[Rod_Cloutier]

Never mind this guy figured it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... bMD3zY#t=0

(There are really weird people out there)

[Tanada]

Could you live in the world they suggest?

1. MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE

2. GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY - IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY

3. UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE

4. RULE PASSION - FAITH - TRADITION - AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON

5. PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS

6. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT

7. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS

8. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES

9. PRIZE TRUTH - BEAUTY - LOVE- SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE

10. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH -
LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE - LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'C')ould you live in the world they suggest?
...
6. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT
...

[radon1]

500m is too few for a modern industrial system.

Besides, who is going to be responsible for the implementation of all of the above?

[Cog]

I do not see the word freedom or individual liberty mentioned in the ten point list so no.

No wait, they do mention it, they just don't want you to exercise it.

8. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES

This world sounds dull and most likely smells like patchouli.

[Ayoob]

World human population at 500 million is in stark contrast with world population 7.5 billion, isn't it.

[Ibon]

I have no doubt that very few people would disagree to these principles if they actually could first experience for a moment a world thus organized. We have already drifted so far into the territory of adapting to an overcrowded planet socialized to the world of consumption and commerce that we can no longer recognize the compromises we have made. And therefore most of us are not able to measure if the regulations and compromises required to live with these Georgia Guidestone principles would be greater than what we currently have.

[ROCKMAN]

Actually a pretty good plan when it was envisioned by Nazi Germany in the 1930's. All those policies would have been in place. At least for the remaining master race. LOL.

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ROCKMAN', 'A')ctually a pretty good plan when it was envisioned by Nazi Germany in the 1930's. All those policies would have been in place. At least for the remaining master race. LOL.

[GoghGoner]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('radon1', '5')00m is too few for a modern industrial system.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('radon1', '5')00m is too few for a modern industrial system.

Besides, who is going to be responsible for the implementation of all of the above?

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ROCKMAN', 'A')ctually a pretty good plan when it was envisioned by Nazi Germany in the 1930's. All those policies would have been in place. At least for the remaining master race. LOL.

[ROCKMAN]

"That no enlightened social engineering be possible? " Can you describe such a successful global effort that wouldn't require brutal force to achieve? Difficult to imagine such "enlightened" views voluntarily held by the vast majority: some (perhaps many) will have to sacrifice much of what they hold dear.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ROCKMAN', '&')quot;That no enlightened social engineering be possible? " Can you describe such a successful global effort that wouldn't require brutal force to achieve? Difficult to imagine such "enlightened" views voluntarily held by the vast majority: some (perhaps many) will have to sacrifice much of what they hold dear.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '.')... can enlightened social engineering be possible?

The question mark is just that. An invitation to open up the discussion if this could be possible.

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ROCKMAN', '&')quot;That no enlightened social engineering be possible? " Can you describe such a successful global effort that wouldn't require brutal force to achieve? Difficult to imagine such "enlightened" views voluntarily held by the vast majority: some (perhaps many) will have to sacrifice much of what they hold dear.

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '
')But when you say enlightened social engineering, do you not mean control over the individual in favor of the collective good?

[Newfie]

Tanda,

I've quoted them here a few times before. I think it is a good start.

Simply reducing population is a great step forward.

We visited Cook State Forest today and admired the very few last standing old growth trees on the East Coast. It is such a pity we humans have to ruin such a wonderful Eco system, just to have more and more of what?

Cog,

For all your protestations about Liberty I would think you would be the first to line up for this plan. Referring back to Asimov and his bathroom metaphors.

" And in the same way, democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people onto the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies."

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'C')og,

For all your protestations about Liberty I would think you would be the first to line up for this plan. Referring back to Asimov and his bathroom metaphors.

" And in the same way, democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people onto the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies."

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')imply reducing population is a great step forward.