A question to you all

2007-07-24 16:57:02

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Balok77: Member; +28|6621

In the world we live in today there is millions of people starving, wars going on, rapists, murderers, paedophiles, un imaginable poverty...the list could go on

and yet we go on, we live in a un balanced world where the few hold the money while alot of the world starves. An alien visiting our world tomorrow would see a place where we let the most heinous crimes get away each day with barely a flicker of thought.

So i put this question to you, could we create a Utopian society, a place where we are all equal. I'm not talking about communism I'm talking about a place where no evil exists no wars, no hate, no racism a place where everyone feels safe a place where no one is hungry.

Is this just a dream? Could we ever achieve such a thing? And if we did how would you make this place right, how would you govern it.

Is capital punishment right for your judicial system? Would a teenage girl be able to have an abortion? What laws would you have to control guns?

Or is this just a dream, could this ever happen on our planet, or will we just push the human race to the edge of extinction?

discuss if you like

2007-07-24 16:58:00

#2

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7234

Say no to drugs

2007-07-24 16:59:36

#3

Major.League.Infidel: Make Love and War; +303|6951|Communist Republic of CA, USA

Usmarine said it best.

Honestly though, I think the only way this would ever be remotely possible with our style of humanity, would be through a very brutal, totalitarian government that just dealt with every problem as harshly and swiftly as possible [Read "The Giver"]. That kind of defeats the whole utopian thing though...

2007-07-24 16:59:49

#4

Luigi: Sniper Whore; +97|6651|Wisconsin

usmarine2005 wrote:
Say no to drugs

HA! +1

2007-07-24 17:00:16

#5

nlsme: Member; +48|6888|new york

usmarine2005 wrote:
Say no to drugs

Marijuana is a drug you can say yes to though.

2007-07-24 17:01:14

#6

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6801

Its never going to happen. Ever. Not on this planet. Not with the waring that has been seen through the centuries. Sorry to burst any thread of hope you may have had. I guess you can consider some small islands with few people as a Utopia. But they can easily be destroyed by the evil of this world.

Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.

2007-07-24 17:06:21

#7

trippy982: Member; +34|6870

If it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true.

Nuff said.

Life gets too perfect, too good, and then all of a sudden its no longer satisfies you, greed kicks in and you want more, so you steal from your next door neighboor. He finds out, a fight breaks out. Rinse and repeat.

2007-07-24 18:05:52

#8

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6695|Escea

usmarine2005 wrote:
Say no to drugs

Aye

2007-07-24 18:29:42

#9

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7189

Ignorance is bliss.

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2007-07-24 18:51:07

#10

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6995|...

Keep one thought close to your heart and all will be well ...

... "We are all inevitably doomed".

2007-07-24 19:04:04

#11

Paco_the_Insane: Phorum Phantom; +244|7117|Ohio

1984, Brave New World, The Communits Manifesto, Plato's Republic, Utopia, The City of God, A Clockwork Orange....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_society

It usually doesnt work.

2007-07-24 19:09:40

#12

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7238|Cambridge (UK)

The posts in this thread are why it will never happen - it won't happen because "It'll never happen" or "It won't work" or "drugs are bad"...

It could happen. It could work. Drugs are OK, in moderation.

But until people wake up and smell the coffee, it never will.

2007-07-24 19:09:49

#13

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6919|Chicago, IL

There are 7 billion people in this world, and not nearly enough resources to sustain them all comfortably.
We have overpopulated ourselves, and violence, poverty, and death is nature's way of evening out...

stop having 12 children and things will shape up pretty fast

2007-07-24 19:14:43

#14

Bull3t: stephen brule; +83|6774

Goverment, Religeon and Money.

It won't happen.

Some people or a lot of people would rather push a 90 year old ladie on the ground and take her cash then help her across the street.

People rather blow them selves up for their religeon then live life to the fullest ( Now this I could understand dieing for what you believe in ).

And the Goverment would rather spend money on a war instead of spending it on Global Warming research to help better the world and help the poor, sick, dieing people. ( They would rather have a war than help their own country).

The only way it would happen is a miracle.

My 2 cents.

2007-07-24 19:16:29

#15

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7238|Cambridge (UK)

Paco_the_Insane wrote:
1984, Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange....

None of which describe a utopian society. They all describe distopias.

Paco_the_Insane wrote:
The City of God

What the Brazilian Gang film? What's that got to do with it?

Paco_the_Insane wrote:
The Communits Manifesto, Plato's Republic, Utopia

Not actually read/seen any of these, but the first two aren't meant to be 'utopian' as such, I believe. The third I've never even heard of.

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