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TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

how would we explain all this to a dispassionate, extraterrestrial observer? what account would we give of our stewardship of the planet earth?

we have heard the rationales offered by the superpowers. we know who speaks for the nations; but who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for earth? We've reached a point where there can be no more special interests or special cases

but fundamental changes can clearly be made, were surrounded by them. in the last two centuries abject slavery which was with us for thousands of years has almost entirely been eliminated in a stirring worldwide revolution. women, systematically mistreated for millennia are gradually gaining the political and economic power traditionally denied them

a new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. we are one planet. one of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time

we could plunge our world into a time of darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilisation and the italian renaissance. but we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:40

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 21:39

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

TEAYCHES posted:

how would we explain all this to a dispassionate, extraterrestrial observer? what account would we give of our stewardship of the planet earth?

we have heard the rationales offered by the superpowers. we know who speaks for the nations; but who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for earth? We've reached a point where there can be no more special interests or special cases

but fundamental changes can clearly be made, were surrounded by them. in the last two centuries abject slavery which was with us for thousands of years has almost entirely been eliminated in a stirring worldwide revolution. women, systematically mistreated for millennia are gradually gaining the political and economic power traditionally denied them

a new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. we are one planet. one of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time

we could plunge our world into a time of darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilisation and the italian renaissance. but we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet

nope

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:43

BLARGHLE: Oct 2, 2013; But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.; Yams Fan

TEAYCHES posted:

how would we explain all this to a dispassionate, extraterrestrial observer? what account would we give of our stewardship of the planet earth?

we have heard the rationales offered by the superpowers. we know who speaks for the nations; but who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for earth? We've reached a point where there can be no more special interests or special cases

but fundamental changes can clearly be made, were surrounded by them. in the last two centuries abject slavery which was with us for thousands of years has almost entirely been eliminated in a stirring worldwide revolution. women, systematically mistreated for millennia are gradually gaining the political and economic power traditionally denied them

a new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. we are one planet. one of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time

we could plunge our world into a time of darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilisation and the italian renaissance. but we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet

That's great, OP, real good stuff.

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:43

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

TEAYCHES posted:

how would we explain all this to a dispassionate, extraterrestrial observer? what account would we give of our stewardship of the planet earth?

we have heard the rationales offered by the superpowers. we know who speaks for the nations; but who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for earth? We've reached a point where there can be no more special interests or special cases

but fundamental changes can clearly be made, were surrounded by them. in the last two centuries abject slavery which was with us for thousands of years has almost entirely been eliminated in a stirring worldwide revolution. women, systematically mistreated for millennia are gradually gaining the political and economic power traditionally denied them

a new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. we are one planet. one of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time

we could plunge our world into a time of darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilisation and the italian renaissance. but we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet

cool and also good, a good post

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:44

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztCMNHAT8uM

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:44

Nut to Butt: Apr 13, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

im the gaia theory fag

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:45

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

TEAYCHES posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcflwUYYoXk

its all cool and also really excellent. who speaks for earth? those who believe in humanity not destroying itself in selfishness and greed for no good reason at all

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:45

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

a love on hold

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:46

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

the planet is dying

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:46

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

TEAYCHES posted:

the planet is dying

yeah

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:47

Nut to Butt: Apr 13, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

are u melting down

the doomsday queers always melt down eventually

usually when the earth continues not to

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:48

Baba Ganoush: Oct 12, 2014; Dinosaur Gum

we're dying faster than the planet so who gives a gently caress newbies

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:48

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

Our lovely blue planet, the Earth, is the only home we know. Venus is too hot. Mars is too cold. But the Earth is just right, a heaven for humans. After all, we evolved here. But our congenial climate may be unstable. We are perturbing our poor planet in serious and contradictory ways. Is there any danger of driving the environment of the Earth toward the planetary Hell of Venus or the global ice age of Mars? The simple answer is that nobody knows. The study of the global climate, the comparison of the Earth with other worlds, are subjects in their earliest stages of development. They are fields that are poorly and grudgingly funded. In our ignorance, we continue to push and pull, to pollute the atmosphere and brighten the land, oblivious of the fact that the long-term consequences are largely unknown. A few million years ago, when human beings first evolved on Earth, it was already a middle-aged world, 4.6 billion years along from the catastrophes and impetuosities of its youth. But we humans now represent a new and perhaps decisive factor. Our intelligence and our technology have given us the power to affect the climate. How will we use this power? Are we willing to tolerate ignorance and complacency in matters that affect the entire human family? Do we value short-term advantages above the welfare of the Earth? Or will we think on longer time scales, with concern for our children and our grandchildren, to understand and protect the complex life-support systems of our planet? The Earth is a tiny and fragile world. It needs to be cherished.

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:48

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80J6xJlYepQ

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:49

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

im not kidding. the planet is dying

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:52

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

we are actually killing the planet we live on

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:54

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

there is no irony there, we are killing everything we depend on. the earth is slowly dying

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:54

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

TEAYCHES posted:

im not kidding. the planet is dying

lol

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:56

Fallows: Jan 20, 2005; If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.

TEAYCHES posted:

we are actually killing the planet we live on

sources?

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:57

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H833o5lnB2E

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:58

BLARGHLE: Oct 2, 2013; But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.; Yams Fan

TEAYCHES posted:

we are actually killing the planet we live on

Yes, but how does this synergize with the new GBS1.4 paradigm? We have to keep those quarterly profits up, or the shareholders will have our asses.

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:58

Baba Ganoush: Oct 12, 2014; Dinosaur Gum

TEAYCHES posted:

im not kidding. the planet is dying

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:59

Masturbasturd: Sep 1, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJj4KTFC_Y

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:59

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

Fallows posted:

sources?

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_Frontmatter_FINAL.pdf

http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/

# ? Oct 21, 2014 05:59

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIIsfKGlV8

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:00

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L58KyHC_M

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:00

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L85WLhjQ84

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:02

Nut to Butt: Apr 13, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

the only moral choice is to kill yourself, op

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:05

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT4d1LQy4es

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:05

SpeedGem: Sep 19, 2012; by Ralp

vitriol

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:06

SplitSoul: Dec 31, 2000

the most fitting memento humanity could leave behind is that tiny ceramic tile on the moon that bears a picture of mickey mouse and a crudely drawn dick

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:11

Gorgar: Dec 2, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PsrVLoy388

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:12

BLARGHLE: Oct 2, 2013; But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.; Yams Fan

SplitSoul posted:

the most fitting memento humanity could leave behind is [...] a crudely drawn dick

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:12

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

SplitSoul posted:

the most fitting memento humanity could leave behind is that tiny ceramic tile on the moon that bears a picture of mickey mouse and a crudely drawn dick

gently caress you

# ? Oct 21, 2014 06:13