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Originally Posted by tedkennedy
well yea humans didnt invent the bow or the atlat specifically for killing humans.
they just wanted a new hunting tool that just so happened to revolutionize the way they lived... the implications of killing at a distance are huge, no other animals can kill as efficiently as a human can.
edit: think about humanity hundreds and thousands of years ago. it was an extremely hostile place with constant human on human violence. what do you think has changed from then and now? why is there so much less violence and so much more innovation? are modern people all of a sudden not prone to violence? why do you think in a matter of a few hundred years all of a sudden humans just became super peaceful, super industrious and innovative people? please attempt to provide a decent alternate theory.
why is it so hard to believe exactly?
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the answer is easy: less work, more gain.. nowdays people can just go to a mickey d's when they're hungry...theres no killing your own footd just to feed a family of 4, when its easier to have it prepared for you, or buy the goods at a supermarket. Even as recent as the 1800's they had outlaws wearing their revolver, but society rejected them and a more subtle approach was taken. If you think about it, a gun is the ultimate equalizer...people (most) realized it was more prudent to handle a situation with minimal bloodshed..Even today, there are nut jobs like that kid at VT who are a ticking time bomb.
Technology also played a huge role in taming man. Instead of roaming the streets on foot, you can drive to your destination almost instantly.Like I said in my previous message, we are accelerating the weapons/technology in use today too far, too fast. In WWII the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki devastated many lives, and took years to catch back up with the rest of the world. We have bombs 1000 times as powerful as the 1's dropped on Japan....If we used 1 of them, it would create a domino effect, and the whole globe would be a nuclear wasteland..nobody wants that. People need to eat, sleep, re-produce,and shit. Thats all we need, the rest is just programmed in as a child growing up. He sees what his parents are doing, and eventually he will become that man he saw as a child growing up..
and yes the human man is prone to violence, kinda like watching two roosters in front of a hen. They have the instinct to show her how tough he is, and vice versa, they'll fight untill someone wins her..to go from the time of Jesus and the king of the roman empire, to present day society is 2000 years. Imagine in 100 a.d. thru 1000 a.d.not much changed maybe architecture and styles, but no major advancements technologically except maybe a rudimentary catapult, and armor. From 1000 A.D. to the late 1700's, things began to quicken. After trading land through losing battles, each Army began to 1 up the other to insure victory..
After the conflict in Vietnam, Americans began to open their eyes, and drive more efficient vehicles. All of a sudden what previously would have been a 4 or 5 month boat trip, it becam possible to fly across the ocean in a matter of hours..Now that we were born in this period of time, we take it for granted. What was only a dream became the norm. Taken for granted....Thats why we were hit so hard on 9/11..if you watch that Zeitgeist link you will get a better understanding...Now I fully believe that the so called '''Illuminati" had a role they played very well. You know the saying "The rich get richer, etc." If you travel to a poor country, you'll have kids begging literally grabbing on to you asking for money...I don't know about you, but I see death as the next logical progression, and depending how how made others feel in this world, is how you will be judged. Killing ANYTHING in this mortal coil is something we do not & should not have the right to do. The acceleration of technology, having sex (reproduction), & man's need to satiate his blood thirsty appettite are all going to come to a violent head, then the bible states there will be 1,000 years of peace after the final battle....I believe we are in that battle as I type this message....Expect worse things than prior events, such as the WTC, VA TECH, etc... man is a cognitive of his abilities starting as young as 13. I have a 13 year old son now (as of April 15 he turned 13) and I remember being 13, and whats on his mind. He's at an age where all he has to do is go to school, and worry about the now.. the future will come, in time, but now he doesn't have any worries....I'm afraid all that is going to change within the next couple years. We have a corrupt Government (why wont they release the footage of a security tape on 9/11) it shows in plain view no plane hitting it, and it being destroyed by strategically placed explosives that only an experienced demo man could have pulled off....
To sum it up, Ted, we are no more peaceful than our spear-chucking forebearers..whether it be by gunshot, or poison ricin attacks by the crazed Japanese cult, I see a marked improvement on how we kill, why? Because we are able to. Whether it be for financial reasons, religous brainwashing, or just inherent evilness..
I ususllt don't smoke pot, but my boy got me a lump of hash im finsta hit it up in a few