Originally posted by: darkmetal505
Originally posted by: God#2
Originally posted by: Zinobi
So I have this friend and she HATES the thought of abortion, BUT She would have the baby then LEAVE it to DIE if it would save her life.........or get her what she wants............she scares me most of the time.........


KILL HER

@compliche8: if people are even easier to manipulate now adays, how can they be smarter? I smell a contradiction.

Oh, and thanks for the book recommendation.
common sense and intelligence are two different things
Nah, part of the reason that as a whole people are more easily manipulated nowadays is that information travels faster through the media we use, like television and the internet. The media is important because it is the primary vehicle used to carry messages used to inform/misinform, and manipulate. I think. There was a time when people had to had to send messengers on horsebacks to deliver letters and pamphlets. Another reason that people are more easily swayed and gullible nowadays is that, at least in this country, we are able to live comfortable lives without knowing very much of the wide range of issues on which those who govern us base their decisions. Consequently, people choose to remain willfully ignorant of those issues and just go about their lives, trying to put food on their tables, amassing a fortune, or whatever. If you were to consider the US as a whole, I think that, at best, people are adequately informed only on those issues which they care about the most, which for most people is a very narrow spectrum of issues. So when it comes time for them to make a decision on most things, they cannot make informed decisions on most issues without hours of research. Think they'll do the research? Furthurmore, this ignorance of the issues allows whoever is knowledgeable to create seemingly credible "half-truths" and all out lies that most people would be hardpressed to identify as such. I think that about covers it, in a nutshell.

Edit: By the way, its already been mentioned, but I think this topic, not being part of the abortion discussion, but worthy of conversation nonetheless, should get its own topic. If possible, could a mod maybe start a new thread for it and move the relevant posts to the new thread? Some posts contain large amounts of discussion on both abortion and racism and goverment. Those posts should remain in this thread, but also be present in the new one. It should take about 10 minutes of efforts, but I think its worth it. These posts have been unsually insightful and the topic is important. That way, if I want to continue a discussion on racism in the future, I don't have counterintuitively search for the keyword "abortion" to find the proper thread to do so.

It's a good thought. Unfortunately, mods don't have the ability to move individual posts. The best you could do is start a new topic and copy and paste the posts you wanted transferred.

GotWoot Moderator

Edit: *Nods* I'll definately do it when I'm not so tired and don't have such a hectic day ahead of me, so...later tonight in all likelihood I'll have it done.