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Comment on: Re: What is the worlds biggest challenge in the coming decade?

Bigthink — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:17:50 +0100

Listen, he just misread the question (as I did initially) and answered in terms of the challenges humans face. We humans are the biggest challenge the world faces and the world will find a solution.

Comment on: Re: What is the worlds biggest challenge in the coming decade?

Bigthink — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:52:19 +0100

Whether or not he is pro-death I think is quite irrelevant. Its not that I want to put a mark on Craig, but lets focus on what he's saying because he is bringing up an extremely important subject. As citizens in a powerful country it is important to realize the effects we are having on other countries. He is absolutely right to suggest that we have this myopia. If that wasn't true we would not be focusing on such issues as abortion. When we are faced with huge problems such as climate change and yet continue to treat abortion as a top issue, it's rediculous. Recognizing that our actions here have an effect on everyone else and that we have a responsibility to minimize or fix these effects (I am absolutely not talking about occupation anywhere) is a huge step that as a country the we need to take

Comment on: Re: What is the worlds biggest challenge in the coming decade?

Bigthink — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:16 +0100

Much of the desertification in Africa is the result of short-sighted pastoral practices reinforced by aid packages and wells that allow the population to swell beyond capacity.

Comment on: Re: What is the worlds biggest challenge in the coming decade?

Bigthink — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:02:17 +0100

American myopia? More like Christian myopia!

He plays the abortion card in the first 20 seconds... Yet I'm sure he's pro-death penalty. More evangelical hypocrisy.