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by leaveyou 1076 days ago
Good intentions and high hopes are worth close to 0. IMHO at least one of us is badly disconnected from reality. In my part of the world "we" fail to educate our kids worse than ever, how on earth are "we" gonna educate the rest 3-4 billion people.. "Somebody do something !!!"
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jacquesm 1076 days ago
> IMHO at least one of us is badly disconnected from reality.

I agree with you there but probably don't agree with you on who that is.

Good intentions are a start, and are worth a lot more than bad intentions, apathy and defeatism.

'Somebody do something' is much better than 'don't threaten my lifestyle'. Better still is 'I will do something'.

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leaveyou 1075 days ago
It looks like you started doing something indeed .. downvoting and flagging inconvenient opinions. So productive. It really proves your point.
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mcv 1076 days ago
I disagree. Good intentions would help a lot. The problem is that in some areas, people with bad intentions dominate.

However, my purpose was initially to point out the possibility. The possibility is there. The next step is what we do with it. If you start out by giving up, you're never going to get anywhere. That's your disconnect.

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