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Right, had a long post that somehow annoyingly got deleted. SO i'll get to the point. All week all I hear is hear is how the earth is overpopulated and is at cause to so many issues (climate change, diminishing resources). It also seems people are happy to recommend 1 child-per-couple (ala china) regulations. But what got me was how people had zero problems with just saying nature will find a way to regulate human population. Whether it's natural desasters or whatever. So cold, logical and rational, all very.....scientific. Makes me wonder, since we see people do things in he name of God, when will people start doing things in the name of nature? Can some dictator who goes on a mass genocide justify it as mother nature? As in, can't it be argued that his actions is just nature regulating our population? Or the way some people justify actions as if we're animals (technically, aren't we?). I wonder if they'll be a day when a man will justify rape with "well some sea lions do it". I'm just spouting bollocks, but it is interesting the cold way we are seeing human life these days. Or maybe we're all just being taken over by Agent Smith. |
So when will genocide be justified under "act of mother nature"?
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The-Bodybuilder 17,190 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAre you accusing sea lions of being rapists? What next, penguins? -
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Registered 12 years agoThe difference is that nature doesnt deliberately kill people. But, as ridiculous as it sounds, the hilarity in iraq wasnt far off being a 'god told me to do it' situation. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,190 posts
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Registered 14 years agonickthegun wrote:
But if it's nature's way to "regulate population", surely then that's just killing off?
The difference is that nature doesnt deliberately kill people.
Edited by The-Bodybuilder at 09:33:57 07-12-2012 -
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Registered 14 years ago@Deckard1 Thank you for your insight, tard. -
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Registered 13 years agowe should cut down more trees - show nature who's running this bitch! -
The-Bodybuilder 17,190 posts
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Registered 14 years agoBtw, to believe that people won't use "act of nature" to justify genocide is pretty short-sighted, considering ww2. -
The-Bodybuilder wrote:
What?
Btw, to believe that people won't use "act of nature" to justify genocide is pretty short-sighted, considering ww2. -
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Plans for world domination:
Create weather machine
Create earthquake machine
Recruit mole people
Activate machines
Wipe out country with snow and earthquakes
Build snow men
Blame Mother Nature. -
The-Bodybuilder wrote:
I stopped reading after the terribly written first line.
All week all I hear is hear is how the earth is overpopulated and is at cause to so many issues (climate change, diminishing resources).
"all I hear is hear is how". What? -
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Registered 12 years agoThe-Bodybuilder wrote:
Nature doesnt regulate the human population by triggering earthquakes and tidal waves. Youre watching too much anime.
nickthegun wrote:
But if it's nature's way to "regulate population", surely then that's just killing off?
The difference is that nature doesnt deliberately kill people. -
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Registered 11 years agoi reckon -
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Registered 11 years agoThe-Bodybuilder wrote:
Even if he/she does, are we planning on taking every dictator at their word or something?
Can some dictator who goes on a mass genocide justify it as mother nature? -
nickthegun wrote:
Mother Nature acts in mysterious ways.
The-Bodybuilder wrote:
Nature doesnt regulate the human population by triggering earthquakes and tidal waves. Youre watching too much anime.
nickthegun wrote:
But if it's nature's way to "regulate population", surely then that's just killing off?
The difference is that nature doesnt deliberately kill people. -
Fantomex wrote:
THE VOICES. The voices in his head that never stop. Over and over they tell him there needs to be a cull... For nature.
The-Bodybuilder wrote:
I stopped reading after the terribly written first line.
All week all I hear is hear is how the earth is overpopulated and is at cause to so many issues (climate change, diminishing resources).
"all I hear is hear is how". What? -
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Registered 12 years agoIf that was the case, mother nature is *really* pissed off at japan. -
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You're anthropomorphising nature to the extent of giving it a conscious, decision-making cortex of some kind.
As for a loon 'justifying' mass murder as a natural necessity, well - the critical historian in me quails at such simple answers, but - I don't think that actually makes much difference, given the end result and the likely methods, actual actions, et al.
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Registered 9 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
I think this is gold.
Fantomex wrote:
THE VOICES. The voices in his head that never stop. Over and over they tell him there needs to be a cull... For nature.
The-Bodybuilder wrote:
I stopped reading after the terribly written first line.
All week all I hear is hear is how the earth is overpopulated and is at cause to so many issues (climate change, diminishing resources).
"all I hear is hear is how". What?
On a serious note, can we please refrain from using Genocide if we refer to "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group". Unless you count the human race amongst those..... -
Correct, Rajin. Genocide isn't want TB meant, I reckon. He probably meant mass-murder on a global scale, irrespective of class, creed or colour.
Which is never how it would work if any human hand was involved, anyway. -
I haven’t had time to read the posts, but I felt I needed to say this based solely on the thread title.
I know not everyone is a fan of Phil Collins but you have to admit that I Can't Dance is a pretty iconic song. I think that song alone justifies them under “mother nature”, if I understand your question OP. But really... they’re old hat these and won’t get back together now anyway, so it’s hardly worth discussing.
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