speedofsound Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 No, not the song by The Who, but this generation. The generation of people coming into this world. What kind of world are they coming into? There nukes being made in North Korea and Iran, poverty and droughtinAdirca, Global warming and polar melting going on, and shortages of oil world wide! In regards to the above a friend of mine said: true true, but each generation has its troubles Some may say the situation isn't as dire as commonly said, but honestly, each generation has it's problems but things are coming to a climax here. Never before were there so many nukes, never before were the poles so small, never before was there so little oil, never before was there so much drought and poverty. And yet there are so many more lesser problems that could develope given the right circumstances. Nanobots for instance. What kind of world is this? Do we want these kids coming into a world with so many problems while the previouse generation just leaves us to deal with them? You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 the world is going to end before too long, probably before ht generation is over, so then we wont have to worry about it. Theres so much that can go wrong at this point, its just a matter of someone launching a nuke or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Are you refering to the Mayan/Chinese 2012 doomsday prophecy? You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Are you refering to the Mayan/Chinese 2012 doomsday prophecy?no, I just mean that theres so many things that can go wrong that we just can't last much longer. If not a natural death than we will be killed by some sort of technology. Examples like nukes, global warming, terrorism. although I do love the 2012 doomsday prophecy, I find it very interesting to read about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 What kind of natural death can the earth suffer? Meteor? People are tenaciouse we could get through that. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about.well we used nukes once before... What kind of natural death can the earth suffer? Meteor? People are tenaciouse we could get through that.Well yes, I don't believe that the ENTIRE human race will die. some will live but I wouldn't doubt a population drop in a severe amount. Maybe due to a epidemic of some kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 To stop a war that threatened the lives of millions more people, and i doubt that will ever happen again. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 To stop a war that threatened the lives of millions more people, and i dobt that will ever happen again.I hope not, Nukes are scary, I wish they had never been made :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk4terpunk90 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 In a diffrent perspective it's been like this for a long time. Children being born during Cuban missle crisis, WWI, and all previously. "Talkin bout my juh juh juh juh generaatioon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about. Yes but there are radical dictators, such as the leader of North Korea, I don't recall his name right now. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about. Yes but there are radical dictators, such as the leader of North Korea, I don't recall his name right now.kim jong irr lol (I have no earthly idea how to spell it but team america ftw?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbellz Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about. Yes but there are radical dictators, such as the leader of North Korea, I don't recall his name right now.Kim Jong Ill. He's crazy. :| He'll die in a decade or two so we won't have to worry about him much longer. I'm just worried about what my generation has to offer the world. :uhh: I'm 14, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Well our generation influences how this world turns out. Lets just hope we don't [bleep] it up. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about. Yes but there are radical dictators, such as the leader of North Korea, I don't recall his name right now.kim jong irr lol (I have no earthly idea how to spell it but team america ftw?) Even he wont ever do it, because humans value life as the most important thing to them (usually their own) he KNOWS if ke launches a nuke he is dead. He also probably despite his lunatic exterior has a heart and wouldn't just lauch a nuke on random people in a country for zero reason. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladmoney Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I think this generation is actually a better generation because most of the problems that have been produced are by last generation, which were naive to the problems that technology can cause. I think this generation will hopefully learn and understands that things are not going in the right direction, and will try to turn them around. I think there will be a better effort to save the world and humanity. Not to say there won't be problems, there will always be problems, but I think the next generation won't so quick to always ignore them as this one has. Visit my DeviantArt Page at http://vladmoney.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Kim jon doesn't care about his own people., why would he care about anyone else? Multiple international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, accuse North Korea of having one of the worst human rights records of any nation, with severe restrictions on political and economic freedoms.[14][15] North Korean defectors have testified to the existence of prison and detention camps with an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 inmates, and have reported torture, starvation, rape, murder and forced labor.[16][17] You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 It's not so bad in my opinion. Worst we got is terrorist with nukes and Global Warming if it's how they said it is. If we can protect ourselves against nuclear missles we're fine in that. All we could do about Global Warming is try to stop it or hope for the best it isn't true. Our generation is just as bad as the previous ones, and we survied them all. Our parents lived through the Cold War, where a nuke could been fired at any moment. Our grandparents lived through the Great Depression and World War II. Ethier your soldiers won or you'll be killed by Hitler. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart_0 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I think it is our generation's job to fix such problems that you have described. We have grown up with these problems, seen the mistakes, given better education. The past two generations have left us with a huge mess that they did not intend on but non the less made. As sad as this sounds, we are the only ones that can clean up that mess. The only thing that stands in our way? The separation and fear that we are given these days. The media, which seeks to divide and categorize us into groups of entertainment and such. the one thing we need now, more then anything else, is to be united. United, and with a plan. If we have these things, we can take on any problem face. This generation can stop the problems of the next, but it will take the organization of the world to do so. Now,you mentioned nano bots, and as we are discussing.... its not a very probably problem in the future (too complicated). BTW, I like the reference for that quote ;) Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Kim jon doesn't care about his own people., why would he care about anyone else? Multiple international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, accuse North Korea of having one of the worst human rights records of any nation, with severe restrictions on political and economic freedoms.[14][15] North Korean defectors have testified to the existence of prison and detention camps with an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 inmates, and have reported torture, starvation, rape, murder and forced labor.[16][17] Thats because he considers them political enemys. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Never before were there so many nukes, Cold war ftw? maybe, I don;t really know...But yea each generation does have its problems, each generation probably thought things were at a climax then, but it can get worse. It hasn;t climaxed yet Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hohto Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Yes but there are radical dictators, such as the leader of North Korea, I don't recall his name right now. With their current amount of nuclear weapons and missile technology, they are no real threat to this planet. However their southern fellow and Japan could be in wrong area. The only thing we have to worry about is nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, since NO GOVERNMENT OR DICTATOR EVER is stupid enough to use them realisticaly. We have had nuclear weapons for 50+ years now, and thats never happened and neither has terrorists stealing them. So i don't think we have much to worry about. I'd be more worried about China, Usa and Russia than any terrorist group. Even if they got few nukes in their hands, they'd never get enough to destroy this whole planet. The more likely scenario is a false alarm at some critical place and then antiretaliation against another nation because of that. We've already gone through many cases like that: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/missileers ... larms.html I could also swear I've seen a bigger list of failures, but that should be enough for now. Here's also a man who would have started WW3 and nuclear war if he had done what he was told to do in that case. If we're unlucky, next time the one obeys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov The point here isn't that nuclear weapons at the hands of radical groups isn't a threat. The point is that they are not the thing we should talk about first when we come into the situation of the world's end. Cold war ftw? maybe, I don;t really know...But yea each generation does have its problems, each generation probably thought things were at a climax then, but it can get worse. It hasn;t climaxed yet Our current situation is better than during the cold war, but in the last 50 years, world has reached one level: we are now able to destroy ourselves completely. Because of this fact, the last 50 years have been more dangerous than the last thousands of years. I'd rather die for what I believe in than live for anything else.Name Removed by Administrator ~Turtlefemm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 It's ironic really.. The biggest threat to mankind is mankind You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGoddessI Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 I understand what you see with your own two eyes are the aforementioned activities within the world. Statistically speaking however, generation Y have been raised that they can be and do anything, hence the largest amount of drop outs, 1 year university hex debts before a change of mind, change of jobs, stay at home until you're 30. They really do believe they can be and do anything; hence the major changes in everything. They don't want to work but they do want to make a lot of money. They are the generation that wants to make a change and a difference in the world, go and read myspace blogs, online journals, and the increase in opinion on university campuses. Generation Y are more concerned about the world than any other generation. It may not seem so, but it's true. It's quite funny I just recently did a motivational seminar for generations about 6 weeks ago. "Our definition of a generation includes three factors - it is a group of people who: Share the same life stage, live through the same economic, educational and technological times, were shaped by the same social markets and events" Marketing & Communicating with diverse generations, McCrindle Research, 2006. So who's who? Builders = age 61+ represent 17% of the population Baby Boomers= Age 42-60 rep 26% of the pop Gen X= age 27-41 rep 21.5% of the population Gen Y = age 12-26 rep 20.5% of the population Gen Z = under 12 years of age, rep 15% of the pop ABS Population Pyramid 2006 & McCrindle Research Study Trying to understand our X's and Y's Belonging - They're looking for a place to belong Options - They're looking for opportunity and change Leadership - We're sick of poor management, we want guidance not gurus, we want coaches, we want recognition for our great work, we want to be involved. Technology - It is our social tool, we want to be respected for our high tech skills Difference - We want a difference in the world and the environment The only people who tell you that you can't do something are those who have already given up on their own dreams so feel the need to discourage yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Just move to Australia, I doubt anyone would nuke Austrailia... Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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