onlooker wrote:No, I have donated money to causes I deem worthwhile.
Well good for you! Then you are no different than all of us who are you accusing of not caring. So which is it, do ALL of us not care, or do we?
onlooker wrote:
And your assassination of my character is unfounded given you know little about me.
I asked a question, specifically to find out if you were just like us, or not. You have since cleared that up. Thereby defeating the purpose of the entire "holier than thou" routine you were attempting ti employ. Cowboy up.
onlooker wrote: The issue was cavalier statements made about the harrowing plight of many around the world.
No it wasn't. It was about people ignoring the fact that their doom indicators have been with us longer than they have been alive, and the fundamental dishonesty in pretending otherwise. You know, peakers already have a pretty poor reputation when it come to honesty, critical thinking, objective analysis, you don't have to keep going and PROVING it on a regular basis..
onlooker wrote:You both along with Cog can triumphantly gawk all you want about happy motoring and how collapse is still a ways away. But, at least show some deference to places that by any definition have already collapsed. Venezuela and Yemen to name a few
Happy motoring, here and now, is a fact. I understand that you are not happy with facts, be they increased car sales, increased crude consumption, even more supply, or you pretending to be more righteous in your actions related to poor people the world over than either asg or myself. There is no triumph in knowing and understanding facts, and "collapse" as you call it has been with us longer than oil has been, so stop pretending that it happening now is a sign of anything other than the usual mismanagement we have examples of dating back centuries.
There is a world out there, and a reality and history that goes with it. Try understanding it, and you won't be so easily fooled by bright shiny objects that catch your eye.