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June 16th, 2005, 02:20 PM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
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dogscoff said:In other words, even if some huge, slavering, unspeakable inter-dimensional cyber-hell-beast uglier that Geiger's worst nightmare was to materialise in Hyde Park tomorrow and start turning people inside-out with inverto beams issued from its uncountable nameless orifices, people would still have a mental category to put it in, because they've seen 'Alien' and they've seen 'Mars Attacks'....
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The real question is would they be able to cope with Human? A race that has produced a wide spectrum of people from fantastic saints to unimaginable monsters.
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June 16th, 2005, 03:08 PM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
Dogscoff: True, people may know a rather large number of strange concepts, but that doesn't mean the're ready for them - And in any case, a cyber-hell-beast would definitly fit into the 'civilization changing' catagory.
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June 16th, 2005, 04:14 PM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
Well civilization changing yes but for good or ill would be the question, afterall seeing a cyber hell beast would make some governments take advantage of the situation and turn into something rather IoM like, hell look at what a little terrorism has done to America imagine if we saw a cyber hell beast heh.
(note) I am NOT saying america has turned into an evil dictatorship but we have definately brought in a lot of new laws that never would have been considered pre-9/11 and GWB has certainly begun having the Federal government butt it's nose in on state government more then most other presidents.
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June 16th, 2005, 05:16 PM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
Note: I'm not saying it either...
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June 17th, 2005, 05:33 AM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
I'm not gonna say it either.
But I am thinking it.
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June 17th, 2005, 06:22 AM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
Is that a black helicopter hovering over the forum? I'm sure it wasn't there yesterday.
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June 17th, 2005, 06:25 AM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
Nope. It is just a bomb, really. A big one.
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June 17th, 2005, 08:56 AM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
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(note) ...but we have definately brought in a lot of new laws that never would have been considered pre-9/11 ...
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Have you ever traveled abroad? There are a lot of not so nice places around, and these types of rules are more common around the world than our relatively permissive ones.
I believe that the country has been remarkably tame in their response. Think about the very draconian rules and regulations imposed on the states during the WWII timeframe. Granted, this is not a world-encompassing war, but the terrorists are a credible threat as evidenced by two attacks in the US (Trade center I and II, and several foiled additional attacks).
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June 17th, 2005, 10:07 AM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
In a country where xx(very high) percent don't even have a passport the answer is almost always no.
Hell most Americans don't even know what street Europe is on
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June 17th, 2005, 02:38 PM
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Re: OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope
And as I've said before, the US-Mexican war started when a certain US general said 'Hey, let's go attack Canada' and marched his troops east.
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