American Society, is crap Options

[Paradox of Life]

I'm sure several of you will disagree with me, but that's perfectly fine because after all, this is in debate. I considered putting it in the lounge, but yeah, I figured it'd might end up as a debate.

Okay, my opinion right now is that society and the human race is pathetic, stupid and overly restrained.

Since when is sex and nudity so forbidden? It's the human body! Why be ashamed? Why are people so afraid to show what everyone else has! And why is reproducing and looking at the act of reproduction suddenly sinful? No other animal has this kind of restraint. As well as kissing, making out, showing affection. Why are parents so hesitant about letting their kids do those things? Don't tell me because they're too young because then you'd be proving my point. The rules of propriety are absolutely ridiculous.

The object of life is to survive, but look what mankind did! They made technology and electricity and all these stupid devices, so now humans are so weak, they have to go to a store to get their food. They have to go to the store to buy their clothing. What a waste of time and effort to make these things! Humans are so stupid and useless, they can't farm or hunt or do things self-sufficiently because there will be a grocery store a few blocks away where they can buy everything they need with paper!

Why are humans so weak? Because they manipulated nature and took advantage of it. They made factory farming, to kill millions of animals every day for the sake of mankind. They made factories, cars, cigarettes that are slowly destroying the atmosphere. They're cutting down trees for their own convenience, while driving all the animals that live there to extinction, but it's not doing anything! It's making human kind WEAKER!

How is it making us weaker? BECAUSE WE DEPEND ON THESE CAPITAL RESOURCES. We're so weak now, that if you tossed us into a forest, we wouldn't last but for a week or two. Do that to us in the stone age, when what we focused on was survival, and we could live. But now, humans depend on what they've created and the earth is completely haywire.

Animals are much better off than we are as far as survival skills. We think we're so great and strong and mighty, but really, if you strip a man naked and toss him into the wild, he'd be dead meat in a matter of days. We're not even animals anymore. We're so strange, we think we're so special, we're a whole different species.

Please don't post on here telling me how stupid I am. That's rude and unnecessary. Thanks.

[*kryogenix*]

Just one question before we start, what makes you think these things are exclusive to American Society?

I'm sure several of you will disagree with me, but that's perfectly fine because after all, this is in debate. I considered putting it in the lounge, but yeah, I figured it'd might end up as a debate.

Okay, my opinion right now is that society and the human race is pathetic, stupid and overly restrained.

Pathetic? We're only the dominant species on this planet. Stupid? You're typing this from a computer and you're calling us stupid? And you're only as restrained as you want to be. You're living in society governed by laws. If you don't like the laws, find a way to change them, or leave the society.

Since when is sex and nudity so forbidden? It's the human body! Why be ashamed? Why are people so afraid to show what everyone else has! And why is reproducing and looking at the act of reproduction suddenly sinful? No other animal has this kind of restraint. As well as kissing, making out, showing affection. Why are parents so hesitant about letting their kids do those things? Don't tell me because they're too young because then you'd be proving my point. The rules of propriety are absolutely ridiculous.

I don't disagree with intercourse as a sign of love between two people in an attempt to bring about new life. I think the problem is with lust. Lust != Love. With lust, the parents are just thinking of their own short term desires, rather than the consequences and long term commitment. A child born from lust has a harder time being loved than a child born from a loving relationship. If we weren't so restrained and everyone was having sex, our population would have ballooned, and either a lot of people would be dead, or all of our living conditions would drop. As for parental objection to kissing and making out, I give them the benefit of the doubt. We all know how sometimes "one thing leads to another" and parents just want to avoid that.

The object of life is to survive, but look what mankind did! They made technology and electricity and all these stupid devices, so now humans are so weak, they have to go to a store to get their food. They have to go to the store to buy their clothing. What a waste of time and effort to make these things! Humans are so stupid and useless, they can't farm or hunt or do things self-sufficiently because there will be a grocery store a few blocks away where they can buy everything they need with paper!

We're just fine. Animals have special tools for certain tasks, like wings and sharp teeth. Instead of these things, we got a bigger brain. Technology is the fruit of this bigger brain. I think it's a great thing. The world can support a larger population because there is more food readily available than a hunter-gatherer society would have. And I don't think there was a time when humans were immensely strong/had physical tools that helped them survive better. Maybe we got a little bit weaker, but we know how technology that multiplies our strength a hundred fold.

Why are humans so weak? Because they manipulated nature and took advantage of it. They made factory farming, to kill millions of animals every day for the sake of mankind. They made factories, cars, cigarettes that are slowly destroying the atmosphere. They're cutting down trees for their own convenience, while driving all the animals that live there to extinction, but it's not doing anything! It's making human kind WEAKER!

We're pretty much the dominant species here on earth. If the trees and animals want to complain, they'd have done so by now. Farms are necessary for the survival of the human race. We need readily available food in order to feed the people.

Humankind realizes that someday, our resources might run out. That's why we're looking for renewable and cleaner sources of energy. If anything, this is a sign of us getting stronger, not weaker.

How is it making us weaker? BECAUSE WE DEPEND ON THESE CAPITAL RESOURCES. We're so weak now, that if you tossed us into a forest, we wouldn't last but for a week or two. Do that to us in the stone age, when what we focused on was survival, and we could live. But now, humans depend on what they've created and the earth is completely haywire.

You're definitely not giving us enough credit here. Didn't the first colonists do exactly that? A bunch of people set up a village in a forest. Look where we are now.

Again, our lifestyle now is a sign of progression, not regression of the human ability to survive.

Animals are much better off than we are as far as survival skills. We think we're so great and strong and mighty, but really, if you strip a man naked and toss him into the wild, he'd be dead meat in a matter of days. We're not even animals anymore. We're so strange, we think we're so special, we're a whole different species.

If you stripped a man naked, and tossed him into the forest, he'd probably die. However, if you removed a fish's gills and tossed it on land, it would die too. If you removed a bird's wings and tossed it in the desert, it would probably die.

The reason why all of these would die is because you're stripping them of the specialized things they use to survive, and placing him in a foreign habitat. Our feature is our intelligence and the ability to use tools. Humans have adapted to live in comfortable houses. It's better that way.

However, I can't help but think the original poster is hypocritical. If you were against this, wouldn't you take off your clothes and run to the woods right now? You're asking the human race to reform, but you refuse to do so yourself. Practice what you preach.