HOW DARE YOU CALL US "CIVILIZED!"

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   qwarkposted 10 years ago

   Consider "human" activity, in it's entirety, on this planet.
   Civilized? How dare you call us civilized!!!
   Mankind functions at "180" degrees from the definition of the word!
   PROVE...me wrong!

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      shazwellynposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      err... I would pretty much go with that... we all monkeys inside!

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      Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not going to debate the actions of others besides myself. As for being civilized? I am. That's about all I have to say about it.
      
      

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         shazwellynposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Caggie... Im not! lol

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            Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            You know what Shaz? I'm going to take you at your word on that topic.

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               shazwellynposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               grooooooooooooooowl!

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                  Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Hmmmm......?

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                     shazwellynposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     Im a tiger on the prowl... Im not civilized.... animalistic desires and tribal instinct...
                     
                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIfKqgWPVvk

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                        Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        Then I suggest you stay on your side of the world. Otherwise, you'll likely be shot, just for the fur coat.

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         qwarkposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Cags:
         Damnit!
         There are too few of us!
         We can't, as "Hoover" said, (paraphrase) out man 'em and out gun 'em!

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            Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            I'll agree, there are too few of us.

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      thisisoliposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I would say humankind is at a tangent to civilized, thats only 90 degrees.

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      Brenda Durhamposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Well....
      
      the ones who aren't civilized are usually in cages called jails/prisons
      
      or in the Democratic....er...I mean Communist Party.

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         Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         You know, your attitude, and poke and fun at politicians and political parties is getting really boring.

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            Brenda Durhamposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Yeah I know.  It's just that it's getting vewwwy boring to see the Democrat Party hold such sway over moral zombies.   I'm afraid to NOT keep speaking up 'cause they certainly need SOME kind of help.

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               Danny R Handposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               Congradulations! You proved his point.

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               wyanjenposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               "speaking up" is not the same thing as trolling around forums and putting random insults into conversations that have nothing to do with politics whatsoever.
               

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                  Brenda Durhamposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  It has everything to do with politics.
                  And the insults aren't random.
                  
                  Let me put it this way-----IF Mr. Obama would ever respond to any of my complaints,  I might not feel like I need to speak up everywhere I go.
                  
                  But hey, the coward hasn't got the guts to speak to someone who HAS the guts to tell him he's wrong to his face.

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                     wyanjenposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     How do you know - and why do you think you know - who the man does or doesn't talk to in the course of a day????
                     
                     Sorry Brenda, but when you throw out ridiculous statements like that it is hard to take you seriously.
                     
                     Now, let's stop hijacking qwarks nice little forum, eh ?
                     

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                        Brenda Durhamposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        But.... well...gee....qwark says humans are uncivilized.
                        
                        Perhaps qwark would like to post HIS definition of "civilized" and we can go from there with replies or retorts or ...gulp...even the proper definition and comparison of humans and non-humans.
                        
                        Whatcha say?
                        
                        I'll sit back and watch until I feel an inhuman urge to jump in!
                        

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                        qwarkposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        Hey Wyan:
                        I just got back from the gym.
                        I was working out with some "uncivilized" "Chicano" friends.
                        Have ya been keeping that "action" rollin' along?
                        I start 'em you guys finish 'em...:-)
                        PS  I see yer gettin' alota action from the primitive, uncivilized religionists....:-)

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                           wyanjenposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           
                           That goes in cycles. I poked my head out of the hole for a little conversation, and I didn't duck it back in quick enough.
                           
                           Thanks for your input to my health hubs.. I'm done entering any into the contest now. It was an awful lot of work for me
                           
                           So - my take on civilization is the Hooters motto.
                           "Delightfully tacky... yet unrefined."
                           
                           I put that pic up first because it is hilarious and second because it's a great example of my idea.  When I hear "civilized society", I kinda picture snooty, over-dressed culture snobs who decide for the rest of us what our standards are supposed to be.  Maybe that is only my own hang-up, I don't know. It's like when people go about declaring that everybody who disagrees with them must be flat out stupid. They may believe they are acting civilized, but they are in the "un" category for sure.
                           
                           Civilized people would NEVER approve of chicken wings served by boobs.
                              Er, waitresses with big boobs I mean.
                           But the rest of us who get a kick out of it are not just a bunch of low brow losers.
                           I like things that are delightfully tacky! Uncivilized tho they may seem...
                           
                           I'm very sure I swerved way of track from your OP, but that is where my brain took it.
                           
                           sorry
                           
                           take it easy!

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      LegendaryHeroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I can't.
      
      You're entirely right - at least in my opinion.

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   Ohmaposted 10 years ago

   I consider myself extremely civilized but I do have doubts about many others!

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      Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      You and everyone else.

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   Rafiniposted 10 years ago

   what is this word?  civilized?

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      Cagsilposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Now, this/that I can believe.

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         Rafiniposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         

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   Brenda Durhamposted 10 years ago

   You spelled congratulations wrong.
   
   teehee I feel so picky tonight.
   
   Must be that uncivilized neanderthalish gene in me.
   
   Oh wait!  There's no such thing.  Must be a throwback memory of the caveman crap I learned in science class....

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      Danny R Handposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      CONGRATULATIONS. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S. CONGRATULATIONS.
      Learn something new every day.

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   wyanjenposted 10 years ago

   qwark, this is the first thing that popped in my head:
   
   The Hooters girls
   
   

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   Brenda Durhamposted 10 years ago

   ((chuckle))

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   Richieb799posted 10 years ago

   Who's calling who civilized? I'm sure it was said tongue in cheek, whoever said it

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   Crazdwriterposted 10 years ago

   I'm civilized at times...I let my self go wild in my dreams and daydreams though

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   Shadesbreathposted 10 years ago

   Being "civilized" is an ideal.  It's a moving target that will always be just out of reach because it will always be relative to where we actually are and what we can dream of as defined by our religious myths, social philosophers or whatever other "what if" scenarios we envision for ourselves outside the ever-evolving reality of our day-to-day.

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