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Well, let's see... A few responses to you, Shadowspecter.
First off... I've got to disagree with your description of life. Everyone wears the same style of clothes in certain communities, has the same personality, goes with the flow, and spends their time trying to be popular? Sorry, but my own experience has been more or less nothing like that.
I can't remember knowing anyone who's actively tried to conform to some sort of "cool" dress code, possibly because we don't really have one around here. You see quite a few different things, and comments on it, at least that I've ever heard, are rather rare.
People having the same personality? Sure, in the way that everything is kind of similar. I mean, at a basic level, a person and an amoeba and a brick are all made of atoms... But saying they're the same seems quite a bit farfetched to me. Although some people are similar, most that I've known are pretty distinct.
And of course, popularity... I don't know, maybe my school's just odd, but we don't seem all that popularity-driven. I mean, people have friends and all that, so we're not just a bunch of angry loners, but since I assume you mean popularity in the clique-ish sense... Nope, I can't honestly say I've seen it.
Now, I'm sure all of what you said is the case in some places... But all over? No, certainly not. The world's not that badly off. I don't see why there can't be hope for humanity to reach Mars, since that's the example you've been using. In our lifetime, even. Yes, we might not, but technology is advancing, and I think that overall we're making some progress. Everything's not perfect, and it's never going to be, but is there hope that it'll get better? Yes, I'd say there is.
I can't answer the religious section of your post due to the ban on religious topics that apprently exists, sorry.
Also, Bush is cool, darn you. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
[ 03-15-2004, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: Encard ]
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