04-16-2008, 06:20 PM
Quote:Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
Sun Tzu
Truer words were never spoken. A wise person once told me the U.S. government was based on "legislation through crisis," or in other words, things only got done in Congress when there was a real need for it. He said that saying was true in his day in the 50's, and I'd say it's very true today (i.e. global warming). Humans do have an uncanny knack for survival when confronted with dismal odds, however when will we as a society stop looking at the immediate picture and start focusing on the "big", long-term one?
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin