Yup...GI JOEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Also porkchop sammiches...yum.

Don't get too excited, now. Its only half the battle.

We lost the other half when Macho Man died.

This really is an important point.

I will be the first to argue against the exploitation of one society by another, but a nostalgic imagining of past societies is not accurate, as crazy_dave mentions, the Australian Aboriginies are well known by current fields of research as causing environmental damage on a massive scale when they first arrived, not only the extinction of animal species but of entire ecosystems - which is why so much australian flora survives fires now, they're just the only things that are left, ie, survivor bias, as nondeplumage's post. This is also true on a general level with many, many more civilizations annhilating themselves than surviving. Take into account that the australian aborigines spear people to death when dealing with tribal law, and this still happens today in tribal societies in the Northern Territory, and I don't think they seem as utopian as we would like to imagine.

The point is we can't just dream of a beautiful past to return to, we have to make it happen, work towards a better future.

This said, there are countless problems with societies of today, I agree with that sentiment completely.

This too is also a very important point. The chances of running into other life within the time-frame of the existence of human civilsation may be infinitesimally small, but that is only because of our own limited breath of existence.


Shakespeare - Macbeth

Exploitation is an easy word to throw around; it's appropriate some places, but should be applied with a very careful stroke.

Hey, I remember that from class. Still, I’ll have to disagree with Mr. S. on this one.