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Are we ever safe?

Nagoyaka Aikouka said:
I personally have to agree with ~Ozy~. I've had one of the hardest lives I know. There are only a few people around me that I know who have been through more. And I support them in everything they do.

I've been clinically depressed. I've been anorexic. I've been suicidle. I've cut myself to relieve pain, stress, and guilt. I've been sexually abused by five seperate people throughout my life. My family life is always hanging by a thread. My grandmother only recently passed away. I live a thousand miles away from the one I love. My father may not be supporting my decisions in college any longer.

But have I let that control my life?

Have I adopted a "life sucks" attitude?

No.

In fact, most people see me as a person who has a bright outlook on life. I've turned all these bad things in my life into something good by learning from them. Floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, AIDs... Yes, they are horrible, but instead of whining about them, I help. My church sets up school bags and fun bags for needy children all over the world. I'm an animal rights advocate. I'm pro-life. I teach Sunday School.

I work to make life better for all.

And my trials have only made me further realize that life is precious. Because of the people that have hurt me, I appreciate those who love me all the more. Because of my close calls with death, I better life and love it more.

Don't try to tell me that life just sucks and the world is out to get us all.

Because it's not.

God, call Him by whatever name you will under whatever faith you will, protects and loves us all. The trials he faces us with are only to challenge us and better us in the long run.

Try that outlook for a change.
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You must be an inspiration to everyone. God bless you.
 
Crystal Clair said:
Not to sound like a total dummy but I always thought HIV and AIDs were the same thing
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Don't worry, I used to think the same. HIV leads to AIDs.
 
~Ozy~ said:
Don't talk to me about depression. I never said that doing that was easy. It is, however, immensely helpful. You think I don't know what it's like?! That somehow, I'm immune to those things? I wish.

Actually, I take that back... I don't. I'm glad I've gone through those things, that I still do. Every time it provides me with a new way to think, to feel, to consider myself and my relationships with others. Ultimately, it draws me closer to those I care about and makes me a better person. Every time, I draw closer to God as well. It makes the enjoyable times all the more so too. Life happens, and that includes good as well as bad. The world isn't out to get you, and it's not a horrible place.
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Wow incredibly well said...I was starting to wonder if anyone would say something along the lines of what you said...awesome. Are we safe...life happens...all we can do is look at the positive.
 
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For me, it's not good to joke around with a topic like this.
 
I wouldn't ever joke around with such a topic.
 
Again...bringing up the subject on the musical Rent.

In the musical, it talks about AIDs and how it affected the gay community. Well, actually, not only the gay community, but the straight community as well.

The story is a magnificent one, about friendship, and sticking through together through the battle against AIDs.
I recommend it. It DOES take place during 1989-1990.


But yes...it was a sad time in the 80s. Scary, actually.
 
I wonder about this topic. It seems like...idk. Anyways I wouln't joke around with this topic. Scary things can happen!! >.<
 
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1. I'm not going to get AIDS because I'm not going to have unprotected sex.
2. I don't think anyone would want to be the sex offender to me.
3. Hurricanes don't happen where I live.
4. No in this modern age most of the human population is not completely safe, though most are considerded relatively safe which means disasters/tragic events don't usually occur to them on a daily basis.
 
Geoff said:
1. I'm not going to get AIDS because I'm not going to have unprotected sex.
2. I don't think anyone would want to be the sex offender to me.
3. Hurricanes don't happen where I live.
4. No in this modern age most of the human population is not completely safe, though most are considerded relatively safe which means disasters/tragic events don't usually occur to them on a daily basis.
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You might feel secure, but that's not always the case in today's society.
 
Yeah your right. But I live in South Carolina, so things are pretty quiet here. The lateset thing that made it to the news was a Clemson student being raped and strangled. But that was like... a month ago maybe? And a few weeks before that a bank robbery. But nothing major, so I'm not to incredbly worried about things here.
 
You'd be suprised what could happen in the most unexpected places. :\
 
Miami does not hav Earthquakes, or anything dangerous from land.... Thank god because I don't like that stuff, what a disaster xS
 
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I watched about Krakatoa the volcano on the Discovery Channel and how it might erupt again and I don't want to go near Indoesia now. The tsunami also scared me. :nervous:
 
YoMama said:
I watched about Krakatoa the volcano on the Discovery Channel and how it might erupt again and I don't want to go near Indoesia now. The tsunami also scared me. :nervous:
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That would be scary if a tsunami, or hurricane, or earthquake comes without notice... It's really dangerous..
 
Eh I'm gonna but in this discussion because I wanna add something here.
First off, I live in California, and where I live...it's boring. No natural disasters at all. THe biggest earthquake here was a few aftershocks that I was the only one who didn't feel but others have... And then the most dangerous flood I've been in created a dirt line on my parent's car....
Wish there was some type of excitement that had to relate to something really natural instead of the murder cases that caused the largest uproar a few years ago >.>;; Here I am..sitting here..doing nothing....When I could be the one helping anything/body but I'm not. >.< Wish there was some type of disaster that 'caused minor paniking though, that'd be somewhat entertainment there...

Okay, back on topic. All that stuff about diseases and viruses, I think we're fine without the vaccines. I know I sound really...insane, but that's truth to me. I know many people will start to toally go against my opinion but this is what I want to say. Not many of my friends like to listen to me when I say these types of things so I need a place that people will actually listen.
When someone is worried about not getting vaccines and medicines, it shows how they are weak and at the bottom of the chain of life. You have animals out there that die of disease and virus every day, and all they have is their natural chemicals they produce, and their will to live. With humans, we have to rely on medicine in order to live. Without it, are we REALLY that strong as we seem to be? Will a large amount of people live up to be even around 90 without it? (Though, I know there's this one guy who's lived passed 100 I believe and he's stayed away from society, but for my question, I mean while still living in an urbanized place)
The theory of natural selection states that the stronger individual will have a higher chance of surviving yes? For humans, there is no such theory even though the species who thought up of the theory IS human. Why do I say that? Because think about it: we're very social beings. Since we are so close to each other, we try to preserve each other's life as much as we can. But because of that, both the weak and the strong both survive. So in the end, weaklings and strong people coexist in a tight knot. There will always be someone protecting another person from natural causes of death. So in the end, what is reflected, though not many people notice it, is our major weakness of living: Fear of dying the most natural way possible.
Humans are also the cause of our own danger as well. We have the biggest global warming problem at the moment (I'm trying to get people more aware of how it's a problem at least). Global warming itself IS a problem but also CAUSES even more problems to be, and also to be bigger/more hazardous then it really should be. Stopglobalwarming.com has many examples of the reasoning, but I won't say much here.


Uhmm..Think that's all I'll say
 
YoMama said:
You might feel secure, but that's not always the case in today's society.
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I know. I said that. I said it usually doesn't happend because you can get a pretty good thought of what goes on around you for the given place you live in after you've been there for a couple years.
 
I have heard from various people that a nuclear war could start any minute of the day or night and end (destroying all) in about 4 minutes. The way the last two countrys get wiped out is one country send a nuke and the country who is getting targeted sees the nuke and says " right" and send one to them and thats it boom all the earth is gone (except a few deserts....
 
That's really scary. Its going to be hard to sleep tonight. :\
 
The reason that's not going to happend though is because everyone wants to live. We have them just to back up words. We got da powa.
 
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