tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post1703789887810338898..comments2023-10-12T03:40:53.964-04:00Comments on These Gentlemen: Decisions at the RoundtableDavid Pratthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741107987673246357noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-35945673085769656432009-08-21T19:47:18.207-04:002009-08-21T19:47:18.207-04:00I'm with OZ on this one, keep em both. Everyon...I'm with OZ on this one, keep em both. Everyone places too much value in human life. If you eliminate disease you would commit an act of genocide unprecedented. What about all those bacteria? They perform useful functions even if the result often seems destructive. In fact "cures" are usually more destructive than the disease itself, just on a temporary basis. <br />As for war, I see nothing wrong with it. If not for war what would be do with ourselves? Pursue peaceful technologies? No, war is a motivator for advancement. Would we gallop about the galaxy exploring? Assuming that is physically possible (which is likely) what would we do when we got there? Even Star Trek had phasers and torpedoes. <br /><br />War is good, disease is natural and a just part of existence. <br /><br />Btw, he definately does not say "earf" that's a myth (myff). If you pay attention Will Smith's annunciation of "Earth" is perfect. The whole "earf" thing is just plain racist. You bunch of racists...Jstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923543330983189211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-44221573747041804492009-08-18T17:06:18.748-04:002009-08-18T17:06:18.748-04:00I think someone may have compared him to Luke Skyw...I think someone may have compared him to Luke SkywalkerOzkirbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058172749734459717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-7775858701777104072009-08-18T16:56:00.673-04:002009-08-18T16:56:00.673-04:00I have come to expect references to comic books an...I have come to expect references to comic books and summer blockbusters from this blog. Has anyone compared Obama to Batman yet?Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837361505534305694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-67241889999722156402009-08-18T16:52:48.639-04:002009-08-18T16:52:48.639-04:00We also used the terms "altruism" and &q...We also used the terms "altruism" and "Benevolence" several times across multiple peopleOzkirbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058172749734459717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-28340581304428453822009-08-18T16:48:50.833-04:002009-08-18T16:48:50.833-04:00well there were TWO Independence Day references......well there were TWO Independence Day references... isn't that good?>zzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919646014840957676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-24921424902150596432009-08-18T16:47:46.019-04:002009-08-18T16:47:46.019-04:00I love the fact that not one of you made a glib re...I love the fact that not one of you made a glib reference to popular music and questioned what war was good for, thereafter positing "absolutely nothing" as an answer, and requesting that it be said again. Good god y'all.Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837361505534305694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-86837798881944845632009-08-18T16:39:20.303-04:002009-08-18T16:39:20.303-04:00i was gonna comment, but then i scrolled down furt...i was gonna comment, but then i scrolled down further and saw that alex said exactly what i was thinking in her first sentence.neviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519661291471302542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-44126616361635239422009-08-18T01:42:34.240-04:002009-08-18T01:42:34.240-04:00my answer is/was disease. humans control war, not ...my answer is/was disease. humans control war, not disease - therefore war is our own curse, a curse of our own creation. we'll have to deal with it. but disease isn't.<br /><br />also, no stds is just about the best thing i can think ofJason Heathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411144857939292461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-31756773226257676352009-08-17T23:47:34.154-04:002009-08-17T23:47:34.154-04:00@Britt - Traitor! The aliens want us dead! They fe...@Britt - Traitor! The aliens want us dead! They fear us! Fear what we may become! You'll see!<br /><br />@Collaborating Mob- You'll ALL SEE!Ozkirbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058172749734459717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-34259917444954317092009-08-17T23:38:59.835-04:002009-08-17T23:38:59.835-04:00Well I trusted the aliens entirely. I stand by th...Well I trusted the aliens entirely. I stand by that choice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292773360697246224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-47528985700724417862009-08-17T23:33:37.542-04:002009-08-17T23:33:37.542-04:00I'm a huge fan of the plan Max has for using t...I'm a huge fan of the plan Max has for using the end of all war as part of a military strategy. There were a couple of responses that made it seem like the aliens were tricking the decider, but this plan where decider turns around and pulls a fast one on North Korea, well that's forward thinking right there. You, sir, should be Supreme Allied Commander of Earf.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946072466651357087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-90739085652784285082009-08-17T22:43:24.535-04:002009-08-17T22:43:24.535-04:00An unfortunate work schedule this week led to my f...An unfortunate work schedule this week led to my forgetting to send in my Roundtable response in time. In retrospect, I'm glad, because I wasn't planning on having a clever conversation with our alien visitors as so many of my fellow Gentlemen did. So I will shunt my answer to the comments section where its lack of creativity isn't so clearly displayed next to its partners.<br /><br />I'd ask them to get rid of disease for two reasons that I'm going to qualify as particularly American.<br /><br />1. War promotes technological advances, many of which can be applied to other areas of science after we've used them to beat the shit out of the other guy.<br /><br />2. I'm selfish and right now two of my friends have cancer.<br /><br />Done and done.ali dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315380273775485622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-45513258820338807592009-08-17T21:54:02.891-04:002009-08-17T21:54:02.891-04:00Disease would be my choice, easily. With the Eart...Disease would be my choice, easily. With the Earth's population sky rocketing like it will in next few centuries due to global increases in health care and sanitation a real contagion would be devastating to us. People all around the world are living longer and longer lives. The higher populations get, the harder it becomes to contain a pandemic. I'm doing my part to contain the population explosion by eating red meat 4 times a day, thus shortening my lifespan by decades, but everyone else seems to be leaning towards the healthy eating/exercise fad. (yeauch!)<br /><br />Also, the only real side effect of disease is fear and death. War can churn economies (through war mongering and movies/video games deals) as well as stimulate scientific growth.<br /><br />I don't really see there being a world destroying war anytime in our lifetimes. It won't happen until a crazy person gets a hold of enough wmds to be a significant threat to the planet as a whole. <br /><br />O wait, the U.N. is a powerless entity that does (effectively) nothing to curb weapon hoarding.<br /><br />Eh, I still choose disease. I'd rather us all be killed by other people than some microscopic organism.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458312374206982440noreply@blogger.com