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Posted By: androidfig Mar 16, 2004 - 09:42 am

BTW: sorry, I didn't really mean to derail this topic. The subject was being nice and we are degrading into conflict. I guess it's kind of hard to imagine what the world would be like if everyone was nice.

Posted By: Aldan Mar 16, 2004 - 01:33 pm

It's hard to imagine what we've never seen...
I'll let the rest rest, even though I can continue...

Posted By: gypsychic Mar 16, 2004 - 02:13 pm

lol - please continue Aldan. I have all sorts of stuff I'd like to say, but no time at the moment.

Posted By: Aldan Mar 16, 2004 - 02:53 pm

I just want to ask if we should then just allow the terrorists to continue to kill people here w/o any retaliation or w/o trying to find and stop those who're DOING it?
Destruction by EITHER SIDE is bad. However, while if the terrorists stopped their terror campaigns completely, the US'd probably stop going after them (IF they gave up Bin Laden, that is...), if WE stopped fighting with THEM, would the reverse be true?? No firetrucking way. (BTW, I used "firetrucking" on purpose, as a reminder of those firemen who were attempting to save lives when the towers collapsed)
There, gyppy, whatdyathink?

Posted By: Nomad Mar 16, 2004 - 03:26 pm

My quick opinion. The U.S. needs to stop interfering in other countries business...YES. However,I believe, in some instances, that the US interfered for peaceful purposes. To stop evil empires/dictators from taking advantage of people who cant do anything about it. Hell, look at all the "ebels" out ther who are fighting their regimes. Most have a good reason. For all I know, we have helped them. Thats not to say that the US has not been putting theior own interests up front and put up with a bad leader just so we will prosper. NO, not saying its perfect. However, that is why we have an election every 4 years./// so we do not have our own dictator ofsorts. This is a free nation that LOVES freedom and under it all, IMHO, the rest of the worl loves what we have also. Hell, we've only been around about 225 years. LLord knows what time will tell.

Posted By: iamume Mar 16, 2004 - 08:06 pm

The title to this thread is "What if everyone was nice?"

This premise does not require everyone to like each other nor even be sincere.

Even if everyone did like each other and were sincere this would not be a recipe for boredom.There are still vast areas of challenge without adding nasty interpersonal conflicts to the pot.

Posted By: gypsychic Mar 17, 2004 - 10:11 am

"Destruction by EITHER SIDE is bad. However, while if the terrorists stopped their terror campaigns completely, the US'd probably stop going after them (IF they gave up Bin Laden, that is...), if WE stopped fighting with THEM, would the reverse be true?? No firetrucking way"

Yes! Exactly! Perfectly stated!

And what Nomad said too.

Posted By: Cryptozoo Mar 18, 2004 - 12:09 pm

If everyone were nice then there would be an ever-annoying jockeying of who is nicer than whom and then this would normalize into who was nice and not nice based on this new metric.

Posted By: Bmat Mar 18, 2004 - 12:29 pm

Interesting point! Degrees of nice-ness being the new basis of comparison. I like it!

Posted By: androidfig Mar 18, 2004 - 12:57 pm

A war of niceties, that's a novel thought. I'll see your cookies and raise you a cupcake. Oh, not the pillow to the face again, darn you.

Posted By: Bmat Mar 18, 2004 - 01:11 pm

Hands up! Give me your money or I'll tickle you.

Posted By: androidfig Mar 18, 2004 - 01:19 pm

Here, take my wife too...and my car.

Posted By: Bmat Mar 18, 2004 - 01:41 pm

Thanks, and may I give you a lift someplace?

Posted By: Aldan Mar 18, 2004 - 02:36 pm

Your money or your wife.
MY WIFE, MY WIFE!

Posted By: iamume Mar 18, 2004 - 07:42 pm

Oh no! Nicer than thou ,supremists. Woe to the least nice.Let them be hugged.....

Posted By: androidfig Mar 19, 2004 - 11:55 am

Wouldn't the nicest person be like, "No, my friend, you are the nicest." So the competition would be to give the most complements, hence claiming not-niceness thus being the nicest. I think we have just created a paradox.

Posted By: Aldan Mar 19, 2004 - 12:35 pm

Nope. A paradox is two physicians.

Posted By: gypsychic Mar 19, 2004 - 07:42 pm

In a world where everyone was nice, puns would become a form of torture. Much like in this world, actually.

Posted By: Athalia Mar 20, 2004 - 11:26 pm

what would that make aldan then

Posted By: darknightknight Mar 21, 2004 - 12:51 pm

How could a retalliation to the US attacks on IRAQ be considered terrorist activity, if this IS supposed to be a WAR on terror.... In a war, isn't there more than one side to the story?

If this is truly a WAR on terror, then an Iraqi retalliation could not be considered terrorism.

Just a thought.