[CE] Words in Bullets out

Human beings. How I am torn with our decisions over conflict. War, an action to move political messages. To get more oil, to secure relations, and for some other reasons that I am not aware of or can remember are the main reasons for US to be in Afghanistan. I think it's despicable to make our soldiers fight battles in which they are not fully aware of their main reason. I believe in very strongly that if you are able to get worked over an issue to the point that you would send troops somewhere to settle things, that you should be the one fighting, or at the very least you should be leading the fight on the front lines. Sadly, this is not the case. Those who have "high" rank jobs, for whatever reason, need to be protected at home instead of actually defending their opinions.

In this video clip I have a tremendous amount of respect for these medics who fly around in hot zones rescuing people. What I love and hate is that they try their best to heal friendlies and enemies alike. It takes so much gal to fly a helicopter into the middle of a battle while bullets whiz by and strike your craft. No matter how much protection you have there will always be the chance of an rpg speeding on by towards your craft. Putting your own safety away to tend to those who have already been injured is an amazing human trait that is found less often in people. Now to heal the injured of others is something that I love because it shows human compassion, that we are all one species, one type of animal and that we care for one another severely. I hate it at the same time because what is even the point of war if we are just reviving everyone(not literally)? It prolongs battles to unnecessary lengths and makes it hard to win. To prevent unnecessary pain and death I feel like the people/companies who help spark these wars figure it out between themselves, and to save our forces for defense instead of invasion. A news crew went to Afghanistan with a picture of the twin towers burning, and most of the people asked had no idea what the picture was of. Which means that a great number of people in Afghanistan have no justification for American troops to be living within their borders.

Just my two cents

Video games a hobby, a lifestyle

It doesn't bother me in the slightest bit that some people are super addicted to their video games. Everyone is entitled to do whatever it is they wish to do with their lives, that's the message that attracts so many people into America in the first place. People who devote their lives to playing and studying video games may very well make more money then your average joe at a "normal" job. Games are in a huge market right now. A single game for the 360 can go as high as 70 even more if your really dedicated. Their is a lot of money to gain in the universe of gaming. Even if your just a player, if your good you could enter a tournament and win a couple thousand dollars, or hey a life time supply of cup ramen haha.
I used to play all sorts of mmo's (massive multiplayer online games) bute lately they have been quite repetitive. A lot of the animes i watch depict a person playing a game where they are virtually put into another world with all senses active. Sometimes it would turn out that they could not escape the "game" and it ended up being the real world and "real life" was just a dream. A virtual reality where you could import your mind would be amazing, i would definitely look into it. A "reality" in which you can personally change at your will by inputting your own code. A chance to play God and create the world you think is fit for your new life.
Although i enjoy games and the advancements that are inevitable, I'm worried that the virtual reailt i dream can be very dangerous. Perhaps the game is too real and the senses are very real to your brain. Your brain is very powerfull your brain could shut down important organs in your body from functioning if it believes it is horribly injured or "dead". In a very good book series that i highly reccomend (fiction adventure) Pendragon it sort of dives into the realm of virtual reality. The main character ventures into a world where 98% of the population has turned to a device called lifelite where you get plugged in and get to live out your fantasies for as long as you want. Noone leaves these machines as its pure bliss inside them. The machines feed them food that the skin absorbs by itself and all seems perfect to the user. The only problem is that EVERYONE is on these machiens and noone wants to be in the real world where so much real troubles burden them. The city is in ruins since it is barely used by the people and society is falling apart, yet its citizens are either oblivious or don't care in the slightest. I'm scared that this will happen to humanity since we are so easy to dump our burdens away and ignore them.
In my eyes instead of making video games more life like we should make video games more applicable to the real world. Wars decided over a match of the newest shooting game. Space explorations manned by millions of people who log into their game systems and explore for themselves while simultaneously gathering space information for the world/government. We need to spread our imagination and ingenuity for the better of the Earth, education, science, and our beings. Video games not horrible not perfect, a lot like us humans.

off topic but i was very amused by this quote, "light a man a fire and he will be warm for the night, light a man on fire and he will be warm for life" haha

genocide final

Genocide is purely a human species invention. You don’t see other species of animals killing each other for a stupid reason like different shade of fur. It’s quite ridiculous how humans, as such an “advanced” species who has developed such a complex array of language and comprehension we still revert to violence when we see it most effective. What is the use of words if we don’t even take them in account and go straight for our fists and guns? Animals may be violent, yes, but they do it to survive. They never go overboard and wipe out a whole species. Dolphins and whales have a huge brain size compared to their body hinting that they are rather intellectual beings. They even have one more layer of brain that humans don’t have (if my recollection is correct from an article I read) some would say they are more intelligent then us. Humans (in my eyes) seem to judge intelligence on how advanced animals are at using and creating tools. The way I see it when species do this they rapidly deplete their resources. In like what, a tiny three thousand years, give or take? A single species has never tormented the Earth in such a way, that was not caused by natural forces. I believe an intelligent species is one that doesn’t make its environment turn on them and support its own food source. Dolphins are friendly to most species. It eats small fish and dolphins even protect other marine life by taking on a shark now and then. It isn’t rare to hear stories of dolphins saving people whom are under attack from a shark. Dolphins have even used a tool that other animals use and turned that into a language, sonar. Point being species with similar brains and diverse biological tools don't use those tools to eliminate what they need to survive. They keep the circle of life revolving instead or diverging on a different path.
A philosopher I studied a few months ago, Thomas Hobbes, believed that humans were born evil. That if a human were to be left unobserved they would take the selfish and naturally evil course of actions. Hobbes continues to say that humans need a single person (philosopher) to lead the rest of us like sheep, for we cannot make the correct decision on our own. To some extent I agree with Hobbes. It truly takes an evil being to even process the thoughts of genocide let alone actually commit to the idea and carry it out. I don’t think all of humanity would agree to killing off a certain race or religion, but sadly I think there is still a percentage that would gladly agree. Humans are rather easy to give in to pressure. Fear could make parents throw away their own children if they are scared enough, whether for the children or themselves. Other just like the power if being "superior" to another group of people that is not them. Either really confused or not bright people may think genocide is better for the world. "Maybe that race IS out to get us all. We must band together and get rid of them before they get rid of us." Hypocrisy thy name is humanity. People like Hitler actualy though they were doing the world a favor by eliminating people that were not "good enough" What in nature could inspire this way of thought? I don't think nature has the ability to be so hateful. Instead of Hobbe's idea i believe that society shapes the individual human, depending on how they see the world and universe around them. A chaos filled environment will have some obvious side effects on the development of a person.
I think religion has a huge impact on this also. As far as we know humans are the only species who can think of the idea of religion. Personally i don't really have a religion i strictly follow, although my family is Muslim.
A lot of people blame their radical ideas on their religion. I bet when i say this a lot of people instantly think of Muslims. Hitler was on a religious craze and he wasn't Muslim. People interpert their religious beliefs their own way even Christians start shooting people if a certain message in the bible seems like thats what it is saying. I don't like religion because it gives people an excuse. In my eyes religion has a huge similarity to the shocking( not adjective) experiment that took place in Europe. There is one authority figure giving out directions. It's not all too clear what his true objective is, but it seems to be important. People sign up for their own accord and listen to instructions. When things start to become scary and uncertain they ask the authority figure for conformation. This is when some people can choose to leave or continue on blindly following what he says. It seems like you can replace several words in the past couple sentences with religious words and it would make perfect sense. I'm not trying to bash on religion saying its the cause of genocide, but it dosnt always condemn it either. "I just did what i was told, i wasn't aware that I was doing anythign truely harmful." is a nice resemblance to what nazi soldiers have said and the shock experiment. Blindly following orders is always a dangerous idea.
People who have given up and just don't give a damn anymore. Yet people who have a drive to achieve something that is correct and great in their own mind, both can be the sparks leading to the bonfire of genocide. Brilliant people, stupid people, and even regular joes can commit genocide. Humans are the ones stupid enough to commit genocide and humans are the ones with the complexity to commit genocide. We are in need of an upgrade, hopefully we will do something about it before we are on earth version 5 in a different galaxy.
"Humans are like a virus. They feed off of a host, once its not useful we just move on to the next host. Rinse Wash Repeat."