there is near universal peace and harmony.
In the past, the big economic powers were nearly always at war with
each other.
> And while we are being blasted with statistics
> that boast the lowest crime rates in years, we also have a prison populace
> that exceeds the numbers of all time (approximately 2 million in the US
> alone).
If you go back in history, you will learn that crime against people
was a horrible problem. At times, as many as 1 out of 8 women in
europe were tortured and killed as witches. Males were the victums
of murder at rates an order of magnitude of the rate today.
In the past, the life of an average peasant was short, brutal,
and ugly. Today, life in the USA is anything but that. It is time
for people to step forward, recognize this, be thankful for what they
have, and honor those who have given their lives in the defense of
our liberty and way of life. If you I am wrong, then you owe yourself
a trip down south to check out life in Nogalas or Juarez and see what
their life is like.
-john-
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