Not as smart as I used to be.

[raegun]

Based on an article* I've been reading today, the discussion came up about someone proposing to relocate polar bears to Antarctica to 'fix' their habitat being melted away by global warming. Bear said something about polar bears and penguins being a bad mix. I realized I honestly didn't know if there were any penguins to the north, or if there

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[nkuvu]

I think that's the Big Thing here (here in the discussion, not the country

[raegun]

I think the average American (keep in the mind the average part) sits on his (yes, I am being sexist) fat ass (even more stereotypical, yet probably true) after work (if he has a job and isn't just collecting unemployment because he can) playing WoW or EQ or whatever. I also think he slept through classes or tried to get away from them (like I did in high school) or just slid by in some of them because the teacher didn't want to see him again when he repeated

[jai_dit]

Man, I am totally with you on the impending doom. I'm hoping it's just the effects of eight years of Bush and the Republicans, but if things don't get better in the next eight years or so, I am strongly considering fleeing somewhere saner.

Except then part of me wonders, could I really do that? I really value the stated ideals of the country, but find the reality slipping so far away from them. But if people would just wake up and do something... and if there's other people like me, who also want change and etc., but if all of us leave, who will do it?

I really don't know. It's tough. :(

[raegun]

I did try living in London. While I gave up some "freedoms" (like very few open 24 hours a day stores) I was greatly relaxed by things that weren't available in the states (such as less biased news, about the world versus just the country.)

[raegun]

I agree with you. Ignorance is the word I should have used.

We also think that all we should be learning about is what's going to direct affect us. I just hit a revelation of "Oh, wait a minute, maybe I am a victim of my social surrounding and its malfunctions?" I guess I always thought I wasn't like the collective "them" and I knew more than the average... well, not Bear, since she's a genius. :)