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GoOnKid said:
justinian said:

I love your sentiment even if I laugh at your naiveity. People who think hate and greed can just end like that. Good luck.

Why I find these arguments so annoying is that they solve NOTHING. That's got nothing to do with the here and now.. 2016, the time we live in.

In 2016 people are starving, they are race and religious tensions and a whole lot other stuff going on. How the hell telling me about the future is going to help the situation. We could all be nuked to hell and back by then.

OT: You seriuosly think taking kids from one culture and forcing another culture on them - most likely against their parents wishes, is the solution. OK. May work. i doubt it.

Of course these things don't stop just like that, but at least he knows what is needed to make the world a better place, while it seems that you just don't care and accept all the bad things without thinking about how to end them. Therefore his answer is not naiv, it's a start.

Any two year old kid can can tell you how to make the world a better place. There is nothing remarkable in that. How is talking about some utopian future going to help what is going on today?

I don't talk. I do. I volunteer my services (usually medical) for free. I have been to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. I have seen things that I won't forget. These people don't want to hear about some glorious future. That's for comfortable westerners in front of their video consoles who don't have to worry where their next meal is coming from. I deal in the reality of the present.