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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:46 PM Original message |
Poll question: Out of curiosity, which industry has caused more deaths and harm to the planet? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. the military industry. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:47 PM Original message |
Which is largely needed to do the bidding of the oil industry. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. True, but ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. Capitalism can't survive without forceful backing ... military -- |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Indeed... |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That was my first thought. You beat me to it. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Beat me to it, nt |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Bingo |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. with depleted uranium weapons, wars for oil and gas... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Thank you. I'm glad to see it in the first post. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. "I'll take 'war' for 5000 Alex..." |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fossil fuels kill about 5 million people a year. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Or to paraphrase: "Who's more likely to harm you? A sociopath, or a psychopath?" |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. You should have a third option coal. Or is oil/gas = all fossil fuels. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I kind of think of it as part of oil and gas. Do you think I should add it to that column? nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. No I figured that is what you mean. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Now now - don't go sharing facts with DU, we'd rather just be reactive |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Religions. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I'd say it's tied with Military. after all, |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Perhaps. I still think religious wars/crusades should be in their own category |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
65. Well, "Introducing the Cross with the Sword" required an armed religion .... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Anything that brings us into contact with mosquitoes. . . |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was going to say "Health Insurance" but that doesn't apply to the planet as much as here. nt |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Strip/coal mining and Fracking are abou tthe worst things on the planet. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. No doubt oil industry has created more immediate harm... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Fossil fuel waste isn't forever? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. My comment was limited to oil.... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Fossil fuel mining/drilling. |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Other~ The Rebuplican Party!! n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. 'most' is inapproriate when thinking about the deaths or possible deaths of real people. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Fewer deaths is always in better taste than more deaths. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. no -- it's a little inhuman. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Who said they didn't represent suffering? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. If you don't want words put in your mouth then dont |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. How about this comparison since you are the only person on DU having trouble with this |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. i get that you are making inhuman comparisons about peoples suffering. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I think I can see how the post might come across as insensitive if I was taking a side |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. does seem the scale of the two industries not really easy to compare |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. +1 |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. See my post below |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Auto industry. n/t |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Money - no profit, no war. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Animal agriculture. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Mining. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Other: Financial Sector |
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jacquelope (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. Which industry has caused more deaths? |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Great post. Thanks nt |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. The jury is still out.. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. The question that comes to mind is how many nuclear accidents |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. The fossil fuel industry generally |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. They're all bad. Clean energy is the only answer. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. As bad as coal and oil are, nukes are nearly forever. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Global warming isn't forever? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. Munitions. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Oil and Gas are FAR worse |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. War and religion of course, but it doesn't make the other two |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. Divorce lawyers |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oil/coal/chemicals, HC, military, NRA, GOP, are all guilty. nt/ |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. Tobacco? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. DEFENSE!! |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Give this person a big STAR |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. The tobacco industry |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. Obviously, we don't really know yet -- !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. Wouldn't fail to cite MIC, ExxonMobil/Religion: "Manifest Destiny" - "Man's Dominion Over Nature" |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. Who cares about opinions. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Thats what this thread is about. People posting links and facts and creating discussion |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
62. Religion. #s 6 & 45 beat me to it. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Me, too -- see #59 and #60 -- |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. Military industry |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
68. other |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. Agriculture. I think we were better off as hunter/gatherers, maybe a million or so |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. The "defense" industry |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. Finance. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
73. Defense Industries by far, but because of the large number of people that have died |
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ROFF (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
74. Coal |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
75. Without a doubt, religion. nt |
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