http://www.indy.com/posts/1285 en-us DigitalEvolution Plus look at the people who warn us about issues like "Global Warming", Al Gore wins an Oscar, yet takes a private jet everywhere and lives in a 5000 sq ft house! The Earth Live or whatever rock show they had over the summer. Wanna know why nobody watched it? Cause nobody cares! How much electricity did it cost to put on that show? Hypocrites all of them! The 60's/70's were over-rated anyway. Im so tired of baby boomer sh*t, look guys you had your turn, it's over retire and collect social security (if there is any) in peace. From movies like Across the Universe (saw it, hated it) to Berkely, nobody cares about that era anymore. Boomers get out of your self absorbed righteousness! Look at all the crap that's come from that era anyway, rampant drug addiction (and the ever costly so called war on drugs), AIDS, breakdown of family and morals (while not a very moral person I believe we all should have some), political correctness. Pluss all the people who were involed in all the "protests" are the people in power now. The CEO's, politicians. They all sold out their ideals. There's one cause and one cause only in this world: Money, and I'm gonna spend all mine on booze, video games, and barely legal asian hookers! Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:13:25 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3916 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3916 Shimmercore Circumstances have changed since the 60s/70s. People were anti-war in the 60s because there was a draft. These days, we have people volunteering and joining the military willingly, whether the Iraq War was premature, wrong, or unpopular. I'm meeting more people these days that are more worried about the government taxing them out of their homes and lifestyles. The most current protest I see in our city is against the property tax hike. It's a noble protest and more attainable to win influence than fighting global warming or any war. Some issues are beyond our influence, but when the government is gouging people's wallets, then there will be hell to pay. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:57:35 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3907 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3907 kimikokopuffs But what do we believe in general? And regardless of what we believe, are we a generation of action? I'm beginning to think not. Climate change, living more green, presidential candidates, the "War on Terror" . . . hell, anything. Do we actually believe in anything enough to want to change it? I feel like the Earth does what it does too, but that humans make it worse. The Earth is not in danger, humans are. Of course, none of us will live long enough to see extinction, but that's not the point. I just wonder if anyone has any passion left for any sort of social change at all. Or did we burn all the bras, burn all the fires, burn all the passion out in the 60s and 70s? Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:31:54 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3893 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3893 Shimmercore I believe the low number of attendees at said rallies indicates that the people are not that worried. The climate change/global warming issue is divided. Some people think it's man made and others believe that the Earth is doing what it does in cycles. I tend to believe the latter. The Earth is all powerful and humans and our industrial complex is just a minor detail in the big scheme of things. It wasn't that long ago, in the 70s, that the concensus of scientists believed we were heading into an ice age, or global cooling. So, what are we to believe? Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:24:09 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3873 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3873 DigitalEvolution Guess I could burn my boxers. Would that help any? Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:09:36 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3825 http://www.indy.com/posts/1285#comment_3825