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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:38 PM
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Poll question: Apathy or Greed. Which is more destructive to the human condition?
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:55 PM
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1. apathy
Edited on Wed Jun-14-06 11:55 PM by dwickham
at least with greed, sometimes, you end up helping others to help yourself

Oskar Schnidler comes to mind

with apathy, you don't do squat
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:15 AM
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3. I agree...
Greed is a double edged sword, that can do harm or good. Apathy is a dull knife that doesn't help anyone.

While there are plenty of examples of greed's damage, it's not difficult to find examples of greed resulting in a benefit to society. I can think of plenty of examples of apathy's damage, but I can't think of any way that apathy benefits anyone.
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:16 AM
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4. Oskar Schindler didn't do ANYTHING to help himself......
....he stuck his neck out "big time" with not much to gain for himself, only helping other people (whatta concept :eyes:)
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:17 AM
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5. Apathy, no question
Greed is an irritant. Apathy is deadly
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:12 AM
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2. The 'love of money' is the root of all evil
so it is said....

not 'money', but the 'LOVE of money'.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:55 AM
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6. Greed is the single urge...
From which all other negative human actions stem.
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 01:05 AM
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7. Agreed (gee, I never noticed that the word 'greed' is in 'agreed' before..
but perhaps I didn't make it clear that my 'vote' was that greed was much more harmful than apathy.

Peace
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RDU Socialist Donating Member (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 01:46 AM
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8. arrogance is worse than both
but i vote apathy over greed.
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:38 AM
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9. Apathy, because it's more pervasive.
There just aren't that many insatiably greedy people, as compared to the number of apathetic ones. Apathy enables greed.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:57 AM
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10. Whatever. How much are you going to pay me to care? n/t
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windbreeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 08:30 AM
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11. Apathy......because
apathy means you could care less...and that IS the sickness that's put us where we are today...w/o apathy on the part of the majority, you wouldn't have greed on the part of a few...
windbreeze
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primative1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 08:34 AM
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12. Apathy is the result of greed ..
Like the chicken and the egg question ...
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 11:20 AM
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13. Watching cartoons or robbing a bank
Which causes more trouble? :think:
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 04:44 PM
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15. Which is more harmful to society
Those who don't bother to vote and or stand up when their rights are being attacked, or an auto manufacturer producing hybrid vehicles?
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lonehalf Donating Member (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 11:21 AM
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14. or ignorance
A guy was asked which was the biggest problem in America, apathy or ignorance,

He said, "I don't know and I don't give a crap".
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