Worst invention in man's history (and why)

@Nukchebi0:

@Janus1:

evil is the root of evil. evil is self-propagating. power, money, etc are not evil, but the lust for them is. evil inspires the lust for money and the lust for power.

Yeah. If you can handle something honestly, including the means to get it, it is not evil. But if you are driven to get it illegally, or improperly use it, it has become an evil.

Edit: On topic, nerve gasses come to mind, along with the entire Hollywood culture. They have no redeeming value. Nerve gasses are a horrible way to die, and Hollywood is filled with a bunch of rich people who think the world whould bow down to them because they are pretty, and also that whatever they say is right, even if it is completely unsupported, unproven, or proven wrong. It is a leech to our nation’s intellect.

Rap would have to come in third, becuase of the immorality it promotes.

Fourth would be politics in general, where normally smart people lose all intelligence, morality and normal thought to win an election, and then spend their time arguing over issues that their party supports, even if they don’t.

1.  Nerve gas is a tool.  If someone shoots you, do you blame the gun?

2.  The culture of Hollywood arises from the people of the United States of America and the world.  Who made them rich?  Who made them famous?  Why are they subject to paparazzi, and stalking, and unpleasant and critical commentaries?  The people.

Also, you may not approve of Hollywood stars being political activists, but at least they are devoting their personal time and energy to causes they believe in.  I’d like to point out that EVERYONE usually thinks what they say is right; Hollywood stars are no exception - the exception is the fact that Hollywood stars are attacked for expressing personal beliefs.

3.  You can’t really blame rap for promoting immorality.  It is easy for a politician to blame rap, it is easy for the media to condemn rap.  But the fact of the matter is, the only reason why rap can promote “immorality” is because there is a ready audience for it.  Watch any violent movie or TV show; some Afro-Americans or Hispanics, or sometimes Caucasians go on screen and do violent things as rap music plays.  But is it rap that is causing the TV show or movie to be violent?  Is it rap that causes people to watch those TV shows or movies?  I say no.  People are being primed to accept immoral behavior; rap is simply a small and disproportionately discriminated-against portion of the cause of the problem.

4.  Politicians are often dedicated people that got into politics to try to improve the state of the world.  Regrettably, the media concentrates on focusing on the controversial things a small minority of politicians say and do, and on “issues” rather than things that could change the lives of the American people.  (Although I don’t blame the media entirely for this; they do have to sell their stories to stay in business).  To say that politicians are all immoral is hardly true.  The fact of the matter is, politics by its nature involves people, and when you have a multitude of people, you must have a multitude of concessions to attain any progress.

Is it fair for someone to ask for concessions all the time, but be absolutely unwilling to make any concessions in return?  Is it possible for a group of people that pursue no common goal to make progress?  If you say “no” to those questions, you understand what a politician must do.  A politician must sometimes support positions that he or she does not personally believe in, because a politician must be willing to MAKE concessions as well as ask for them.  Because concessions are made, politicians can work together to make progress.

If anything, politicians should be even MORE willing to argue for issues they do not personally believe in.

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I like money, I like power, I like women.  Is that really so wrong?

Very good arguement, the tool is not to blame for evil, evil people are to blame for evil.

yes

Thus it is not SUVs that are destroying the atmosphere, it’s the liberal soccer mom’s who are driving the SUVs that are destroying the atmosphere.

not quite

It is not the Beef Farmer that is making people fat, it’s the people buying Big Macs that are making people fat.

:? who ever blamed beef farmers?

@Jennifer:

Thus it is not SUVs that are destroying the atmosphere, it’s the liberal soccer mom’s who are driving the SUVs that are destroying the atmosphere.

Try not to insert such openly biased statements that obviously aren’t true in.

To the others:

1. I was talking about how bad of a way it is to be killed by nerve gas. It is a tool, but a horrible one. How can something that one drop of will kill you be good?

2. I was more talking about the self-infatuation that Hollywood stars have because all the people like them. Just because they are famous doesn’t mean they are better than the rest of the world. Also, they often use their popularity to say statement that other people couldn’t get away with without supporting it, while they can.

3. Rap is bad because it is used to influence all the people who listen to it. Many of the poor in the inner city ghettos have nothing else to follow, so the rap music becomes what they follow. Since rap glorifies drugs, unsafe sex, immorality, ect., they start practicing what rap music says, andt ehn turn into expensive criminals.

4. Perhaps politicians are dedicated. I may have been wrong on that one. However, you can’t deny the amount of game playing that goes on without anything getting done. Also, since many of them do act based on the wishes of the voters just to get votes, you have to question if they really care.

I was referring to the pointless “liberal soccer moms” part.

We all know you and every conservative drives a Prius.

@ShadowHAwk:

@Jermofoot:

@El:

4. Money(is the root of all evil…Error, error! Correct input required.),

Correct input:  The love of money is the root of all evil.  And women, cause they love money.  :-D

Not entirely correct. Power is the root of all evil. There will always be people that want to be more important. In our current world money almost always equals power.

I was referring to the original quote.  It’s not money is the root of all evil, it’s the love of it that is.  I’m not saying one way or another, that’s just the saying…

@Jennifer:

@Nukchebi0:

I was referring to the pointless “liberal soccer moms” part.

We all know you and every conservative drives a Prius.

Nah, the prius has zero visibility out the rear of the vehicle.  I drive a Matrix Xr, it’s almost as good in gas mileage as the Prius anyway. (I average 31 MPG but I do mostly highway driving.)

See, I can be green too! :P  You just have show me how it is in my best interest to do so.  And no, keeping the population of egotistical egomaniacal bags of water and protien from going extinct is not in my best interest.

Good. now just stop the ad hominem attacks on liberal and we can have a nice debate.

I am glad you drive such good cars.

We get 27 in one, and 34 in the other (40 once on Interstate-5.)

So by “liberal soccer moms” you were referring to Republicans.

:?

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You said that liberal=Republican, and then imply it is a moderate Democrat.

That clarifies it greatly.

The worst invention in my opinion ever invented would be Video games. Talk about a waste of time and money for kids. About 99.5% of all video games may bring joy, but do nothing for the people plying them. They spend hundreds of hours playing them only to end up with NOTHING in the end. Nothing!

Not to mention it is the universal agreement between these companies to continue upgrading as fast as they can to get new systems to the market. It’s like they can’t wait to make these machines obsolete and squeeze another 300-400 bucks outta some family.

Oh, ……and I think Nuclear Weapons is a dumb invention also. I see many people already said this one. Good for all of you.  :-D