What is the greatest plague upon society?

[Guardian]

Duh!

I think I just agreed to something the Gnu said...

[Arrian]

I agree with Aeson as well, but with a twist: ignorance is the largest factor, but ignorance can be cured if you have an open mind. The most dangerous people are those who are ignorant (and ALL OF US are ignorant of MANY things) but think they know it all - or think they can make decisions or argue a position effectively without knowledge.

-Arrian
knowledge begins with "I don't know."

[The Pioneer]

I'd say humans!

So long...

[dunk]

Originally posted by loinburger
The worst plague of society is everybody's tendency to oversimplify the problems afflicting society.

Hmmm, I would think the opposite. I think every problem has a very simple solution. Also, I think people tend to look for complications to prevent themselves from actively seeking a solution. "Oh, it's too hard. I'd have to do A, then B, then C, then D. Ugh, so much effort." The solution may not be easy, but it's almost always simple.

Originally posted by loinburger
The second worst plague is that people don't laugh at themselves often enough.

I agree here. Pride is definately a bad thing.

But I voted for organized religion. It's like an incindiary bomb.

That and the Cincinatti Bungles.

It's funny that LA doesn't have a team. HA HA.

[Ethelred]

I think its an improvement. The LA Lambs were bad yet the owner thought she should recieve a LARGE bribe to stay in one of the two largest TV markets in the US.

If the NFL wants a team in Southern California they will have to end their attempts at extorting local governments. If they like missing out on all the money the could be making long term thats their short term greed hurting them.

[Ethelred]

Speaking of LA Dunk, about your avatar.

Its Sam the Olympic parrot from the 1984 Olympic games. In Los Angeles. Designed at Disney.


I know it was called the Olympic Eagle OFFICIALLY but it looks like a parrot to me and to others.

[David Floyd]

Society's worst plague is a lack of total economic and social freedom, and an acceptance of this by many...

[reismark]

Hmmm... the greatest plagues on society...

That would be terrorist networks, Saddam Hussein, cigarettes, hard drugs, morning breath, prostitution, banana pudding, and, of course, the Cincinnati Bengals.

[Arrian]

organized religion. It's like an incindiary bomb.

I like that one. I'll have to remember that.

-Arrian

"The Inquisition, let's begin... The Inquisition, look out sin... We're on a mission, to convert the Jews... Jew-jew-jew-jew-jew-jew-jews! We're gonna teach 'em, wrong from right... We're gonna make them, see the light..."

[St Leo]

Religion .... always get such a bad rap on polls like this. There's nothing inherently wrong with either of them--the fault lies with the people who abuse them.

Huh? I thought that self-delusion was by definition bad.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
If it weren't for us "intellectual elities" you'd still be living in caves and eating dead rodents.

Who's this 'us', Kemo Sabe?

[Sava]

oooh, let me add some: rapant nationalism (nazis, US flag waving), sexism, racism, politicians enforcing their own social morality on us, human greed, capitalism (I might have said that before)

[Sandman]

Nationalism.

[The Vagabond]

Fools.

[orange]

how about stupid fucking whores who live solely to find guys in relationships and **** them, to cause havoc to the relationship. I hate these people with a passion.