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Cham-balam
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Thinking about this the other day, and thought I might discuss it with the smart people that are on this site.

I think this is one of the key problems, that people don't prioritse correctly. And I'm talking about the world as a whole here.

9/11 = few thousand people dead (something around there). Yet a Tsunami can wipe out hundreds of thousands, if not more, and most people don't even give it any thought, yet to this day that day still is in everyone's mind. Don't tell me it's the symbol of terrorism, because you can say the same about dying kids in Africa.

I think one of the most interesting ones I found would be Oil Prices.

You look at oil prices, people bitching about how much oil costs. Oil is incredibly powerful, and still bloody cheap.

You go into the servo, and they sell a 1 litre water bottle for $3. That's twice the price of oil, and last time I checked our bodies don't run on oil.

I'm just ranting
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sjt333
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Cham-balam said: You go into the servo, and they sell a 1 litre water bottle for $3. That's twice the price of oil, and last time I checked our bodies don't run on oil.


no they run on biofuel
06/07/2008
Altered Beast
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Cham-balam said: Don't tell me it's the symbol of terrorism, because you can say the same about dying kids in Africa.



how is terrorism similar to kids dying in africa?
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KonkyDong said:

Cham-balam said: Don't tell me it's the symbol of terrorism, because you can say the same about dying kids in Africa.



how is terrorism similar to kids dying in africa?

That's not the point he's trying to make. Even more kids are dying in Africa than in terrorist acts, yet which do people care about more?
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ShuffleZ
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Are you referring to the gangs in Africa killing innocent people?
EDIT: I see(posted at same time lol)
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Cham-balam
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I guarantee you the death of the US President (murder) would get more attention than the death of hundreds of millions in third world.
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malaka
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lets get electric cars!! oil kills the earth we have one only atm so lets care for it! unless its too late, which it probably is
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sjt333
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malaka said: lets get electric cars!! oil kills the earth we have one only atm so lets care for it! unless its too late, which it probably is

you do understand how electricity is made right changing to electric cars isnt gonna do much for the environment
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Altered Beast
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Well to me. I have no problem with the oil prices. You have a point. People are making oil prices a big deal. they even put it on the news. yet when say calculators go up by $4 no one cares. yet it is a important thing . bread prices go up, we need that to eat right? Well it isn't important to "other" people. They are complaining about nothing. Now a days people get way more money from work.

The economy is rising, peoples pockets is rising. People consume more money why not raise prices for everyday things. It is a stupid.

Also Games cost 2 times as much as USA games do. Yet USA's $1 = 95cents. is there more I could say.
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ICC_06
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Cham-balam said: I guarantee you the death of the US President (murder) would get more attention than the death of hundreds of millions in third world.



If that happened the level of press coverage it would get would be massive, anything no matter what it is would come a distant second to the murder of the president.
06/07/2008
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Silence
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Cham-balam said: I guarantee you the death of the US President (murder) would get more attention than the death of hundreds of millions in third world.

Well, he is essentially the most powerful man on the planet. Of course people will get worried. Not for him or his family, but for their own security.

If those two thing happen at the same time (US President murdered and massacre of 2/3 of the African Population) You will see the world divide. Hippies and Rednecks.
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cham, are you on hormone replacement therapy?
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Denor
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Interesting concept. Have you got a pHd?
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Cham-balam
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ICC_06 said:

Cham-balam said: I guarantee you the death of the US President (murder) would get more attention than the death of hundreds of millions in third world.



If that happened the level of press coverage it would get would be massive, anything no matter what it is would come a distant second to the murder of the president.



That's what i mean. Like, I am a big fan for symbols, as in, the president represents the nation as a whole, and losing him represents losing whos guiding them (if im making sense)

But 1:100000000 is freaking stupid

cmpa1970 said: cham, are you on hormone replacement therapy?



No

Denor said: Interesting concept. Have you got a pHd?



No
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Silence said:

Cham-balam said: I guarantee you the death of the US President (murder) would get more attention than the death of hundreds of millions in third world.

Well, he is essentially the most powerful man on the planet. Of course people will get worried. Not for him or his family, but for their own security.

If those two thing happen at the same time (US President murdered and massacre of 2/3 of the African Population) You will see the world divide. Hippies and Rednecks.



Ill go to redneck!
06/07/2008
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Wii_Man876
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Holy crap.. I actually understood that.
I agree to all that was said.. especially the Water bottle part. good thinking Cham
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malaka
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sjt333 said:

malaka said: lets get electric cars!! oil kills the earth we have one only atm so lets care for it! unless its too late, which it probably is

you do understand how electricity is made right changing to electric cars isnt gonna do much for the environment



okaaaaaaaaayyyy... then lets change the way we get electricity to wind and solar!!! yay then we get electric cars
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Cham-balam said:

You look at oil prices, people bitching about how much oil costs. Oil is incredibly powerful, and still bloody cheap.

You go into the servo, and they sell a 1 litre water bottle for $3. That's twice the price of oil, and last time I checked our bodies don't run on oil.



Simple, don't go to a servo to get Water. Cars get you places quickly, which is of convience. Rather than walking to 8km, it's a lot faster and easier to drive 8km, Fuel is something the world depends on at the moment, if you are holding up a family and what not then of course, it's not cheap. I can understand why people complain about it, easily. Say you get $1,000 a week and have a family of 5? You'll probably spend about $80-$180 on groceries. Then you would spend some on buying various other items. You would spend some on Petrol and then some goes into bills and your mortgage, and yet more money is spent on other things.

I think the complaining is mostly about how the prices are over double the prices they were 6 years ago.
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KonkyDong
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i think being selfish is just human nature. i mean i respect people who devote their lives to others but in the end all people really care about are themselves

edit: also

Cham-balam said:
You go into the servo, and they sell a 1 litre water bottle for $3. That's twice the price of oil, and last time I checked our bodies don't run on oil.



well last time i checked people aren't buying 80L of water at $3 a litre
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Cham-balam
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KonkyDong said: i think being selfish is just human nature. i mean i respect people who devote their lives to others but in the end all people really care about are themselves



It's attitude like that that gets us nowhere!
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ShuffleZ
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Cham-balam said:

ICC_06 said:

Cham-balam said: I guarantee you the death of the US President (murder) would get more attention than the death of hundreds of millions in third world.



If that happened the level of press coverage it would get would be massive, anything no matter what it is would come a distant second to the murder of the president.



That's what i mean. Like, I am a big fan for symbols, as in, the president represents the nation as a whole, and losing him represents losing whos guiding them (if im making sense)

But 1:100000000 is freaking stupid

cmpa1970 said: cham, are you on hormone replacement therapy?



No

Denor said: Interesting concept. Have you got a pHd?



No


Oh dear, he's PMS'ing.

But think of it, because of petrol most things go up with it. Transportation costs go up. So generally, the prices arew then charged to us, the consumers.

Azza123 said: Say you get $1,000 a week and have a family of 5? You'll probably spend about $80-$180 on groceries. Then you would spend some on buying various other items. You would spend some on Petrol and then some goes into bills and your mortgage, and yet more money is spent on other things.

I think the complaining is mostly about how the prices are over double the prices they were 6 years ago.


Me, in a family of four = $170
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sjt333
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malaka said:

sjt333 said:

malaka said: lets get electric cars!! oil kills the earth we have one only atm so lets care for it! unless its too late, which it probably is

you do understand how electricity is made right changing to electric cars isnt gonna do much for the environment



okaaaaaaaaayyyy... then lets change the way we get electricity to wind and solar!!! yay then we get electric cars


no we need cars that run on bubbles
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Altered Beast
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Cham-balam
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Again, Im not saying petrol isn't important. Crude oil is incredibly powerful, so much carbon energy, kerosene, tar, plastic, deisel, it's everywhere, the keyboard I type with now.

I just think we are miss prioritising.

I'm not talking about how important something is. I'm talking about how important it is in RELATION to another.
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Cham-balam said: Again, Im not saying petrol isn't important. Crude oil is incredibly powerful, so much carbon energy, kerosene, tar, plastic, deisel, it's everywhere, the keyboard I type with now.

I just think we are miss prioritising.

I'm not talking about how important something is. I'm talking about how important it is in RELATION to another.


Don't forget Petroleum Jelly!
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malaka
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sjt333 said:

malaka said:

sjt333 said:

malaka said: lets get electric cars!! oil kills the earth we have one only atm so lets care for it! unless its too late, which it probably is

you do understand how electricity is made right changing to electric cars isnt gonna do much for the environment



okaaaaaaaaayyyy... then lets change the way we get electricity to wind and solar!!! yay then we get electric cars



no we need cars that run on bubbles



but bubbles cost water and were running out, how about cars that run on love
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