@Joe the Intern: 'tis cool. Upon your clarification of statements, I find I agree with what you're saying. Mostly. I'll still think the bad outweighs the good until all those well-meaning people actually do something, as actions are the only things that can actually stop what we're doing.
I do think we're destroying the planet, and I don't think its inevitable. I'm not suggesting we give up the things we're accustomed too, I'm just saying we should be looking for ways to have those things that aren't self-destructive. I think that's what everyone is saying.
Oh, and I think there were some religous reasons why people thought the world would end in 2000. Not being religous myself, I can only confidently vouch for fear of Y2k. Computers had not been programmed to understand a date with a 2xxx. The theory was that this would cause all computers everywhere to crash, resulting in the launching of every nuclear bomb on the planet. Or something equally dramatic. Anyway, that was one reason. But I'm almost certain there were others of biblical import.
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