Quote by SilentMasamune
Quote by kaisui1tatsuHave any of you really looked at everthing from a large
scale at the activities and views of the people around you and around the world? I have noticed that the standards for
our entertainment have been lowered, people are generally selfish and lazy, people don't want to sacrifice money
for the good of the planet, and so on.
I wouldn't necessarily say that the standards for our
entertainment have lowered. There are plenty of people out there in the world who seek many forms of entertainment, from
going to strip clubs to watching movies or even just being with their loved ones. The only reason that there isn't
as much sacrifice today is because of the rising population which increases the demand and therefore that demand
can't really be fulfilled. For that, some people spend too much on others which would make them a bit selfless if
you ask me. People's preception of the environment changed over the years, I'll admit that, but that
doesn't mean that we should also be influenced by the negative perceptions.
Quote: Almost every movie that a person watches has a gay person in it.
Even the children movies like Shrek. I don't think that this should be allowed. I know that it is put in there for
humourus purposes, but the kids do pick up on it, and then they start to think that it is okay. They watch all sorts of
obscene and violent things on normal everyday television shows and movies. I want it to stop. There are great movies
that don't have this unnecessary themes.
This is actually out of likelihood of attracting more
mature audiences, even though some people don't realize what content may be in the movie. What ends up happening is
that the content filmed on commercial is deemed as safe to see and is given the rating that the movie would be, but when
you get to the movie and you end up seeing things that you wouldn't expect to see, then that could pose a problem.
Parents assumed that Shrek 2 would be safe for children to watch based on the first movie which didn't really have
any out of the ordinary scenes, but Shrek 2 certainly had scenes that were not quite for children to watch.
Quote: I want it to stop. There are great movies that don't have this
unnecessary themes. I know that violence and nudity, and other degrading things are what most of the puplic want, but
don't you think that people should stop and think about what they are doing to the younger ones? They are going to
pick up on this and try acting in those ways because the media says it's cool, or the media says it's not a
big deal when it IS. People are being to hatefull of one another, and these traits usually start
young.
Movies also do not necessarily mean that children pick up on them. Remember, we have the whole
world around us, and to many minds of today, what people often see is what they see as fit or correct. With an
inquisitive mind though, people can distinguish between the right and the wrong. If parents are allowing their children
to see the movies with inappropriate content for their children's ages, then the parents are rather wrong and
should make observations themselves before they send their children off to see any kind of movie. After watching Shrek
and Shrek 2, it can be deemed that no movie is assumed safe without getting a proper review on it. As far as I'm
concerned with the media, I do not support how they are poisioning the minds of both young and old, thinking that they
are a superior unit when they too are just a fraction of the world. Some people rely on the media for information, but
not all of the information is accurate and perhaps it's even wrong. Today though, the media seems to be mostly
wrong with their discoveries and is corrupting the world faster than they think.
Quote: Also many people are being selfish and lazy. It is encouraged among
everone to get as much money as you can, get the highest paying job you can, which money isn' t bad, but most of
the time people cheat to get more money than they need. (I also think that money is just turing into a bunch of numbers
on the internet and cards anyways. Everything is going digital.) This sort of behavior among the buisnesses is really
bad, because it sets really bad standards for the younger emplyees who may take over the buisness. Also people do a half
job most of the time on things that are really important. But most of the jobs that keep the U.S. and other countries
running are generally good workers. Imagine if everyone who worked was lazy and unwilling to do anything about it.
Everyone would get so mad at each other because of power failures, biohazards, waste buildup, long shipping, ect. Then
chaos whould descend on the human race.
The highest paying job could also be the worst type of job to
take up. Not everyone wants to go out and become a doctor or a lawyer. Not everyone wants to spend almost all their time
on the job without much free time to take care of their loved ones. Living a balanced life and lifestyle is the key to a
happy life, not a life when only money becomes an issue. Generally speaking, people who are lazy on their jobs often do
not get as much as others. Hard work pays off, and most people would rather find themselves having fun with friends or
even family rather than go to work when they will have to work at one point in their lives. If the world becomes corrupt
due to jobs, it's because there are more people existant on the planet nowadays who will eventually need a job to
support themselves and the companies have to pay off even more money, considering wages and raises.
Quote: Many big buisnesses also don't want to sacrifice profit for the
greater good. Cars that don't run on gas, (or don't run on a lot of it, like Hybrids) should be sold in most
car lots, and affordable for everyone. Pollution is a big problem everywhere. Our weather is worsening
drastically.
However, with the scarcity of hybrid cars in the world today, the initial price will be
high since the hybrid will be the next form of energy saving in the world. That is also not to say that hybrid cars will
be the best of automobiles either since they have to rely on electric energy which is also something that is also
expended in the planet, but hybrids will make a cleaner alternative. The weather has been worsening, and I concur with
this. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, many places didn't have to deal with excessive heat and excessive severe
weather, but the greenhouse effect has contributed to the increase of the inclement weather which resulted from the
increase in CO2, carbon dioxide. However, without carbon dioxide, there would be no life since trees take in CO2 and
expel O2, oxygen.
There are people who care about their surrondings, but they also know that it can't be up to them alone to make
those amendments. The world must act as a whole if there are to be any improvements. People will comply, and others
simply won't care. I think I said a mouthful... ^_^'
Yes you did say quite a mouthfull! I
am glad to have so many reply with different views though. I did not touch on everything, but that is rather impossible.
I do belive that parents should control more of what there children see, listen to, ect. There is a lot of harmfull
stuff out there, and some parents even purposly put thier children in bad environments. I remember seeing a picture of a
baby bottle that had a beer lable on it. Some parents think that it is cute to have little kids with that sort of stuff
on them. A lot of these problems lie with parents and how they raise thier children.
The car thing though, there are many awsome inventions everyday that are fully capable in helping out plantet, and they
are just now getting around to doing something about the cars.
merged: 11-10-2005 ~ 11:38pm
Quote by GOMFi want to make it
short this time and i really hope that you read the whole post, please:
your views are very narrow, you might now know it but they are conservative. to make myself more clear about it i would
try to explain to you that the things you are preaching about are nothing new. they've existed in all times but on a different level. that's because people are afraid of changes or
new things so when somebody experiences something like a "dude i feel like time has passed me"-dilemma you
start noticing everything you dont really like about life because it does not resemble your personal views.
so you think everybody is lazy and stupid? well that's not true. you think gay people are scary and shouldnt be
showed on television because the kids could possibly pick it up? well that's not true either because you dont
become gay only because of watching television. you think that a lot of buisnesses could spare some bucks for people who
really need that money? you're wrong again because you have no clue about
economics. how do you think this will happen? you say that people are being to hateful of one another? well guess what
since mankind exist that is a matter of fact that people kill each other because
they have different opinions. and normaly it's because one party thinks the old standards should be kept and
another party thinks the old standards should be renewed to the current level of society because it's changing and
when something is changing you cant prevent it from doing so, else one day or another either the one party or the other
will pick up a stick and make it a weapon.
i dont know if you understood me right but you should know that the things you said are nothing new to mankind and if
there would be a chance to change things people would have done it by now, trust me, but the thing you want is that
everybody things like you ... and that is something you really do not want because then you could count yourself as a
communist.
and you think people were used to care about other people? well guess what, you are wrong again because people care (and
always have cared) for the stuff they need to survive, everything else is nonsense because we live in order to survive,
if somebody threatens our life we just kill them, that's always been like that and it still is like that because
that's one of our instincts.
so ... i guess you should stop looking only at the present trying to make everybody equal because that's not
possible. you should also stop generalizing things after your own opinion. on top of that, stop thinking that in the
past things were better only because i were used to them and now people have changed. yes i agree that mass media is
stupid because it brainwashes you but does it really matter if it's the television or the church?
i guess you should really think about the things you write before ranting about society while havent understood it even
a bit, because even the last fact about "dropping rasicm" is totaly unimaginable because people are just
different and everybody envies his next even if it's for no real reason. even if two people have no money
they'd envy each other because of their looks. alright we make everybody look the same how about that? then people
would envy the other because he/she has more brains. alright then we make everybody equaly stupid or equaly smart how
about that? ... but ... what kind of human will it be then, when it has no personality, no looks, no nothing
...
i really recommend you to read the book 1984 by george orwell. i also recommend you to open your eyes and step outside
the box because your views are not only unrealistic but they arent even thought out well. because you are right about
the things you say but the approach to it is very small-minded not even to mention your solution for it.
i hope you are aware that my critique on your views is not to make you feel uncomfortable or something because as i
said, you are right, but you cannot just think of how to complain but you have to think of realistic possibilities to change things and i think that you are not ready for that. when you are done
reading the book 1984 i would like you to post again and tell me how you liked it and in the meanwhile you should keep
talking with people about your thoughts and encourage them to criticize you because you can only learn from that. you
dont have to agree with them but it will at least give you the chance of seeing things from different
perspectives.
good luck.
I never meant to sound like everything in the past is good, but people are becoming more insensitive to all of the bad
things. I remember someone once told me that an older guy fell down on the street and couldn't get back up and
there were plenty of people around, but no one would help him. So the person who told me the story drove over and helped
him, since everone around him was so busy. Maybe a reason for the actions of
the people was because they were afraid to be sued or something. I also didn't mean to sound narrow minded, I
didn't do a lot of reasearch, and those were jsut my thought at the time. If I were to rewrite it, it would be ten
times as long! lol. And I guess I am kinda conservative. . . And I would like if people could drop blind racism. Some
people still hate other races just because of what thier country did in the past.
And young children watching things on tv just dulls them to where if they were to decide that they wanted to be gay,
they would think that the consequence of being that way wasn't really that bad. If they never saw stuff like that
on thier shows then they would (should) be afraid of what other people would think of them. And I don't think that
everone is lazy and stupid, and I realize that people do need the money to support there families and themselves, but
there is a lot more corruption.
Well, I think that you can imagine my relpies to everything else. But I am going to try to find that book in the school
library, and if it is not in there, I will go to the public library. Who knows, maybe it is AR! I really do appreciate
your comment. I did not leave a good impression, but like I said before all of that was off the top of my head, and I
guess I should have prewrote it and left some links to other websites backing me up. Thank you for your comment.
