Is all of this bickering and sniveling here accomplishing anything?

Question

Is it all moot?

Do you understand the significance of the bees disappearing?
Do you understand the significance of the Earth's magnetic shift that scientists are predicting will happen around 2012? And that this could be why the bees are disappearing?

With the time that we could be left with isn't arguing politics a ridiculous waste of time?

Maybe it's much about nothing? IDK

I for one am more concerned with making the most of this time!

Be well!

For those of you who are my contacts....Thanks for all of the e-mails and correspondance but I am going to be spending less time here!

Good luck to you all!!

Thanks again!

I have to say Thanks to all answerers so far who aren't attacking me!
This is something that I am genuinely concerned about and believe me when i tell you that politics is something very important to me but..... I have an Idealisitic stance towards politics and I have finally come to realize that me and those who think like me aren't the norm or the powerful and nothing we feel or think will change anything. Humanity is suffering for th sake of profit and nothing will change that!
The wealthy have won and only they can fix what's broken!

But thanks for not rubbing my nose in my hope!

Answer 1

Quite often it's just a matter of mostly harmless fun and possibly some release of energy and emotion. But, good for you.

Answer 2

If the world is going to end in 2012, as some claim, does it even matter what we do? That's the problem with fear tactics like this. That is 5 years. Why the heck would anyone bother to recycle, not run up massive debt, care about the environment, or anything else, if the world ends in 2012.

The same people touting this claim make fun of Christians who believe in the rapture.

As one of those Christians, I can tell you that living with the sense of the possibility of imminent departure has not overly impacted the day to day living of my life, except maybe for the better. Then again, I have hope. What is it that you have?

Answer 3

I'll agree the "signal-to-noise" ratio on Y/A isn'tall that great--true of the Internet generally.

But--whether the topic is dead bees or idiot politicians, it serves a valuable purpose. What we are witnessing--and participating in--is a rebirth of the "public discourse" (or, if you prefer, the "polis"). That discourse--the ongoing conversation of people about issues of public concern--was--and is--central to the social and political health of any free society. And was well on its way to extinction in the US when the Internet came along.

It is already having an effect on politics--and probably more important, on policy--though the effects are still small. And tat is a very positive--and given the power of the Internet to enable ordinary people anywhere, in any society, to talk with and learn about and from each other--may well prove to be as profound a tool for positive social progress as was the invention of the printing press and the spread of literacy.

Don't dismiss this because the individual exchanges you see are often (mstly) inconsequential in and of themselves--what they are a part of is much greater.

Answer 4

NO! It isn't moot. If you think the politicians don't listen, think again. They listen but then are deterred by big money - which tells me, if people talk, money screams. What would you try to do first? Shut up the talkers or put an end to the screaming?
What we seem to have in America these days is a government that is such a huge bureaucracy and governmental officials that have "jobs for life" and a government that is out of control. How do you feel about THAT? Personally, I think term limits are a must so that more average citizens have a chance to serve and our government officials can't be bought.

Answer 5

Actually, all of us bickerers should be writing about being
unified once again, loving our neighbor, sending some
goodies to our servicemen, helping those who are in need,
sending money and whatever is needed to those wiped
out by recent tornadoes, things we all could do to decrease
environmentally unsound trash; visiting the sick and those
who have no visitors, volunteering in our own county, voting
next election after studying the issues involved by each
candidate (not the hate speeches and personal attacks);
trying to be better patriotic citizens daily; and like you said,
make the most of what time we're alive and able. We never
know when today will be our last day to accomplish anything.

Answer 6

So the bees go screwy and my compass reverses. *shrugs* These events have happened several times, when the magnetic field shifts. Unfortunately, it requires more change and more time than we have currently. It has been theorized that the Earth can have up to 12 poles before an inversion actually occurs, and as I haven't heard anything about that, I doubt that it'll happen in the next thousand years.

The world can end at any minute, everyone is fully aware of that. Either an asteroid can hit us, a bioengineered superbug could be released and kill everyone, someone could nuke someone else and then snowball, aliens could appear and eat us. Or hey, when the field inverts, a solar flare could come through at the exact time and wipe out our atmosphere and us. Oh, toasty.
Not to mention individual threats. I could go out today and get hit by a car. Or mauled by a dog. Or shot. Or get impaled on something. Or get hit by lightning. Or eat something poisoned. But I do what I do to get by.

Live life, and if that doesn't include forum trolling, I wish you adieu.

Answer 7

Bickering and sniveling is always a waste of time. Intelligent debate and enjoyable banter are fun ways to spend a few minutes on a break from work.

My family donates to environmental causes. We take public transportation when we can, and car pool when we can't. We recycle and volunteer helping clean local parks. We conserve energy.

But we are not fatalists. We enjoy life, make the most of every day and respect the environment.

My degree is in American Government, even though I work in the hospitality industry. I find my time here debating issues with all of you to be a genuine enjoyment for me, so thank you all for it. Play nice. Have a great day!

Answer 8

No it doesn't accomplish anything.If that's what you're looking for and what your ambitions are Yahoo answers is not the place to be.

I agree with a lot you say,answers could be so much more but the reality is it isn't .Unlike certain people on the right I prefer to live in reality,even if that reality is sad and frustrating

Answer 9

Well,I swell up from bee stings,so I can't say I'm broken up about them disappearing. Say before you go,can I interest you in a tin foil fez (made from the finest foil).

Answer 10

I have learned these things while in here

-Fm members of the Scrowcroft Group = Bush Team
-Leon Strauss = Nazi = Father of Neocons
-Robert Strauss
-AIPAC
-Posting anything funny about Israel = getting your account cancel
-Posting jokes about how Bush used the US flag is o.k. as loong as the jokes doe not have his neocon's names on it

Answer 11

I agree. I am going to spend less time here also. I need to get on my cell phone and get those darn bees out of my yard. Politics are not important either because Global Warming is the only really important issue.