dimreepr

MEH, a joke is a way to codify information, not belittle it...

What is the charade you're playing, here?

Indeed, as do I... You've lost a significant amount of respect in those, as have I... I only wish, I was more respectful.

It's the difference between actual reason's to be offended and righteous indignation. For instance, once your example is published and accepted there's no reason to post another picture, we understand the problem; but if you don't pick it up, you're just part of the problem...

No, you're missing the point; the natural way to reduce our population is to make everyone relatively wealthy. The planet will live on, despite what we do; we will live on because of what we do...

If we're a little bit kinder, life is a little less unfair; being tough is a weakness too, being sensitive to that is a strength. For good balance we need a good base. That's just not true Really? Have you ever been a slave?

The birth rate is the rate of birth; it's not draconian it is just is...

How? The perp already knows the consequences of being seen to not pick it up; being seen to conform, only to wait until there not seen to hang the bag of shit in a tree; the message would be so much more powerfull and effective, if the post concluded with: But don't worry, I did it for you; shame is more powerful than righteousness... Doesn't that just reinforce my point?

No, that's just wrong not a weakness. The point of the analogy is, the poster took a picture of the dogshit and posted their indignation, instead of picking it up and solving the problem. Indeed it does and like a pyramid it starts from the ground up, if everyone is just a little bit more sensitive; the world is just a little bit better. Ignoring the base/problem is a recipe for disaster...

First, we have to agree on what's magical...

Indeed, Nietzsche said as much the sole man... Hitler took it the wrong way.

Is it weak to just pick up the dog shit?

Society is a pyramid, like understanding, the height it achieves depends on the base. If everyone's just a little bit more sensitive to other's, there's less dogshit on the streets. I don't think it's gone over anyone's head, there's a difference between offence and righteous indignation.

Indeed, we should start from there...

I don't know, all I know is 'I have' to my best friend and he wasn't offended... 😉

Really, didn't they turn that word from slave to friend?

You beat me to it +1 All I would add is, I don't really know what it is to be offended by a word, I'm a white guy in England. Everyday (almost) there's a post on FB, a picture of dog shit with a lament of the dangers of stepping in it. What's the point of the post? Every dog owner already knows that, if he/she is seen to not pick it up, he/she will be punished by the army of the righteously indignat. So your not gonna persuade them to do the right thing, you've just confirmed that they haven't been seen... They don't even realise the irony of the post, if you don't pick it up you're part of the problem...

I'll do so tomorrow, but I'll leave you with this; if you have to acquire a taste, it means you didn't like the taste to start with, but you learned to accept it...

That sound's dogmatic. Why do you need money so much?

A fantasy is just that, a fantastic story that stir's the loins... Tell me about it, every time I suggest the past/religion has valuable lessons to teach. The difference is intent; JP doesn't intend to teach a better way to other's, he just wants a better way for him... Intelligence doesn't come with a moral compass, that has to be acquired. 😉

I'm English/human, so I'll revert to type: On approach, can I live there and do the locals have gun's? On establishing orbit, can I land safely? On landing, I immediately plant a flag and claim ownership... On first encounter with a local life-form, I inform them of my ownership of their planet...

It's important to be discrete...

But it is the result of a single action, the resolve to do what she could. If all you can do is to write a note to a pen pal, let's hope it's her.

Surely Greta Thunberg is evidence that a simple letter can lead to pressure on the system? We're all part of the system, who knows who's actions will will tip the scales.

Write the letter, do what you can; ie. don't buy what you don't need to live, don't travel to where you don't need to be (unless you cycle or sail), for instance, get a job you can walk to or only buy what you can eat or wear.