sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7196|Argentina
Are you optimistic or pessimist about the following issues (pls explain):

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming

My Views:

-Iraq Situation: Pessimist.  I think Iraq has no future as a country.  Violence will increase, and when finally the Coalition troops pull out, there will be a great civil war and the country will split.

Palestine-Israel Conflict: Pessimist.  As long as both sides think they are right I don't see a two states solution.  I don't imagine Israel pulling out of the OT and I don't imagine the Palestinian extremists stopping their attacks.  I'm afraid this is going to end with a huge war in the Middle East.

Terrorism: Pessimist. Read above, there's no explanation needed.

Africa's Poverty: Pessimist.  Sadly Africa's population is growing too fast.  Its countries don't have enough resources for all, and people are dying of starvation, Aids, civil wars, etc.  Any help won't be enough, since there are too many corrupted politicians there.  No hope for Africa.

Climate Change/Global Warming: Pessimist.  Although many people think nothing happens, the climate is changing.  And in these conditions, I don't see a good future for the Earth.  While the world's population grows the humans are sending more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and invading more and more ecosystems, lots of species are losing their environment.  The temperature will raise, the ice cap will melt and will raise the sea level.  Deforestation won't help there.
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|7155
Poverty:

QUESTION: The question of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal of the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
Delegation: Norway

There are more than 1.2 billion people in the world today that live in poverty, and most of which are located in Asia and Africa. The Norwegian government strongly believes that eradicating poverty is greatest challenge of our time. The profound gap between the rich and the poor is making the world more insecure. Social need and injustice are indissolubly linked with challenges in areas such as peace and security, democracy and good governance, human rights and the environment. Norway wishes to continue to be the leading player in the development plan.

Organizations such as UNICEF have been created to deal with poverty. There has been aid going to places such as Somalia via the Red Cross, and rural parts of Africa also receive a lot of aid from organizations such as the Red Cross and UNICEF. There have also been richer nations canceling poorer nations debt, this helps those nations with problems with poverty develop economically more effectively. Peace keeping forces such as the UN Peace keepers and NATO has made sure that the aid sent by nations reach to the people in poverty.

Norway believes that development assistance is inadequate. It must be increased substantially. Debt relief arrangements must also be improved in order to eradicate poverty. Development and poverty eradication are impossible without peace and security of life and property. Conflict is an obstacle to ordinary economic and social activity in a society, among other things because it undermines opportunities for long-term investment. If poverty does not directly lead to conflict, war and terror, it helps create a breeding ground for it and an increased risk of its breaking out. Thus, poor countries can easily become the source of problems that spread to other parts of the world. Economic growth also must be increased in order to eradicate poverty. In many countries economic growth is below population growth, which leads to hunger. To correct this development assistance, but first and foremost private investment, is needed. In many poor countries the primary industries are essential for development.

Norway strongly believes that the international community must listen more carefully to the voice of the developing countries. Rich countries dominate the international economic cooperation organizations: the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, the OECD and so on. The voting systems largely follow the size of members’ capital contributions. These organizations work and have advantages that should be retained, not least as regards ensuring access to capital for developing countries. Norway also strongly suggests installing a peace keeping force in rural nations may help eradicate poverty.
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Gillenator
Evils Bammed Sex Machine
+129|6833|Evilsville

sergeriver wrote:

Are you optimistic or pessimist about the following issues (pls explain):

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming

My Views:

-Iraq Situation: Pessimist.  I think Iraq has no future as a country.  Violence will increase, and when finally the Coalition troops pull out, there will be a great civil war and the country will split.

Palestine-Israel Conflict: Pessimist.  As long as both sides think they are right I don't see a two states solution.  I don't imagine Israel pulling out of the OT and I don't imagine the Palestinian extremists stopping their attacks.  I'm afraid this is going to end with a huge war in the Middle East.

Terrorism: Pessimist. Read above, there's no explanation needed.

Africa's Poverty: Pessimist.  Sadly Africa's population is growing too fast.  Its countries don't have enough resources for all, and people are dying of starvation, Aids, civil wars, etc.  Any help won't be enough, since there are too many corrupted politicians there.  No hope for Africa.

Climate Change/Global Warming: Pessimist.  Although many people think nothing happens, the climate is changing.  And in these conditions, I don't see a good future for the Earth.  While the world's population grows the humans are sending more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and invading more and more ecosystems, lots of species are losing their environment.  The temperature will raise, the ice cap will melt and will raise the sea level.  Deforestation won't help there.
I'm just gonna quote you, because that are precisely my views as well.
sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7196|Argentina

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Poverty:

QUESTION: The question of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal of the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
Delegation: Norway

There are more than 1.2 billion people in the world today that live in poverty, and most of which are located in Asia and Africa. The Norwegian government strongly believes that eradicating poverty is greatest challenge of our time. The profound gap between the rich and the poor is making the world more insecure. Social need and injustice are indissolubly linked with challenges in areas such as peace and security, democracy and good governance, human rights and the environment. Norway wishes to continue to be the leading player in the development plan.

Organizations such as UNICEF have been created to deal with poverty. There has been aid going to places such as Somalia via the Red Cross, and rural parts of Africa also receive a lot of aid from organizations such as the Red Cross and UNICEF. There have also been richer nations canceling poorer nations debt, this helps those nations with problems with poverty develop economically more effectively. Peace keeping forces such as the UN Peace keepers and NATO has made sure that the aid sent by nations reach to the people in poverty.

Norway believes that development assistance is inadequate. It must be increased substantially. Debt relief arrangements must also be improved in order to eradicate poverty. Development and poverty eradication are impossible without peace and security of life and property. Conflict is an obstacle to ordinary economic and social activity in a society, among other things because it undermines opportunities for long-term investment. If poverty does not directly lead to conflict, war and terror, it helps create a breeding ground for it and an increased risk of its breaking out. Thus, poor countries can easily become the source of problems that spread to other parts of the world. Economic growth also must be increased in order to eradicate poverty. In many countries economic growth is below population growth, which leads to hunger. To correct this development assistance, but first and foremost private investment, is needed. In many poor countries the primary industries are essential for development.

Norway strongly believes that the international community must listen more carefully to the voice of the developing countries. Rich countries dominate the international economic cooperation organizations: the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, the OECD and so on. The voting systems largely follow the size of members’ capital contributions. These organizations work and have advantages that should be retained, not least as regards ensuring access to capital for developing countries. Norway also strongly suggests installing a peace keeping force in rural nations may help eradicate poverty.
Are those your views?
Mason4Assassin444
retired
+552|7101|USA
I don't have an opinion on any of it anymore, for each is out of my control. Let the powers that be play RISK. We should have stuck to Monopoly.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6968|Global Command

sergeriver wrote:

Are those your views?
Your kidding, right?
sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7196|Argentina

ATG wrote:

sergeriver wrote:

Are those your views?
Your kidding, right?
No, I'm being sarcastic.
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|7155

sergeriver wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Poverty:

QUESTION: The question of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal of the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
Delegation: Norway

There are more than 1.2 billion people in the world today that live in poverty, and most of which are located in Asia and Africa. The Norwegian government strongly believes that eradicating poverty is greatest challenge of our time. The profound gap between the rich and the poor is making the world more insecure. Social need and injustice are indissolubly linked with challenges in areas such as peace and security, democracy and good governance, human rights and the environment. Norway wishes to continue to be the leading player in the development plan.

Organizations such as UNICEF have been created to deal with poverty. There has been aid going to places such as Somalia via the Red Cross, and rural parts of Africa also receive a lot of aid from organizations such as the Red Cross and UNICEF. There have also been richer nations canceling poorer nations debt, this helps those nations with problems with poverty develop economically more effectively. Peace keeping forces such as the UN Peace keepers and NATO has made sure that the aid sent by nations reach to the people in poverty.

Norway believes that development assistance is inadequate. It must be increased substantially. Debt relief arrangements must also be improved in order to eradicate poverty. Development and poverty eradication are impossible without peace and security of life and property. Conflict is an obstacle to ordinary economic and social activity in a society, among other things because it undermines opportunities for long-term investment. If poverty does not directly lead to conflict, war and terror, it helps create a breeding ground for it and an increased risk of its breaking out. Thus, poor countries can easily become the source of problems that spread to other parts of the world. Economic growth also must be increased in order to eradicate poverty. In many countries economic growth is below population growth, which leads to hunger. To correct this development assistance, but first and foremost private investment, is needed. In many poor countries the primary industries are essential for development.

Norway strongly believes that the international community must listen more carefully to the voice of the developing countries. Rich countries dominate the international economic cooperation organizations: the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, the OECD and so on. The voting systems largely follow the size of members’ capital contributions. These organizations work and have advantages that should be retained, not least as regards ensuring access to capital for developing countries. Norway also strongly suggests installing a peace keeping force in rural nations may help eradicate poverty.
Are those your views?
Yes. But I had to represent Norway (MUN thing). Only way to solve poverty, good ideas but not gonna happen tbh.
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konfusion
mostly afk
+480|6989|CH/BR - in UK

sergeriver wrote:

Are you optimistic or pessimist about the following issues (pls explain):

-Iraq Situation
They have no hope the way they're going - there should be a tightening of discipline, a control of the civilization and perhaps blocking the borders of the country so that no more forces can come in from neighboring countries to stir up trouble. However, this is probably never going to happen.

-Palestine-Israel Conflict
My ideal solution would be to restore the boundaries to how they were when Israel was founded, and paying reparation costs to Palestine, and make sure that that money goes into the government and/or education, as well as farming. While I still don't think that Israel has a right to exist, I know that there is no way that one could completely get rid of an already founded country.

-Terrorism Worldwide
Eventually we'll get to the point where everyone will be in planes in straight-jackets, tied to their seats. The way the security has been increasing over the last couple of years at airports, I wonder what else they can possibly do. We just have to accept this as a factor, and instead of being defensive, try to investigate where this is coming from and hit the center.

-Africa's Poverty
We have to stop helping them, and let them help themselves. The money that we're giving them isn't going anywhere - it's just funding more wars, more corruption and essentially the country's downfall. They should stop the fighting between rebels and governments, and just try to solve this without war. They should learn to pick themselves up.

-Climate Change/Global Warming
I think that we can all learn to clean up after ourselves, and not use our cars as much. Hummers and those kind of vehicles are usually unnecessary, and should be removed from the market. With the amount of good scientists we have, I'm sure we could come up with something to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere.

Great post again, serge.

-konfusion
sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7196|Argentina

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

sergeriver wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Poverty:

QUESTION: The question of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal of the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
Delegation: Norway

There are more than 1.2 billion people in the world today that live in poverty, and most of which are located in Asia and Africa. The Norwegian government strongly believes that eradicating poverty is greatest challenge of our time. The profound gap between the rich and the poor is making the world more insecure. Social need and injustice are indissolubly linked with challenges in areas such as peace and security, democracy and good governance, human rights and the environment. Norway wishes to continue to be the leading player in the development plan.

Organizations such as UNICEF have been created to deal with poverty. There has been aid going to places such as Somalia via the Red Cross, and rural parts of Africa also receive a lot of aid from organizations such as the Red Cross and UNICEF. There have also been richer nations canceling poorer nations debt, this helps those nations with problems with poverty develop economically more effectively. Peace keeping forces such as the UN Peace keepers and NATO has made sure that the aid sent by nations reach to the people in poverty.

Norway believes that development assistance is inadequate. It must be increased substantially. Debt relief arrangements must also be improved in order to eradicate poverty. Development and poverty eradication are impossible without peace and security of life and property. Conflict is an obstacle to ordinary economic and social activity in a society, among other things because it undermines opportunities for long-term investment. If poverty does not directly lead to conflict, war and terror, it helps create a breeding ground for it and an increased risk of its breaking out. Thus, poor countries can easily become the source of problems that spread to other parts of the world. Economic growth also must be increased in order to eradicate poverty. In many countries economic growth is below population growth, which leads to hunger. To correct this development assistance, but first and foremost private investment, is needed. In many poor countries the primary industries are essential for development.

Norway strongly believes that the international community must listen more carefully to the voice of the developing countries. Rich countries dominate the international economic cooperation organizations: the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, the OECD and so on. The voting systems largely follow the size of members’ capital contributions. These organizations work and have advantages that should be retained, not least as regards ensuring access to capital for developing countries. Norway also strongly suggests installing a peace keeping force in rural nations may help eradicate poverty.
Are those your views?
Yes. But I had to represent Norway (MUN thing). Only way to solve poverty, good ideas but not gonna happen tbh.
Then, say if you are optimistic or pessimist about those issues.
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6994
Iraq Situation: Optimist

The days of western military and political interference in Iraq are nearly at an end with calls from all kinds of corners for troop withdrawals, etc. This gives me hope that Iraqis will be left alone to battle it out to self determine the future of their 'country', carve out new homelands for their various peoples and take full sovereign control of their own resources again.

Palestine-Israel Conflict: Pessimist

Israel is one of the most ruthless insensitive racist creedist cunning despicable stealthy cruel land-grabbing terrorist regimes on the planet. I have no reason to believe that they will ever soften their stances or consider acting in a righteous and just manner. Their cruelty helps to perpetuate the problem by making Palestinians more and more extremely militant with each passing day. As such, I can't see any end in sight to the problems there.

Terrorism Worldwide: Optimist

There has always been terrorism on this earth. It seems we only woke up to that fact on 9/11. 99% of people on this earth will lead a life unaffected in any way by terrorism. 9/11 was a wakeup call for our governments to be more vigilant and to improve policing and intelligence operations. I think this is all blown out of proportion and doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Africa's Poverty: Pessimist

What can I say? African nations gained independence from their colonial overlords more than 30 years ago now. They have shown a stubborn inability to do anything constructive with that independence. They may have been the exploited in the past and organisations like the world bank often screw them with austerity measures and whatnot but they have been given every chance to progress and it is their responsibility to take control of their own destinies. Sadly I don't think they're quite ready as yet.

Climate Change/Global Warming: On the fence

Meh. Man-made or not man-made it makes little difference to me due to the fact the horror scenarios may or may not arise (no-one knows for sure) and if they do then they're pretty much inevitable at this stage. I'd find it kind of interesting to live in a post-apocaylptic world actually, I wonder how I would cope?
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|7155

sergeriver wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

sergeriver wrote:


Are those your views?
Yes. But I had to represent Norway (MUN thing). Only way to solve poverty, good ideas but not gonna happen tbh.
Then, say if you are optimistic or pessimist about those issues.
Pessimist
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Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|7020|SE London

sergeriver wrote:

Are you optimistic or pessimist about the following issues (pls explain):

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming

My Views:

-Iraq Situation: Pessimist.  I think Iraq has no future as a country.  Violence will increase, and when finally the Coalition troops pull out, there will be a great civil war and the country will split.
I don't know. A civil war might straighten things out a bit. I doubt Iraq will end up how the US wants it to, but no future as a country might be going a little far.

sergeriver wrote:

Palestine-Israel Conflict: Pessimist.  As long as both sides think they are right I don't see a two states solution.  I don't imagine Israel pulling out of the OT and I don't imagine the Palestinian extremists stopping their attacks.  I'm afraid this is going to end with a huge war in the Middle East.
The two state solution could work - although I think the whole concept of the 2 state solution is despicable. Why should Israel be allowed to be a sectarian supremecist Jewish state? It's an apartheid type situation similar to South Africa, where Palestians are treated as second class citizens. The whole issue of the right of return and UN resolution 194 could play an important role (I've been thinking about starting a thread about it - which I may do later) in any future deals.

What I would like to see is a Arab-Jewish coalition government - like in Northern Ireland. That's the right way to do things.

Either of these things could happen - but only if the US stops their ridiculous (and virtually unconditional) support for Israel, since the only thing that will cause it to happen is heavy international pressure (and probably sanctions).

sergeriver wrote:

Terrorism: Pessimist. Read above, there's no explanation needed.
Terrorism has always existed and will always exist. The whole concept of the war on terror is laughable.

sergeriver wrote:

Africa's Poverty: Pessimist.  Sadly Africa's population is growing too fast.  Its countries don't have enough resources for all, and people are dying of starvation, Aids, civil wars, etc.  Any help won't be enough, since there are too many corrupted politicians there.  No hope for Africa.
Exploitation and endemic corruption mean the people of most African states are in a mess. If you're going to invest in Africa it should really be in the AU military. Decent domestic peacekeepers (lots of them) might really help at least some of the problems - as well as creating employment oppotunities. The likely problem with that is that as the organisation grew, so to would the level of corruption - rendering it useless. But hey, it's worth a go.

sergeriver wrote:

Climate Change/Global Warming: Pessimist.  Although many people think nothing happens, the climate is changing.  And in these conditions, I don't see a good future for the Earth.  While the world's population grows the humans are sending more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and invading more and more ecosystems, lots of species are losing their environment.  The temperature will raise, the ice cap will melt and will raise the sea level.  Deforestation won't help there.
Too soon to tell. No one really know what the effects of global warming will be. They have the potential to be very bad, but who knows. It would be the knock on effects that would cause real issues.



All in all a lot to be pessimistic about.

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IG-Calibre
comhalta
+226|7181|Tír Eoghan, Tuaisceart Éireann
-Iraq Situation N (the situation is only starting to play out, it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better)
-Palestine-Israel Conflict P (this is where the answer lies to much of the trouble, and it can't get much worse than it is already)
-Terrorism Worldwide - -/+ Terrorism will always exist
-Africa's Poverty - P
-Climate Change/Global Warming N - it's too late, there is going to be massive global upheaval, it's a question of when not if
Tjasso
the "Commander"
+102|6962|the Netherlands
-iraq >> oH DEAR *
-israel >> BIGGEST DUMP IN THE WORLD *
-terrorism >> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FREAKING TERRORIST
-poverty >> IM POOR
-global warming >> WE DIDNT LISTEN !!!!!

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Pug
UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate
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sergeriver wrote:

Are you optimistic or pessimist about the following issues (pls explain):

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming
Iraq - Optimist - Positive for US in changing the planning for future international ventures.  Our participation accelerated the current issues they need to solve.  And yes, I do believe it was necessary to solve those issues.  Short term it's going to be ugly.

Pal/Israel - Optimist - they are closer to being forced to work this out as they have ever been.

Terrorism - Pessimistic - the world now seems more willing to accept the actions of a radical few as an aberration rather than dealing with it some how.  This doesn't necessarily mean "directly" or "indirectly" dealing with the issue.

Africa - Pessimistic.  It's going to get worse.  It's going to be the next problem to focus on.  Why aren't we doing more?

Climate Change - Optimistic.  I'm on the fence on the global warming thing.  However, I do believe the attention its receiving will result in more progress and the world will be forced to change for the better (aka be more green-friendly).
herrr_smity
Member
+156|7067|space command ur anus
-Iraq Situation                                fubar
-Palestine-Israel Conflict                  fubar
-Terrorism Worldwide                      fubar
-Africa's Poverty                             fubar
-Climate Change/Global Warming     fubar
GunSlinger OIF II
Banned.
+1,860|7083
-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming




Iraq- Too close to home.  what i think dont matter.


Israel/Palestine -why are people paying for the fuck ups of thousands of years, whatever,  religion is bad in my book.  fuck the "holy land"


Terrorism Worldwide-  not a new problem or a problem that will ever go away as long as human beings are human beings.


Africa's Poverty - true fucking crime.  why is the site of the origin of man always forgotten.  i blame don imus AND al sharpton


the last one -  not gonna matter when the mayan calendar runs out...
Talon
Stop reading this and look at my post
+341|7199

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming




Iraq- Too close to home.  what i think dont matter.


Israel/Palestine -why are people paying for the fuck ups of thousands of years, whatever,  religion is bad in my book.  fuck the "holy land"


Terrorism Worldwide-  not a new problem or a problem that will ever go away as long as human beings are human beings.


Africa's Poverty - true fucking crime.  why is the site of the origin of man always forgotten.  i blame don imus AND al sharpton


the last one -  not gonna matter when the mayan calendar runs out...
And this is the guy slated to get into the DS&T hall of fame... sheesh
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|7114|Canberra, AUS
-Iraq Situation

A shithole, yes. We should never have gone in there in the first place. However, the last thing the world needs is another Somalia - so be very careful when pulling out (if at all). Do NOT leave the region, rather have an offshore presence.

-Palestine-Israel Conflict

The United States has got to cut the military aid to Israel IMMIDIATELY. How can you have a peace process when one side is being armed to the teeth by the most powerful nation on earth? Following that, they have to sort it out themselves, really.

-Terrorism Worldwide

Terrorism is not something you can destroy. It is a concept, and idea, and it is so vague that it is not a physical thing. Terrorism has been here since the stone age and will be forever more. Get used to it. The last thing we should do is to go on useless forays into other territories which only serve to stir up anger against us - thereby breeding terrorism. Global inequality doesn't help either, surely some people will be feeling envious of us and our lifestyle, and envy often turns into anger and things worse.

-Africa's Poverty

FIX IT. NOW. EVERYONE. Not only for the reasons above, but, seriously...

-Climate Change/Global Warming

FOR FUCKS SAKE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW! You may not give two shits, but me...

Last edited by Spark (2007-04-19 15:59:14)

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~ Richard Feynman
Fred[OZ75]
Jihad Jeep Driver
+19|7198|Perth, Western Australia
-Iraq Situation
There is no sence in remaining in the country, they have to fight it out on their own and when they settle down into one or many countries we who destroyed their country should be ready to help in true rebuilding.

-Palestine-Israel Conflict
I think the end is comming, Israel has pulled out of Gaza and some of the west bank with the only real result that the palestinians fighting with themselves. In the end either the palestinians will wipe each other out or join into a true palestinian government which will be able to give real agreements to Israel.

If anything what Israel has done gives me hope that if the US did the same in Iraq that country might be able to settle into a real country again even with foreign influences as there is in palestine.

-Terrorism Worldwide
Fact of life, just because the US discovered the fact on 11/9/01 doesn't mean it hasn't been happening for years before hand. Untill all nations are first world you'll still have terrorism, even then it's probably going to continue.

-Africa's Poverty
Stop having massive subsidy programs for rich european and US farmers and Africa has a chance untill then there is no point.

-Climate Change/Global Warming
International carbon credits system... let capitalism solve the problem. (it did create the problem) If carbon emmissions cost money then people will pay to lower or absorbe CO2 emmissions.
Cougar
Banned
+1,962|7203|Dallas
-Iraq Situation: U.S. will pull out eventually, contracting companies will be hired by the government to keep order and they will fail.  After this, extremist groups will take over the political system and turn Iraq into another Syria/iran/North Korea.

-Palestine-Israel Conflict: Never going to end.  If it does, it will be because Israel ceases to exist and that will only come after the U.S. fails to hold off attacks by invading countries due to an over stretched and under-trained military.

-Terrorism Worldwide: There always has been and always will be terrorism in the world in some form or another.

-Africa's Poverty: I think after 150 years the rest of the world would realize that Africans are incapable of governing themselves and give up on the entire continent.

-Climate Change/Global Warming:  It's going to get hot.  Food will become scarce.  Wars will be fought over resources.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6976|Long Island, New York
-Iraq Situation

Pessimistic. While we may eventually pull out, it's become an utter and complete failure. Iraq is the Somalia of the middle east.

-Palestine-Israel Conflict

Optimistic. The number of terror attacks have gone down. Diplomacy is slowly growing into the situation. I believe one day, they'll go back to the land set in 1967, showing peace anywhere is possible.

-Terrorism Worldwide

Pessimistic somewhat. We can take it down, we just need to take down the people spreading the word of hate.  That's what turns people to terrorism.

-Africa's Poverty

Pessimistic. Africa's people will never be civilized. We could have flying cars, kitchens that make dinner themselves and no use for anymore oil in America and the UK, and Africa will still be the shithole it is today because they will just NOT LEARN. It's a shame too. I look at people there and I imagine...some of them could lead their worlds, create new medicines...but they waste their minds away and get shot and put into armies at ages 12 and 13.

-Climate Change/Global Warming

Optimistic. I believe if people stop being so stubborn about it and stop trying to think it's "not real" then we'll have progress. We sure did with the O-zone layer. I'll never get it. Even if you think it's "not real", why risk it? There's so many facts supporting it. It's like ignoring the 800 pound gorilla in the living room.
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,072|7211|PNW

sergeriver wrote:

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming
Iraq: There is good being done there, but it's still a hot spot.
Israel/Palestine: Why put an end to that when it gives each new US president a chance to go hold hands with the grand poobahs?
Terrorism: An aspect of humanity long before handwriting became popular and the word was invented. I don't foresee a halt to it anytime soon.
Poverty in Africa: I don't pretend to know how exactly Africa come up with a way to unite and begin firing away at its problems, but it isn't going to happen while select governments sit around waiting for handouts to leave rotting on docks.
Climate: Spurious measurements and claims distributed by men who don't even apply the 'fixes' to their own lifestyles. It's an issue, but I don't think it is what it is made out to be.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-08-09 03:42:25)

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sergeriver wrote:

Are you optimistic or pessimist about the following issues (pls explain):

-Iraq Situation
-Palestine-Israel Conflict
-Terrorism Worldwide
-Africa's Poverty
-Climate Change/Global Warming
Iraq: a lost cause, time to leave.

Palestine-Israel: a lost cause, let them kill each other, and remove all American funding from both groups.

Terrorism: best fought through better domestic security and border security.  With our current interventionism, I'm pessimistic.  If we change our ways, my outlook will change accordingly.

Africa: a good candidate for private charities, but no official intervention should be made by our government.  I'm pessimistic about this one, but I think we may be able to help stabilize some countries through purely private means, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Climate change: I'm pessimistic about this one, but we still need to cut down on pollution and find cleaner ways to live.

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