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The biggest threat to mankind. What will end the world as we know ?
Does the world need to be saved ? Are we heading toward an inevitable extinction ? will that be a new generation bomb ? or will it be pollution ? will it be depletion of natural resources ? or will the machines be our killers as it is suggested in many sci-fi stories ?
Barry Palmer
Jun 19 2012: Rick Thompson: "Apathy and stupidity will end us all"
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Allen Macdougall has a very important point. As I see it, the key word in his submission is "Unless."
Mankind is capable of change, but if history is any indication, we will retain our selfish, shortsighted behaviors until forced to change.
Personally I think a natural disaster will trigger our demise, but the actual reason behind it will be our apathy and stupidity, which will keep us from preparing for it. We are becoming more and more dependent on technology that is becoming more and more complex in a world that is more and more interconnected. One day a small asteroid (or an earthquake, an epidemic, a terrorist attack, a bad hurricane or tsunami) will wipe out a city, possibly a small one. We will soon learn that this city supplies some crucial pieces of technology that we all depend on, and the real know-how for building this technology has all been lost. Because the globe is so interconnected, this will cause a cascade of economic failure around the globe followed by widespread death from starvation, or cold, or heat, or thirst. With each persons death more knowledge is lost, accelerating the cascade, and in the end if anyone survives they will be living a stone age existence.
Jun 20 2012: There will be broken cars without spare parts everywhere. phones without the cellular network etc ...
I see your point.
what can we do for the apathy ? stupidity can be addressed with education but apathy is an inner attribute and I see nothing changing in people watching children killed in war on late night news. may be we are so over-fed by the news on pollution, depletion of resources and people dying in wars ...or are we under-informed about them ?Jun 19 2012: The planet is very resilient to disasters, and will bounce back into equilibrium no matter what we do. The same may be true of mankind - but our path towards equilibrium will be painful.
Rightly or wrongly, this is how I see it:
The biggest threat to mankind might be a period of 'normalising' of population numbers, as we are forced to veer away from the unsustainable practice of unbridled consumption on the back of easily available, cheap - and ultimately finite - natural resources.
Unless a dramatic sea-change of morals, ethics and natural justice happens in the areas of politics and economics, then the poorer countries will initially suffer the most from this population loss, through drought, famine and mass migration (exacerbated further by climate change). Next will be population loss through war, as the wealthier countries fight each other for remaining fossil fuels, by now fast dwindling through their own military consumption. The remaining populations in the northern latitudes will try to heat their homes with biomass (in the absence of fossil fuels), so there may be a period of unsustainable levels of deforestation, ultimately further depleting population numbers.
What remains will be a population culled by our own stupidity, and a world trashed by blind consumption.
The planet will re-green itself. Mankind has a choice either of living sustainably on what remains, or of searching for the next resource that will cause our population to explode again. Which will it be? Can technology help? Can technology only exist in an era of cheap, plentiful fuel?
This doom-laden scenario may have some truth in it, or it may not. The point I'm trying to get across is that lessons can be learnt right now by the many glaring mistakes we are making, instead of sleepwalking into the possible disaster outlined above.
Is the future one full of ideas of space exploration and incredible labour-saving technology - or is the future primitive?
Jun 20 2012: Dear Allan,
You described it so well that I almost saw it in front of my eyes ... and It was frightening.
You have considered the image you described inevitable UNLESS we change. and I think change is very unlikely because we have not solved the conflicts in communication and unfortunately we will be heading toward future primitive.
nature likes equilibrium, as you mentioned it will always bounce back into equilibrium but mankind has proven to be against equilibrium and whatever we do we are messing with the balance enforced by nature ... I think this is the main reason we are doomed.
Jun 19 2012: The greatest threat to mankind are idealists that are unable to perceive reality accurately. We do not see reality as it actually is but interpret it through filters of personal, national, and religious prejudices. If everyone sees reality as it is, then we will all recognize our common shared humanity and the value of human life everywhere will be high. But the more that prejudice will filter what we see, the more likely we are to dehumanize others and call them less than human. If everyone perceives everyone else through their own filtered reality, then the value of human life every where is low.
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Barry Palmer
Jun 20 2012: While I agree with your idea that we should strive to recognize our common shared humanity, I must take issue with your ideas about perception. I remember taking a logic class many years ago in which we discussed this problem of filters. It is literally impossible to exist as a human without filters and prejudices. The very nature of consciousness requires a filter, in that we can only be conscious of one thing at a time, and there must be a method (filter) of choosing what we are conscious of at any particular moment. Reality is just too big and too complicated to know it as it truly is. Science understands this, and attempts to build models of reality that make the universe understandable. Rather than trying to comprehend an "objective" reality, we can try to understand each others view points.
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We cannot completely rid ourselves of filters and prejudices, but we can become aware of them and make better choices. We can choose to try to empathize with all humans, regardless of their beliefs.
Jun 20 2012: The problem isn't the filter, the problem comes from not having a feedback loop to verify that the filter is accurate. Remember the story of the WSJ reporter who wrote false but sensational articles that cited fictional people, but particularly the part how the rest of the media simply repackaged and copied what he said without verifying his sources?
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The fundamental point of all science is showcased in Galileo's trial. He checked the validty of his filter and found it to be false, and uncovered objective truth through evidence, while the church held fast and flexed its power even though it was wrong. If people do not have the ability to verify that what they think is true or not, it will only be a matter of time before such people have access to doomsday weapons and seek to destroy other people not for what they have actually done, but what such delusional people imagined they have done. It's a lot like two psychotic people in a room full of people trying to kill imaginary beings with real weapons.
Jun 20 2012: Dear Philip and Barry,
What a wonderful discussion. this small part of this conversation deserves to start a new conversation for itself.
I agree with Philip's idea of filters being the problem and I see examples of that causing conflicts everyday. I can also understand the point of Barry which is logically true and scientifically human mind can not understand the whole picture. Brain can only think about 6+_2 items simultaneously and that is why the image we see is very small and not reflecting the whole reality. we also have the tendency to believe in things which destroys the possibility of doubt and understanding each others points of views.
The problem is that mankind is too sure. there are only a few people with the ability of checking the validity of their arguments. the rest is almost always sure and worse than that have faith ! in something which closes all the doors to analyzing and exploring the truth.
How is it possible to persuade those closed minds with weapons in their hands to re-think and open their eyes to other possible truths other than their own ? personally I have no hope in that and the last scene Philip painted seems inevitable.Jun 21 2012: I wish I had a better answer, but unfortunately I agree with you both.
In my experience, it is nearly impossible to change the thinking of an adult that has no interest in discovering the flaws in his/her own thinking. In other words, a closed mind is indeed closed.
As long as we have people like Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush in this world, violence is inevitable.
Gail .
Jul 16 2012: Behind all of the woes that you offer, there are two things that bring them into being.
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1. It is a very rare person who is functionallly educated - not matter how many doctorates one may have.
2. Our current economic model (that is sustained by enforced ignorance by calling diseducation education) is sustained by war, depletion of natural resources, and human potential.
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Jun 27 2012: I sincerely doubt your kindness as your comment is ambiguous, which is typical of someone who is less than forthright and has the intention of subterfuge.
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Jun 27 2012: Right back at you.Jun 25 2012: The biggest threat to mankind is that we fail to wake in time to realize we have to take a radical departure from consumerism and step even beyond mere sustainability to tthiveability..to conviviocracy. We need to step toward stewardship for present people, present earth,e; stewardship for future people, future earth.
Jun 25 2012: Thank you for adding a wonderful word to my lexicon! Conviviocracy! I always loved Ivan Illich's term "Tools for Conviviality".
Jun 26 2012: Hi Mike, glad you readily recognized the meaning of "coviviocracy" I made it up in the context of a search for a fuller vocabulary to envision a more inclusive and thriveable global and local community. It was inspired by a young activist named Erin in Mexico and by fellow tedster and favorite collaborator here Jaime Lubin, also Mexican.
As Sina discovered wandering though our exploration of a new and more powerful vocabulary for envisioning new geo political possibilities we covered lots of interesting ground closely related to the heart of this conversation:
http://www.ted.com/conversations/6953/occupy_a_new_vocabulary_learni.htmlJun 26 2012: Lindsay,
English is my fourth language and I had to look up the word "Conviviocracy" in the dictionary and then google it to make sure I really understand the concept and that's how I came up with your own conversation http://www.ted.com/conversations/6953/occupy_a_new_vocabulary_learni.html
I enjoyed surfing the comments and I was blown away to see the word "UBUNTU" there.
I love this word and the great philosophy of Ubuntu.and I think It can also be an excellent addition to this conversation.
I have used it in my video a few years ago:
Jun 26 2012: Sina,
You are a marvel.
Yes inspired by fellow Tedster and favorite collaborator Jaime Lubin & a young Mexican activist named Erin from Occupy Cafe I made up that word to express a vision of something bigger than democracy and more humanely centered than capitalism and continual growth.,
I tried to add it to wictionary but a word has to be in use before it can be added.
I many ways UBUNTU is the same thing as what I meant in inventing the word "conviviocracy".
Words inadvertently get worn out and come to limit our thinking and speaking when we are looking to fresh new ways of living together and governing ourselves.. Buckminster Fuller understood this. He actually went into silence for two years before he started his famous work ..in part he was trying to understand how one poor marginalized creature's life could "belong to humanity" and serve humanity and in part he was looking for a new vocabulary to express the radically importantly different ideas he was bringing to the world through his designs. ( He was challenged by a voice just as he was about to commit suicide that said to him "What do you think you are doing? Your life doesn't belong to you. It is not yours to take. It belongs to all of humanity")
Thanks for sharing your You Tube video and its empowering message.
Rob Clark
Jun 24 2012: The biggest threat to the existence of everything on this planet is fear.
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Fear clouds judgement and sparks panic. I think most importantly though people need to stop living in fear and just get on with life. Worrying won't solve anything. In the end, everything has it's time.
Jun 25 2012: I posted this TED link at the bottom of this page in question to another post about fear. What do you think? http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full.html
Jun 26 2012: Another really great video,
This video touches one of the major problems of our economic system. With the monetary reward system you have to ask one major question, where does the money come from? Without a source of money you can't offer the reward, encouraging the search for profit in order to offer the rewards.
The problem is, not everything that needs to be done in this world maximizes profit. This leaves the world deeply involved in something that isn't directly solving the problems the world needs to solve, and in some cases it is working against solving these problems. Often we are forced to think about money before we can think about the actual problem.
Money is a major distraction, and our problems are looming as we struggle against the monetary current. We need to look more critically at the base of this system. If we continue to use it, we have to make solving the world's problems profitable. Something is going to give, what will it be…Jun 25 2012: The idea that fear will end us all has been suggested and I agree with you. I should also add that what makes the problem worse is the fact that Those who should fear, do not ... and those who do fear shall not.Jun 23 2012: Continued from the previous post...
Having said all that, now we can see, mankind has created all the possibilites - politically, naturally and economically - to destroy his own race. Nature might even favor the need since it needs its own survival. At the same time, if we take the fact which I previously mentioned - "Nature keeps all its extinct species in their simple forms" - we can say not the entire mankind would fall extinct. There'd be a little amount of population that might survive the danger.
And this population would have survived the extinct because they might have reached the next step of evolution, may be by learning from mistakes or by totally understanding the social structure by it's original value, which is that a human needs another human, another living being and the whole system of nature for his own survival.
If you wonder, how that big evolution step could be, I'd like to give you all a hint which might ignite your answer or exploration towards the answer. There were and are a lot of philosophers and people like Nietzche, Jesus, Buddha who attempted, said and searched for one simple idea by identifying the need for it.. NEW MAN.... :)
Jun 25 2012: This is the most thought provoking comment I received in this conversation, I must admit.
and you have a beautiful way of putting it that doubles the effect.
we are all talking about the concept of NEW MAN without knowing it. all the talks we have on the NEW WORLD indirectly includes the emergence of a NEW MAN that either creates or lives in it.
I would rather survive the possible self-termination of mankind and not continue life as happy monkeys under the moonlight by the seashore as Mike suggests and instead be sophisticated enough to solve communication conflicts. Isn't it possible ?
Jun 26 2012: Yeah.. Might be possible Sina. This idea of New Man got lot of physical, mental, socialogical attributes to it.
As all species live in different groups, Homosapiens too happened to live in various groups for different reasons. Particularly, in anthropological view the blood lineage became an important reason to facilitate legal sexual bonds to produce legitimate heirs who can be accounted to the society unit. And we all know what this has turned into. Groups became castes, religions and then they became business enterprises wanting more consumers and so created God as product. Naturally as the number of groups increased, the conflicts between them increased creating invasions, countries, so on and so forth.
What a man needs basically and why he needs it? Happiness? If we can bifurcate this idea, as they say, being happy is an art. The beauty of truth is that it is so simple to understand but man's preconclusive nature is making this realisation to be very far from understanding.
As long as we give the reason to be happy to others or tools, we not gonna achieve it, since they or those tools doesn't have the necessity to make us happy anyways. We fail to understand that those people or tools actually become separate entities which in turn create goals, ideas for their own survival.
For an animal, to be in group, is a factor of convenience. But if it happens to be alone it's got its own instinct to survive. But for man, living in group, is a factor of necessity. If he happens to be alone, he won't survive. Because his instinct of survival is directly proportional to his interaction with society. The problem is when man uses this necessity for his convenience.Jun 26 2012: The animal instinct which is man's subconscious mind(when I say Mind, I use the term as a metaphor of brain and dna combinations) inherits the residue of our ancestral animals(not just human ancestors). But the conscious mind, on the contrary, has formulated an entirely different mind which is not used to this subconscious any time before (because no ancestral species needed a friendly chat while having coffee). Thus a man gets ripped off between his animal instinct and human instict. The basic idea of these conflicts is that subconscious feelings are getting suppressed. These feelings usually would be lust for life, lust for money, lust for fame, lust for identity and so on.
So now humans are in a juncture where they have to choose either the subconscious mind or the conscious mind to take upper hand. In a way, they have to annihilate any of these two. Eliminating the conscious mind would retain us as animals. Eliminating the subconscious mind would take us to the next step of evolution.
Seeing the world's condition we can say what we seeing is the lust for winning. This lust for winning could be for fame, money or identity. This demolishes the purpose of nature in evoluting man to a completely different form giving the responsibility of his own survival by cutting off from the previous nodes, leading to completely a new tree of evolution. That's the NEW MAN.
Man has succeeded a little in this purpose by forming a society with relations and values. But he failed miserably in taking this to next level. He's having the animal instinct of looking for his own survival instead of looking for the whole mankind's survival.Jun 26 2012: One can see a contradiction here. A man relies on society till he grows up and then he neglects it. Needless to say it's from the society a man takes all his inputs before and after his growth. We can conceive one thing in this. That is idea to form a society is right because it's the nature's need for man's survival. But the way he has formed the society is not right because it's against the nature, which in turn, is against his own survival.
A society where the man's living is to help other men and where the man's happiness has become intuitive would be the New Society and that man would be the New Man.Jun 23 2012: Biggest threat for mankind is mankind itself. No other species has endangered the very system in which it can survive.
As we have seen in the evolution, evidently nature hasn't extincted any species completely. If we say, dinosaurs are extincted, we still can see nature retaining that species in its simple forms like crocodiles, lizards etc. Nature has always designed its models in such a way that the model itself would be the reason for its survival or its end which depends upon the way it survives. Thus man becomes the sole responsibility for his extinction.
The next step of evolution ? That's a big question with a lot of answers or I'd say speculations. If I may add one :)
The next step of evolution might not occur physically but mentally, which are the ways a brain could relate and evolve the social relations. We all know the occurrence of Homosapiens needed various forms to be tested like Neanderthals for instance. Homosapiens survived because of one factor which is his ability to adopt. He had the ability to form a social structure of his kind which doesn't rely on nature completely for its survival as the other species does. So if we speculate, with the fact that Homosapiens managed to survive such long years after going through various branches of the species tree, we can derive that Nature's purpose of evoluting Homosapiens through the various branches of species tree is to make him consume his brain for his survival.
To be continued....
Jun 25 2012: I agree R John that we are our own biggest risk. Makes me reflect on the idea of devolution. Perhaps we would be better off from a long-term survival perspective by losing some of the complexity of our pre-frontal cortex... and once again be happy little seashore apes gathering shellfish and snoozing in cuddle-puddles under the tropical moonlight.
Jun 25 2012: that is one common point in most of the comments. we are the biggest threat to ourselves.
do you see our prefrontal cortex complexity, paradoxically in the way of our evolution ?
I mean the second type of evolution that R John meant which is mentally ?
Jun 25 2012: I am just surfing my brain-waves Sina... but it could be that, like the ridiculous tail of a Bird of Paradise, our big brains may have evolved not from being an effective adaptation for survival (long-term) but from sexual selection. Women like smart dudes... or smart dudes have sex more often than simpler fellows.
Call this theory a possibility that remains unproven but shouldn't be discounted! The jury is out on whether a big brain will be a longterm positive adaptive trait.
Personally I think our brains evolved as one of many animal experiments intended to get bacteria into space and onto other host-worlds but that is another topic.Jun 25 2012: Thank you for sharing your brainwaves dear Mike,
I find your theory of how we got here and how we have evolved (ET experiments) very probable since we find amino acids in meteors.
regarding your sexual selection theory I must add that it has not always been the smartest ones getting the females but the strongest ones ... and perhaps in the long run as Richard Dawkins suggests the most fit ones ...
I think John Nash's theory will be interesting to you and may add or extend your sexual selection theory. "If we all go for the blond ..."
Jun 25 2012: Agreed that the strongest ones have a certain success rate but if strength were the only or primary selector we would all be alpha males. Fortunately that isn't the case! Have you ever tried working in organizations with too many alpha males? Complete dysfunction in my experience. Always trying to assert their perceived dominance.
When the Alpha Arses and their Beta Boys go over to the next valley to thump some heads and steal a few mates they sometimes run into resistance and don't return. That leaves a village full of ladies for the Gamma Guys and Delta Dudes to procreate with... thus leading to a world full of "average" folks.
I'll check out John Nash... cheers MJun 25 2012: This is one of my favorite topics and that's why I am continuing this conversation with joy altough it is now a deviation from the subject of the main conversation.
I do not agree that alpha males failed to mate and naturally pushed out of the gene pool simply observing the wolf packs in which the strongest (Alpha) is the only one allowed to mate with the alpha female and the rest of female wolves.
reading about wolves I realized the Alpha is not necessarily the strongest but also the most intelligent as wolves like other animals do engage in a psychologic mental war before being physical. the intelligent one often knows this game better than the rest. wolves also send their Omega to battles in which they know they will not survive! that may be the case with humans also.
where alphas and beta will not survive because of resistance, Gammas and Deltas will not survive because of the attack of other tribes therefore the balance and the survival of the fittest remains true.
BUT having had your experience with the alpha males in work environment and watching the female behavior toward them, I can confirm your theory of sexual selection that they are the winners in the short run (in human case that does not lead to reproduction because they are dysfunctional in their relationships as well) and in the long run it is still the most intelligent that gets the female (and that leads to reproduction). !
therefore we must be heading toward a more intelligent society even if we are now bunch of "average" folks.
Cordially, Sina
Jun 26 2012: Yes Sina, it takes all types to make a world. When we, as a collective, learn to respect and value all the various contributions that the full spectrum of humanity offers, we will have finally matured as a species.
I am not sure wolves are the best example to use when discussing parallel social groups. Better perhaps are chimpanzees, where the Alpha gets first opportunity, then the Betas, while those lower in the social order seems to have more success with clandestine affairs off in the bushes with adventurous females often from neighbouring clans.
Also I wasn't suggesting Alpha males fail to mate, just that they don't mate with any more frequency than the rest of us, suggesting that strength has only limited practical applications in reproduction of homo sapiens. In many other animals it seems to be the final arbitrator, though careful observation often reveals that opportunity, luck and initiative can play a part as well.
Yes back to the subject! Thanks for your great moderation on this forum. Best I have encountered!Jun 18 2012: honestly, i think i'll be something completely ridiculous and unexpected. oh, and magical! :)
Jun 18 2012: Yeah I do agree, It may be someone stupid pushing the Big Red Button by mistake and OOPS will be the last word of our civilization.Jun 18 2012: More Michael Bay movies? God save us from Transformers 4!
Jun 19 2012: Amen ...Jun 18 2012: We will replace our conventional sun with an energy-saving sun and all die in darkness waiting for it to fully power-up!
Jun 18 2012: or just get a space ship and star hopJun 18 2012: We are truly that stupid to do something like that if we have the technology.Jul 17 2012: Great question? especially with Mayans predicting Dec 2012 as the end :) well its time i put on my thinking hat and come up with really good answers.Jul 13 2012: I would have to guess, War; Starting with natural resources, and ending with a bunch of Nukes!Jul 7 2012: There are three in my O.
Hope, faith and insanity.
Hope is not real.
Faith becomes blind.
And the world needs sanity because its inhabitants are insane and insane people commit suicide.
Absolutely nothing is achieved by hope.
Faith is not wanting to know the truth (which means being insane), and it becomes blind if it doesn't transform into
Insane people have all kinds of clarity all the time, but it doesn't make them sane. They have clarity on jumping off of buildings and being able to fly, they can stop a bullet, or see and talk to people no one else can see, but they do very clearly.
What the world needs is sanity, seeing the truth about our condition and what needs to be done and then doing it.
Right now, most are following the enormous amounts of lies they worship in so many forms from religion, education, government, military, parenting and on and on.
Studies and research have shown the human being holds true and false simultaneously but the truth is in the unconscious and the false in the conscious mind. So, the truth is constantly trying to be heard but is shut out more and more by the lies people worship. That is why the truth is so upsetting to most when it is shown, heard, spoken, seen or in some way revealed.
The world wants its lies just as it has been trained to. Those who don't forget the past are doomed to repeat it because one cannot repeat what they cannot or do not remember. But that isn't what everyone has been told for so many decades. Don't forget it, so that you can repeat it and that is still happening. Ever wonder why?
Why do we keep doing the same thing and expecting different results? Even that is a lie for it is being called the "definition of insanity' when it is not.
It is however, a description of "insane behavior" regarding the fact we keep repeating what we know doesn't work, we don't want, we know where it leads, we know it is wrong and not true, yet we keep doing it.Jun 29 2012: The boggiest threat to mankind is mankind themselves. Mankind, as history has explicitly stated has been responsible for the disastrous damage caused to the planet, coupled with their own brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, mankind threatens its own survivalJun 29 2012: List of Top 3 Threats:
1) Property Rights Issues
2) International Politics
3) Human-Made Uninhabitable EnvironmentsJun 27 2012: If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind.
Sent plagues, destroyed cities killing hundreds of thousands.
Wiped out all humans once already, except for Noah and his family.
Created conditions for viruses and disease, earthquakes, and us stuck between animal instinct and reason.
And will be sending most of us to a nasty place.
Jun 27 2012: Yes , someone could have this image of Yahweh ; I'm not sure how much the impressions this image creates fits with the Yahweh Itself ; but you don't believe in Yahweh , do you ? so all is just about an image for you , isn't it ?
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................. there is anger there , isn't it ? frustration , maybe hate , otherwise why would you be so determined of this certain image ? ...... because this isn't the single image the Yahweh has , He has good ones too and you know it .
Jun 27 2012: But this is an image created in the head of someone who doesn't believe, therefore it is important. This image might not have been created by a believer (which is why we made our assumptions of what his beliefs are), showing a possible perception of: a lack of vision and critical thinking about a believer's own religious belief.
This is to say that a believer may not be encouraged to question his beliefs in the way a non-believer would (with true doubt, for example).
-set aside from the fact that this is an "end of the world post"
Jun 28 2012: From the same place you pick up bad images you can pick up good images too without no doubt whatever your beliefs , whatever your intellectual abilities and you know it . So you said what you said because you are rather pissed off by my comment than that you care of objectiveness. So you let yourself guided by your subjectivity to talk about objectivity : what a contradiction !!!!
So who has ""end of the world post"" ? At least I'm not in contradiction with myself .Jun 27 2012: The good side to Yahweh was being nice to that one tribe who he just so happened to choose as his favourites whilst occasionally testing their faith and killing those within the tribe who didn't believe.
Jun 28 2012: Thanks for informing me about what you think .Jun 28 2012: Hi E G,
No anger no hate. Thanks, butI don't need your help guessing my emotional state or motives. This is not relevant to the argument anyway. Just you trying to discredit the commentator rather than deal with the argument on its merits. Are you self aware enough to see the your pattern of attacking the messenger not the message Why don't you try focus on the argument not the person for a change? Might be refreshing for you and your comments might be taken more seriously.
I think this is a reasonably interesting observation even if you don't like it. If god is real he might be the greatest threat to humankind. Roll on Armageddon and final judgement.
On the argument side of your comment, I agree that the perception of Yahweh will depend on how the individual beholder interprets the bible. Some believe the stories literally. Others don't. Some through the filter of the new Testament or Koran. All through their particular 21st century world view.
Even if not taken literally, the message is partly of a jealous, petty, murderous deity.
I agree if you ignore all the nasty bits, hell, endorsing slavery, the tribalism of a chosen people, the blind obedience required, the hissy fit leading to Adams expulsion first time he makes a mistake, orders to kill, killing by the deity itself, and a ridiculous set up requiring primitive animal or human blood sacrifice, forgetting your responsibilities, blaming the Jews, then there are some positive messages such as the golden rule, helping the poor etc.
I see it in its entirety. Everyone can pick and choose what they like to believe, but my point is this stuff is in the bible. Its not all love thy neighbour. And this reasonably may be interpreted as a deity that is more dangerous to humans than anything else.
It also created us as dangerous to ourselves, almost as if we have evolved if a competitive dog eat dog world, with a tension between cooperation and selfishness and negative aspects of survival instincts still embedde
Jun 28 2012: Obey:
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I actually made some arguments (even though in a disorganized way) : - that your interior feelings determine your judgement and focus (and that your interior feelings seem not to be better than that image of Yahweh ) .
- that you can't be sure of how much of what you talking about is true as long as you aren't sure if what you said fits Yahweh Himself . (they will remain as untouched by you, see below) .
You can look at my post as an attack to your person and maybe in a certain degree it is , I don't have a problem with recognizing it , but aside of it , why don't you see anything else than some some nonsense I'm going to comment ?
You said first that the perception of Yahweh depends on how the individual beholder interprets the Bible ; I went even further : the perception depends on our interior. We agree that our perception depends on our reason .
So to summarize : our perception of Yahweh depends on our interior and our reason .
Are you sure now that : " the message is partly of a jealous, petty, murderous deity" ?
In fact there is nonsense in your claim if we consider the basic fact that our perceptions of different things are different than the things themselves . So your perception of Yahweh is not Yahweh , so that claim is wrong (you confused your perception with the perceived thing ) , to be correct that claim should look like what follows : ' it seems that everybody , whatever their view , perceive Yahweh as a jealous , petty , murderous deity ' . But this is not true , I don't perceive Yahweh like that , there are guys who don't either (even though we consider that nasty things you talk about ) .
- ' this stuff is in the Bible ' so we can choose to believe what we like , this is another thing you said , another nonsense in the end : - the mere fact that something is in the Bible doesn't justify you to choose and believe what you like because the Bible has a meaningJun 28 2012: it is a whole like any message of this scale . At least you should assume it .Jun 28 2012: EG, this is not an attack, just pointing out some stuff,
"From the same place you pick up bad images you can pick up good images too without no doubt whatever your beliefs"
This is very true, but this is the title of the debate: "The biggest threat to mankind. What will end the world as we know ?" (ie: end of the world), therefore what was said is relevant.
"So you said what you said because you are rather pissed off by my comment than that you care of objectiveness."
You are just plain wrong here, which you would know if we were in person, but that is a sacrifice we make by having these talks over the internet.
"So you let yourself guided by your subjectivity to talk about objectivity : what a contradiction !!!!
So who has ""end of the world post"" ? At least I'm not in contradiction with myself "
This part I really just don't understand, what are your trying to say? and has any of it changed now that I've told you your assumptions about me are wrong?
"...In fact there is nonsense in your claim if we consider the basic fact that our perceptions of different things are different than the things themselves . So your perception of Yahweh is not Yahweh"
An interesting argument, who's perception do you believe is real, who's do you believe is right? Since: for everyone it is a perception, is any of it real? by this argument, "So your perception of Yahweh is not Yahweh", your perception of real is not real.
"the mere fact that something is in the Bible doesn't justify you to choose and believe what you like because the Bible has a meaning"
A meaning that is perceived.
My main point is, use our eyes to see what you might not (as I have used yours), and think about it critically in a way that you might not.
Jun 28 2012: Ok , it's not need to talk any more about our change , at least for me , I understood what it was to understand .
"who's perception do you believe is real, who's do you believe is right? Since: for everyone it is a perception, is any of it real? " of course our perceptions are a real thing , the perceived thing is a real thing too , only that they are different , what else is unclear to you ? did you mean to say : whose perception is the same with the perceived thing ? nobody's ; everybody has his perceptions which are different from anybody else's (but not entirely ).
"A meaning that is perceived." yes but it doesn't exclude that someone could be wrong and someone else right about this meaning (if I got what you meant to say).
Anyway , my point is that Obey talk nonsense .Jun 28 2012: "of course our perceptions are a real thing , the perceived thing is a real thing too , only that they are different , what else is unclear to you ?"
I believe this is still unclear:
If the two things are different and both you only ever perceive, then you never "truly" "see" what is "real" -- only a perception of what is real. This is actually true, which is why we use systems to help us keep things as close to real as possible (systems like math and measurement). Since these systems are defined consistently, we use them to help us interpret constancy, inconsistency, and "truth" -- things have been found to be inconsistent in people's interpretation of the bible (which is why many people have changed their interpretations, and others have developed serious doubts in some areas through this trend).
However, "truth" itself has been taken as a belief, one that many people chose to interpret in their own way using their own methods (like the method of believing in their feelings). The problem is, methods like emotions (which is what feelings fall under in this case) have not produced the consistencies in the area of "truth" that math and measurements have produced. This is why many people are skeptics.
Though many people feel like, and believe that, the bible is true; the belief in the feeling has many times contradicted the belief in math and measurements. Still, skeptics know that people can (and do) chose not to believe in the truths that they have found; so skeptics attempt to use other methods to help people open their minds to what they perceive. One perception is: "If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind."
I know all of that is long and the way I have stated it may be confusing, but take some time to think about it, and you might see why: his perception may be more important to reality than you have given credit.
*edited to in an attempt to be more clear
Jun 29 2012: Robert :
"If the two things are different and both you only ever perceive, then you never "truly" "see" what is "real" -- only a perception of what is real " not exactly: I don't see the perceptions than after I have them , I see the real thing but through me resulting the perception ; I continued: this perception is real because it exists in me ; it's not the same with the perceived real thing, that's true, but the perceptions are real even though they aren't identical with the perceived thing , why wound't they ? (it depends on what meaning you give to the word 'real' : if real= exist in reality , then both the perceptions and the perceived thing are real , one exist in the exterior reality , the other in me ) .
- you seem to confuse the meaning of 'real' in different situation : real=exist in reality with real=the same with what exist in reality ; the second meaning is wrong here . Am I clear now ?
Well , I understand what you said , I understood it from the first time actually but I don't agree with you : -it's true there are people who based their belief on their feelings and that skeptics may have what to offer to them , but this doesn't happen with everybody . In fact the thing is that skeptics are sometimes more wrong than the simple believer who base naively maybe but sincerely his beliefs on his feelings . So the skeptics are not actually of a big help .
Very few times happen that an unbeliever/skeptic to see more clear something about spirituality or God than a believer ; be careful now : I said about God not about some stories about God. So that perception ("If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind.") is very likely to be wrong .Jun 28 2012: "A meaning that is perceived." yes but it doesn't exclude that someone could be wrong and someone else right about this meaning (if I got what you meant to say)."
This is what I mean to say:
His perception may be more important to reality than you have given credit. (for reasons explained in the above reply).Jun 29 2012: Hi E G, making assumptions and claiming to know personal motives or asserting emotional states of commentators is impacting their comments is all about the person not the argument.
I'm not saying you are making a grievous personal attack on me. You just keep switching between the argument and the motives and emotional state of the commentator. You don't need to know the emotional state to counter or address the actual point made.
You are doing it again with "that your interior feelings determine your judgement " - how do you know what my interior feelings are and what has this got to do with countering the actual points I raise? Is your counter argument "I refute your point because I assume it reflects your emotional state". If I say that many passages of the bible claim god killed people - the claim does not stand on whether I have some emotional issues in this regards or not.
If you want to discuss what lies behind comments that is a completely different type of conversation. Are you here to psycho analyse everyone and to understand where their arguments come from, or are you here to discuss the points on there merits.
Can you see the difference between:
- The earth is not flat, because we have information X, Y, Z
- Your argument that the earth is flat is a poor one because of your emotional state
Maybe you can not even see the difference. Maybe you do but will not admit it. Its getting a bit tired sifting through your psychological analysis and put downs to the relevant points you make.
If you addressed arguments on their merits rather than bringing it back to the commentator then we wouldn't need to have this side debate arguing up about how you are arguing.
Look up Ad Homenim
Or as sports mad Australians say, consider playing the ball not the man.
Jun 29 2012: Hi Obey :
Ok, I guess you have to choose a bit between my assumptions about your feelings and the arguments I made against what you said .
"Can you see the difference between:
- The earth is not flat, because we have information X, Y, Z
- Your argument that the earth is not flat is a poor one and reflects your emotional state" of course I see the difference ; however , the second do not reflects exactly what I said .
Letting aside your feelings , my arguments :
- you are an atheist , I see in it the reason of your focus on the bad images of Yahweh , it's not that hard , is it ? So we talk here abut a bit of subjectivity and determination to prove what you believe is correct even though it may not be, in other words your atheistic attitude blinds you a bit ..
- you confuse the perceptions with the perceived thing : your perception of Yahweh with Yahweh , due to this follows :
- you can't be sure of how much what you said about Yahweh is really about Yahweh .
The conclusion : - you are an atheist , this guides your focus and make your perceptions of Yahweh which aren't Yahweh anyway even worse .
In order to prove my second I used this sentence , yours of course : " the message is partly of a jealous, petty, murderous deity" ? " , I used it as an example because your entire comment is in this way . I don't need to prove the first ; the third is a logical derivation .
Instead of that sentence you should say (if you wanna be correct ) : - I perceive a murderous , jealous , petty deity from that message . An entirely different thing than : the message is partly of a .... deity . So from now talk about your perceptions not about deities .
So the final conclusion: "If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind." is far from the truth .Jun 29 2012: EG (I had to post is three parts, sorry about the length),
""If the two things are different and both you only ever perceive, then you never "truly" "see" what is "real" -- only a perception of what is real " not exactly: I don't see the perceptions than after I have them , I see the real thing but through me resulting the perception"
You "see" your perception of what is real, not what is actually real. If you "saw" what was actually real we would not have illusions. (This may be what you mean to say also, If so just skip to the next page. If not, please read on.)
The reason I put "see" in quotations is because the information given off of the object may be different than the information your eyes collected which is in turn almost always different than the way your brain organizes that information.
Consider this illusion (An off shoot of the Ponzo illusion):
Your eye's collect the information, but you have no clue your eyes are doing this until your brain interprets it. Illusions are example of the way your brain organizes information and gets it wrong. Your brain has taken reality and changed it, and because of this you don't "see" what is real, you "see" what your brain interpreted. (I will accept that you have some understanding of this because of previous arguments mixed with what you said after this).
Jun 29 2012: Robert :
So what you're saying is that I don't ever see the real thing due to everything what exist between the thing I wanna see and the thing's image I actually get in my brain (I include here the way the brain organize the information ) . I don't have a problem with it , in fact I said it partially : I used the expression 'through me' , you filled me and I agree with you .
Now the thing that creates a bit of confusion here is , that's why I said 'not exactly' , is the moment of perception . I think you agree with me that I already perceive something before having that image in my mind , otherwise how could I collect the information from the exterior things ? :
"Your eye's collect the information, but you have no clue your eyes are doing this until your brain interprets it." I don't have any clue until then , that's right, but it doesn't mean I don't perceive anything until then .
So I think we should talk about a chain of perceptions which culminates with that image in our brain , do you agree ?Jun 29 2012: "you seem to confuse the meaning of 'real' in different situation : real=exist in reality with real=the same with what exist in reality ; the second meaning is wrong here . Am I clear now ?"
I do this on purpose in showing that the word real is used for two very different things which are confused to be the same thing. (It looks like we are "on the same page" for this part, so I will move on)
"In fact the thing is that skeptics are sometimes more wrong than the simple believer who base naively maybe but sincerely his beliefs on his feelings ."
This is true, you don't have to be skeptical to be right. But, there is a difference between being right for the wrong reasons, and being right for the right reasons. Someone who believes naively may be a mixture of the two, but the skeptic (if sincere in their search and well trained (and practiced) in the scientific method) will tend toward being right for the right reason (because being right for the wrong reason is not acceptable to them). The reason why that is important comes in here:
"So the skeptics are not actually of a big help ."
The skeptics aren't that big of a help when allowing for the perpetuation of naive beliefs. But the believer will tend to perpetuate naive beliefs (also known as ignorance) without even knowing it. (In a sense, teaching ignorance). This teaching of ignorance does happen and is only fixed by skeptics (as seen with examples like Heliocentrism, not only was the truth ignored but it was taught to be ignored, a common practice with "believers").
*edit, please don't take me for being rude or an insulting here, that is not my intention.
Jun 29 2012: Well you aren't rude here , if you wanna be rude with me you should be RUDE not like that, ok ? , I don't take you as rude , I don't have why .
Look maybe the skeptics tend to be right for the right reasons but we are not in science here , ok ? we talk about religion , their methods is very likely to not work here in other words their methods is very likely to not provide them that 'right reasons' . So I still give more credit to a sincere believer than to a skeptic (this is our point of debate , it's good to have it all the time in our face).
So more exactly my argument against what you said is : - what makes you think that the scientific method is a good/appropriate method for religion ? ---- if it's not skeptics lose any credibility for any category of believers not only for the one we talk here (sincere and naive believers) .Jun 29 2012: "Very few times happen that an unbeliever/skeptic to see more clear something about spirituality or God than a believer ; be careful now : I said about God not about some stories about God. So that perception ("If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind.") is very likely to be wrong ."
You are mixing two things here though: the seemingly physical and the spiritual.
The first part of this statement: "Very few times happen that an unbeliever/skeptic to see more clear something about spirituality or God than a believer," is true as long as it doesn't affect the physical world. But as soon as it comes into the physical or observable world, it can then be tested. In the case where it can be tested, the believer tends to believe (as you said) "naively", and the skeptic seeks for more information that would attempt to either prove or disprove the interpretation of the observation.
The second part of this statement: "be careful now : I said about God not about some stories about God. So that perception ("If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind.") is very likely to be wrong ." is all mixed up (from my point of view)… You said, "I said about God not about some stories about God." But then you reference the quote that is about Yahweh stories and said that this argument which is not about stories has bearing on the stories (not consistent).
As far as a belief in God goes, a skeptic really can only offer circumstantial evidence bearing on God. But, this is because there is no directly observable proof of God beyond what the believer believes. So, this is just a choice in beliefs -- a choice that the non-believer has not made and the skeptic is questioning.
(sorry about the length of all of this, I tried to keep it as short as possible)
Jun 29 2012: It's good to differentiate between the physical and the spiritual ; so you say that the skeptics can help that category only for the physical . Is it (this help) really important ?
I did mixed that up but I did it consistently , I referred to something else , in fact you are a bit inconsistent here , you'll see :
- a believer sees more clear about God while a skeptic do not , so a believer knows more about God , that's why he sees some stories about God different of a skeptic , in a better way maybe , so "If the Yahweh stories are correct, he seems to be the greatest threat to humankind." is wrong ; it's clearly from the context of the sentence that " Yahweh stories' have already a different meaning than that of the believer .
You said that the skeptic has what to say only about the physical , then how the skeptic could help a believer about God ? do you assume a relation between the physical and the spiritual ? what is it ? you start to not be consistent here . And it goes on :
"As far as a belief in God goes, a skeptic really can only offer circumstantial evidence bearing on God. But, this is because there is no directly observable proof of God beyond what the believer believes"
You try to argue that a skeptic can be of help to a believer about God , you already limited this help only to the physical , so I guess that that "circumstantial evidence bearing on God" are about physical ; but you said here : " there is no directly observable proof of God " in other words there is nothing physical really important (which worth to be taken seriously) about God ; so what you're talking about (not consistent) ?
" the believer tends to believe (as you said) "naively"," I didn't say it .Jun 29 2012: ""Your eye's collect the information, but you have no clue your eyes are doing this until your brain interprets it." I don't have any clue until then , that's right, but it doesn't mean I don't perceive anything until then ."
It does mean that you don't perceive any visual stimulus until then.
"So I think we should talk about a chain of perceptions which culminates with that image in our brain , do you agree ?"
Honestly, I think our understanding of this is close enough that we don't need to talk about it more unless the problem resurfaces in later discussions :-) But if you would like to talk about this I have studied this area with great interest and would love to talk about it more. However, it may be off topic at this point, since our understandings relevant to the topic seem to be so close to each other.


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Mohr is no Mohr a Bill [3:37 PM]
KFFL.com reports: 'SportsLine.com's Len Pasquarelli reports the Atlanta Falcons have signed free agent P Chris Mohr (Bills) to a two-year deal. Financial details have not been released.'
Bills Sign Free Agent Defensive Back [1:32 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: The Buffalo Bills today announced that the team has signed free agent defensive back Lance Brown. In accordance with club policy, terms were not disclosed.
Brown, 29, enters his fifth season in the NFL after spending two years in Pittsburgh (1998-99) and two in Arizona (1995-96). A special teams standout in his two seasons with the Steelers, he recorded 36 special teams tackles and two forced fumbles in the two years. Brown spent the 2000 season out of football.
Brown will join the team on the field during their three-day offseason conditioning program this week. The Bills have two on-field sessions remaining this week, today and tomorrow from 1:30-3:00 PM each day.
Defense excited about switch to 4-3 scheme [12:11 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'While the buzz around the recent coaching changes in Buffalo have centered around the West Coast offense, there will be a significant change on the other side of the football as well, as the Bills will be slowly shifting to a 4-3 defense for next season.'
Fina ready to learn despite recovering from surgery [12:10 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: "I�m kind of the guy who encourages them, I�m not so much the teacher. I will tell them what I think, because you just have to, when you are in a position like mine, you just have to encourage them, and give them things to think about because they get enough direct instruction."
The first day of school [8:57 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Coach Gregg Williams confirmed Monday what most observers presumed since he was hired: He wants the four-man line with three linebackers to be the Bills' base defense. The Bills gave it a whirl for the first time as they opened their offseason conditioning program with the first of three days of practice on the field.'
Flowers needs some pruning for next season [8:57 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'So, as the Bills began their 16-week offseason conditioning program Monday, Flowers is taking steps to become a lean, mean quarterback-sacking machine.'
Pact with Van Pelt expected soon [8:56 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Three players who aren't under contract were in attendance, along with all of the team's regulars. Quarterback Alex Van Pelt, defensive lineman Shawn Price and defensive back Ray Hill, all unrestricted free agents, each were on the field working out on a limited basis. All three are interested in rejoining the Bills.'
Free agent Price works out with Bills [8:35 AM]
AP reports: 'In a show of good faith and in hopes of landing a job, defensive end Shawn Price was one of three free agents to take part in the Buffalo Bills workout session Monday.'
Former Aquinas star visits Dolphins [6:17 AM]
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reports: 'Buffalo safety Daryl Porter, a former St. Thomas Aquinas standout, visited the Dolphins and had a physical exam Monday. Porter, 27, would presumably be a nickel or dime defensive back for the Dolphins. Earlier this month the Dolphins hosted Buffalo defensive back Donovan Greer.'
In Bills' 4-3, Cowart moves outside [6:05 AM]
reports: '"We're all trying to reach the goal of the Super Bowl, and I'll chart my goals up this year and try to make the Pro Bowl at two positions."'
Williams introduces changes as Bills open 3-day camp [8:28 PM]
AP reports: 'Kicking off a three-day camp on Monday, Williams made it clear that he has no patience for "fat guys," wants players training together in Buffalo to build camaraderie, and is preparing to revamp the defensive scheme.'
Van Pelt to take backup role [7:29 PM]
ESPN reports: John Clayton posted this "rumor" yesterday: 'By Monday, the Bills should complete a one-year, $477,000 deal to have Alex Van Pelt as the team's backup quarterback. The cap-strapped Bills have the luxury of paying a lot for a backup, and Van Pelt wanted to return and accept an incentive-laden contract. The Bills may also bring in quarterback Pete Gonzalez, who is a favorite of new team president Tom Donahoe. Gonzalez would then be the third quarterback.'
Photos from March 12th conditioning session [7:25 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: Receivers and defenders listen; Working on snapping; Rob Johnson works out with Alex Van Pelt; Players stretch out; Players limber up; The line listens to instruction.
Gregg Williams press conference [1:28 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: On overweight players: "Don't like them at all. At all. What we can't coach is guys who run fast and move fast. You're born with that. When all of the sudden your body weight inhibits your way to move fast, no matter how much technique we coach you..."
Pat Williams chats with buffalobills.com at WNY Sports Festival [12:34 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: "The strength coaches have been killing me this past week. I've been running, lifting weights, and I've got my diet plan going on. I'm just trying to get down to my assigned weight they've got for me, and be ready to play on every down!"
Sam Cowart moves to OLB [12:15 PM]
reports: Head Coach Gregg Williams said today that John Holecek would remain in the MLB position and Sam Cowart would be moved to OLB.
Flutie's legacy takes on mythical proportions [6:08 AM]
Business First of Buffalo reports: 'If Flutie truly was the "savior" of the Bills franchise, as many readily declare, season ticket sales for the following year would have skyrocketed. They did not.'
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Goat man is a must have for me. I wanted him so bad as a kid & I still do.
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I support Goat Man.
I also believe he and Lodar are coming sooner rather than later.
Never heard of him, however he looks like he'd be a cool figure. I'd buy him
I'm ready for Basher..! If they get to him I'd prefer him as more of a humanoid with more flesh tones.
Is Goat Man the same guy who was working for Skeletor in the first episode of the NA cartoon?
I'm glad he got trademarked. That means he's definitely on Mattel's to do list. Personally, I think he'd make an excellent Traveling Convention item for 2014. He NEEDS to be made soon!
back when I was a kid I read one of the hard cover books that was put out for the masters of the universe. They were not actually tied into the toy line for real, but goatman was in there and i again saw him in a mini comic and yet again in cartoon I thought for sure they were going to make a figure of him. but to my sorrowful surprise. I was let down. Now there is new hope to actually get him, I say bring him on. make a kids dream come true. wait I am an adult now, no matter bring it.
Goat Man for regular sub,. He is a KEY character...I would say he is one of the most recognizable characters in the line compared to media he appears in 2 panels in a storybook...yet most fans know who he is? He will be GOLD if they make him.
Its a long time time to wait for Electroid Love---AREMESH in 2016!
Just revealed as the travelling con exclusive
Pic from TheFwoosh's facebook page...
Love him....now Im missing the blue beastish guy pictured from behind in the german comic!
He's an awesome looking figure and he seems to come with a cool hammer as his weapon! I like that!
Awesome sticker included!
Looks amazing, loving the demonic face.
What are the items he includes?
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I am so excited i have always wanted Goat Man, Strongarm, Icer, and Fang Man since i was a kid. With all of them and knowing we are going to finish the vintage lines i will be thrilled. My Evil Warriors will finally be complete.
Most Wanted Crita, Kittrina, Granita, Hawke, Lady Slither, Hunga, Sagitar, Tuskador, Vultak, Dylamug, Masque, Sebrian, Dree Elle, Uncle Montork, King Miro, Quakke, Butthead, Hoove, Darius, Spinwit, Nocturna, Kayo, Lizzor, Artilla, Vizar, Staghorn, Lodar, Twiggets, Drissi,Crystoll, Caz, Bubblor, Three Beast, Fang-Or, Great Black Wizard, Major Header, Ra-Jar, and Negator.
Yay! One of my most wants for years. He looks evil!! I love that he comes with the "real" staff of Avion
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I'm stoked about the Goat man reveal.I never remembered him growing up but when he first came of light to me I knew I wanted him in my Motu universe.
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Looks like he comes with the green Staff of Avion from the vintage mini-comics. Woot!
I think I'll snag him sometime next year. (being the traveling exclusive, I assume he'll be relatively easy to get)
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The only thing that I don't like it's that there isn't a red gradient on the body like Clawful... he seems to be a man with a masque....
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This guy is a major tick off my list of must-haves before the line ends. I'm so stoked at all the reveals, but as Goatman has been a personal favorite of mine for a long time, I'm so appreciative to Scott and the new traveling con slot that made this possible.
My wishlist in general took a major hit this afternoon. I'm only about 5 or six obscure wants away from having everything I could ever have wanted from this line!
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KITTRINA, Vultak, Dylamug, Zilora
CRITA, Staghorn, Quakke, Butthead, Hoove, Lizzor
RED BEAST, Tony Guerrero Prototype, Zodaq (4H 200x Concept)
STRIDOR, Attak-Trak, Roton, Night Stalker
He's amazing looking fantasy figure, just like Draego-Man before him. I hope that I can score two of him.
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I need him. Hope he won't be difficult to get.
Wew. The line for the Mattel booth at next year's Power-Con is going to be so darned looooooooooooooong!
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Liberals were beside themselves that Speaker Boehner played chicken with a government shutdown over something as "petty" as funding Planned Parenthood. I can't believe liberals want to preserve the deficit by protecting such funding.
One of the problems the pro-life movement has in arguing with liberals over abortion is the ease with which they are able to muddle the moral bankruptcy of the procedure with circumstances that supposedly make pro-lifers look foolish on the matter of funding organizations like Planned Parenthood.
For instance, it's illegal for Planned Parenthood to use federal funds to pay for abortions. So right off the bat the GOP argument to defund is finished like my appetite at a PETA barbeque.
To ensure the law is followed there is a little fetus stamp that goes on every federal dollar they get. Every time they have to pay a bill related to abortion services they inspect every dollar bill for the stamp, if they spot it they have to set it aside and find a different dollar.
I'm sure that's exactly how Planned Parenthood handles their money, and that it's really nothing like if you melted chocolate bars and exlax in pan and the government expected you not to make chocolate bars using exlax...good luck.
Another argument liberals like Ezra Klein have been using is Planned Parenthood claims that 3% of all their activity are abortions So it's fallacious to marry them to abortion, even if they are the largest provider of them in the country.
According to their website abortion costs between $350-$950 in the first trimester. I don't know how they determine which end of the spectrum to charge. Maybe they do an ultrasound before hand to determine how precious the life they're about to mine out is.
Last year Planned Parenthood performed 332,278 abortions. So if we generously set aside the assumption that abortions in the second trimester are more than $950 we can conservatively estimate their average revenue from abortion procedures to be $650 a pop for a grand total of $215,980,700...about 20% of all revenue.
Not a bad haul for it being only 3% of their overall workload. No wonder the government wants to help fund it.
By comparison, Media Matters gets a lower number (here) but they lower the average to $500 and arrive at 15%...still a fantastic payday for the amount of work done, even if it is underestimated.
In light of all of this here's my proposed ultimatum to Planned Parenthood that I wish our "leaders" would give:
Perform abortions and forgo the more than $300 million per year they get from the American people, regardless of the fact the money isn't "used" for abortion. The boys scouts don't murder gay scout masters, they just exercise choice and "abort" their jobs in the organization, and that never stops liberals from calling for their defunding.
So Planned Parenthood can do that, or they can take our money and end all abortion procedures.
It's pretty simple math, sacrifice $200 million, or $300 million. This shouldn't be too big of a deal, the people who perform abortions there sacrifice their decency on a daily basis, and how do you put a price on that?
Since we are running trillion dollar deficits I think that's a more generous offer than the one given to the lives they
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