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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 12:47 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is Humanity UNFIT for Colonizing the Galaxy??? |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Both, actually. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. The WEEDS have it |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. We need stronger seeds |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. True, but a paradox exists: How to overcome Fantasy/Delusion |
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thisismyboomstick3 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. We're alone in the galaxy. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Alone?? If we are alone so be it... that doesn't mean we should not go |
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thisismyboomstick3 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I agree completely |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Betcha a buck humans don't break the Fermi barrier |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Tucker, you got me, WTH is the Fermi? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. No. But the galaxy is unfit for humans |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. We will find the air....or make it...whatever, if there is a WILL, there |
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bleedingedge (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. My Sig Line Says It All. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Ahhh, Agent Smith, my hero! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Yup, we are a virus on a CELL called EARTH... |
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bleedingedge (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I don't think "sustainability" is a viable option for people. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Such is the Human Paradox, reject what is best for us.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. still, you can waste a lot, or you can waste less |
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bleedingedge (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Don't get me wrong. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. It would require a massive information blitz...not impossible but with |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. The Current Order is a house built on sand |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Hopefully you are right...but, the World will be far different... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. We have blown away natures resources in one hundred years |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. True |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I just hope its not too late.....The Implosion is not too late to stop |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Re-reading your post |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. postponing the "inevitable?" |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Klaatu says, "Stay at home, Earthlings!" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. If we stay at Home, we will eventually die off....the Sun can last for |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
74. "...the Sun can last for only so long...." LOL !!! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Busheviks prove it. As we pass the point of no Return on human |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I concur big time... only a tiny window exists ... |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hey, humanity has had its problems... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. not soon enough, we are hampered by old thinking...old |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. I don't see that. (in response to #8) |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Afraid you are correct. But maybe it will be like the Jetsons |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Troglodytes no less,,,,, we are so Instinctive, so Emotional, that Logic |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I voted weed |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. We are a Weedesque Species as of now...small op remains |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ever heard of the Malmstrom AFB incident in 1967? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Humans have great need to get 3 things under control real quick |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bu$h is the "leader of the free world". |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Classical Ego Mode... this gives credence to the weed concept. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm all for colonizing space because it would piss off the fundies |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Me too, if we can save enough energy to get there.... |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. The Classic MEism...whats in it for ME |
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Nadienne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. What if we're not even indigenous to earth? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Doesn't matter, its the status quo we discussing...are we or are we |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. Humans From Earth |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. We better go |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why do you hate humanity so? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. in a Petri Dish no less. We are being judged to see if we are worthy of |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. considering the lousy job we've done on this planet |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. ET WEED Prevention Squad would to take one look and begin "Spraying" |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. We're the 'Alabama of Space' |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Yup. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. We are raised to be wasteful consumers... and |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. The Threats lie in the direction of Global Warming and Overpopulation |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. Klaatu Barada Nikto |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. It appears Moot, we prolly self extinct before they come... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. I was born just before WWII broke out and I remember |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I kind of agree, but here's the thing: |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I think this is what I was kinda getting at that. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Cleita: The advances made in the technical feild, in mechanics, etc |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
61. Mis-read the subject |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. The Human WEED??? LOL |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Sean Hannity has already polluted 1436 cubic light years of space |
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Baltimoreboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. I misread this, I swear |
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Liberal_Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. Right Now We're A Weed |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Slim hope is whot we got left.... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
69. Ha! What kind of weed? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. They will come to harvest us...make jerky or somethin |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
71. We have "FUCKED" up earth already...We don't need fuckup the Galaxy too! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Hence the weed thingy....will we be a weed or a seed? |
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