Live like there's no yesterday

[hyperbole]

Is eating nothing but ramen for 6 months worth seeing Angkor Wat before you die? How many days would you have to ride your bike to work to save enough in gas money to afford a plane ticket to New Zealand? What is the minimum amount of money required to make you consider letting another person sleep with the love of your life? How much for you

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[inertiacrept]

I dunno, man. I think most of yr A-Zers, when confronted with the immediacy of splattered kid viscera vs car which is presumably insured (or even not, maybe just stolen and as such the only vestige of material pleasure for your phantom antagonist) still throws the switch. All studies on the subject seem to concur that we do our damage anonymously, smart bombs and stock options and the like.

http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/19990905.htm

[hyperbole]

I'm amazed this vague and context-lacking mess got any response at all...I really need to fire the drunk that vetted this crap. Anyway, the full article is more concerned with implying that everyone is passively murdering children every time they go to fancy dinners and that everyone should donate a significant portion of their income to humanitarian organizations than it is discussing anonymity's ability to facilitate selfish/immoral decisions and behavior (although as you said, it certainly does

SUPPOSE THAT WE BLOW UP ALL THE CARS

[greyheaven]

Or turn them into gardens.

The Man would never go for it, though.

GARDENING WITH CHE

[hyperbole]

I'll never forget the first time I saw a small Datsun that had what looked like somebody's backyard taking up the whole bed with grass. Someday they'll all be full-- apple trees blowing in the wind on the highway. Skyscrapers covered in ivy.