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What are some big social issues that need to be discussed, but aren't?
There are a lot social issues, but which ones are the most un-talked about and important?
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Danger Lampost 10+
* How do we inject morality into a corporate America that is amoral and driven by profits?
* How do we remove the influence of money in American politics, which was recently granted by the Supreme Court (i.e. reverse that horrible Citizens United decision).
* What do we do if a person is sick and dying and doesn't have insurance and can't pay for the medical care, regardless of any other factors? Do we always care for them as best we can, or do we just let them suffer and die? Who pays for that cost? What do we do about starving people - do we just let them starve and die or do we always give them food? Is there a safety net to catch people, not matter what, or do we say "tough luck, go ahead and die?"
* How do we keep ourselves safe from so-called "terrorists" without giving up our privacy?
* How do we resolve this remarkable divide that is growing between supporters of "intelligent design" and science?
* Our country was founded on slave labor and then we (Europeans) nearly wiped out the native Americans that were living here first as we stole their land. Today, blacks and native Americans are still at a significant disadvantage with respect to other groups of people. Will this racial disparity ever fade?
* How do we repair this huge republican vs. democratic war that is tearing our country apart and move forward together as a nation?
* How do we support our elders after social security runs out?
* How do we stop this horrendous war on drugs that has destroyed so many lives?
* How do we stop spending trillions of dollars fighting wars killing so many people?
Colleen Steen 500+
Danger Lampost 10+
* Should it be the goal of the all the people of this planet to eliminate all nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction?
* How do we redesign our cities, suburbs, business, transportation, power, water, manufacturing, and food distribution to be much more "local", leading to much greater resiliency and efficiency?
* Let's address the abortion issue from a realistic perspective. Clearly a sperm cell is not life, nor is an ovum (although there are those who consider masterbation a sin, but I degress). But if the two touch, some would consider that sacred life and the intentional destruction of those two cells as one is now tantamount to first degree murder. I personally disagree with that viewpoint, but clearly, somewhere between that moment, and the moment that the baby is born, there is a life which is sacred, and the intentional destruction of which should be considered murder. How do we all resolve at what point that happens?
And I could go on...
Colleen Steen 500+
I believe the answers lie in each and every one of us knowing what our talents and skills are, what our time committments are, and what we may be able to contribute to some of the solutions.
For example, at various times in my life I have volunteered with the dept. of corrections, women and children shelter, a terminal care facility, united way, etc. etc. These positions obviously helped support people.
At other times, and at the present, I serve on local and regional development review boards, the state economic development commi, transportation advisory committee, etc. These boards and committees work to improve our development practices, design our communities, support businesses and encourage public transportation with consideration to our environment.
At different times in our lives, we all have the opportunity to contribute to our world in various ways....so......let's do it!
Curious AboutLife
Also, on terrorism and the war on drugs:
They're both hoaxes. They say a plane crashed the Twin towers. But they fell straight down, and with suc order, that the plane, if it was the plane, couldn't have been able to do it. And the war on drugs is a stupid waste of time. And a lie. people are losing there lives for a lie. You these problems fixed? Tell the Gov. to stop lying to us. just my personal opinion tho....
Krisztián Pintér 200+
Curious AboutLife
Krisztián Pintér 200+
Curious AboutLife
(honestly, we can talk about whatever. Just respect my views as I respect yours..)
Colleen Steen 500+
Based on what I observe on this thread, the facilitator of this discussion (Curious AboutLife), is not missing the points of the topics presented here. If you believe that intelligent design is crackpottery, write about your thoughts, feelings, perceptions and opinions about that with respect.....please and thank you:>)
Krisztián Pintér 200+
Curious AboutLife
Colleen Steen 500+
Curious AboutLife may be on the "wrong track" in YOUR perception. You don't need to keep telling her she is wrong.....it would be much more beneficial for you to offer some information regarding your different perception. I KNOW that you are a very intelligent and creative fellow and can do that well.....IF.....you try:>)
Krisztián Pintér 200+
Allan Macdougall 30+
Curious AboutLife
I do.
John Frum 30+
There is this website, http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/ that focuses on all kinds of controversial topics, BUT as long as they are supported by scientific data. So, they are big on references to scientific material.
Now, many people ask questions on evolution. And many Americans don't believe in it. (Yes, it is largely an American and a Middle East Asian phenomenon.) Therefore, this website has many questions about evolution. The top-rated ones are here: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/evolution?sort=votes&pagesize=15
In particular, I recommend:
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/2057/demonstrable-and-repeatable-examples-of-evolution
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/101/does-the-fossil-record-evidence-sufficiently-support-evolution
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1669/does-dna-add-credibility-to-the-theory-of-evolution
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/3129/how-could-darwin-be-sure-all-life-has-a-common-origin
If you prefer to watch videos, I can help you with that too.
Curious AboutLife
Mark Meijer 100+
* How do we inject morality into a corporate America that is amoral and driven by profits?
If the foundation is unsound, you can't fix the structure by injecting anything. You need a new foundation. But do we actually know what we want that to be? I say we don't. You might say you want it to be morality. But nobody really knows what that means either. We always keep trying to find answers without really understanding the questions. I say let's start there.
* How do we remove the influence of money in American politics, which was recently granted by the Supreme Court (i.e. reverse that horrible Citizens United decision).
Right. See previous question.
* What do we do if a person is sick and dying and doesn't have insurance and can't pay for the medical care, regardless of any other factors? Do we always care for them as best we can, or do we just let them suffer and die? Who pays for that cost? What do we do about starving people - do we just let them starve and die or do we always give them food? Is there a safety net to catch people, not matter what, or do we say "tough luck, go ahead and die?"
These questions imply that "we" must be able to reach some kind of consensus. What are you going to do if it turns out that we simply can't, and never will? Or let's be optimistic, and say that we will reach it some time in the future? What are you going to do in the meantime? What are "we" going to do? Some are going to help out, others won't. Some are going to pay for it, others won't. Each for their own reasons, and how would we ever all have the same ones? This is simply how it is. Maybe we should stop trying to convince everyone of the same opinions, and start dealing with the fact that they're different. I'm not even saying they're all correct. I'm just saying they're there, so that's what there is to deal with.
Mark Meijer 100+
Privacy doesn't exist, and nobody will ever be safe. Both of those are ideals, which incidentally I happen to value. But let's not pretend they are anything other than that. All we can do is start from there and work towards something reasonable. If you ask me, I say the world is getting such a totalitarian flavor in the name of security that I'm not even sure who the terrorists really are. But on the other hand, I can't really blame anyone for that, because after all, if we behave like children, some will inevitably take it upon themselves to spank us. I can't see that there is any final answer on this, except that as far as I can tell, we get what we ask for, but we're loathe to admit that we're asking for it. Perhaps because we just don't know what it is we want.
* How do we resolve this remarkable divide that is growing between supporters of "intelligent design" and science?
I've pretty much given up on babysitting. People will quarrel about their version of reality. Who cares.
* Our country was founded on slave labor and then we (Europeans) nearly wiped out the native Americans that were living here first as we stole their land. Today, blacks and native Americans are still at a significant disadvantage with respect to other groups of people. Will this racial disparity ever fade?
Has it faded for you? The racial disparaty that exists, exists in the opinion of mankind. There is no actual disparity. The only thing anyone can do is to stop playing those game, assuming they want to stop. That's the only way it will ever fade, because those games are the only reality it ever had.
Mark Meijer 100+
By not insisting on framing everything in terms of republicans vs. demoncrats. The rest of the world is watching in mild bemusement. And only because you can't help but notice such a behemoth making such a complete ass of itself, pretending to war over some great divide that doesn't exist anywhere outside of its own imagination.
* How do we support our elders after social security runs out?
How do you support anyone else? I guess all these answers are kinda boiling down to the same counter question: Where does the actual problem reside outside of our own minds? And the answer is, nowhere. Go figure. And good luck trying to convince anyone.
* How do we stop this horrendous war on drugs that has destroyed so many lives?
See previous.
* How do we stop spending trillions of dollars fighting wars killing so many people?
See previous. If you were really, truly, honestly fed up with it, you would stop giving them your money, come what may. Or we would somehow stop playing all these silly games that humanity's Big Social Issues represent. What's your priority? What would be your ideal world? What would be your ideal life? Isn't that the very first question we all need to answer for ourselves? How many people have really found their answer? How many have even really asked? What are all these blind, habitual, nonsensical games we keep playing with ourselves? Damned if I know.
Guess I didn't do too well...