Does anyone have an opinion as to why so many huge problems are happening recently?

Earthquakes, death, hunger, crime & fraud.

We are supposed to be a civilized world. . so much 'wealth' and 'technology'. . yet not one of the serious problems we face today can be resolved by ant government we see around us.

Quoted from Polaris

Does anyone have an opinion as to why so many huge problems are happening recently?

Earthquakes, death, hunger, crime & fraud.

We are supposed to be a civilized world. . so much 'wealth' and 'technology'. . yet not one of the serious problems we face today can be resolved by ant government we see around us.

Well, no-one can control the weather, although apparently mankind is responsible for the warming of the planet and the wild weather we are having. Earthquakes are another matter entirely, I am not sure who controls them BUT starvation and disease are all things the World does have a fair degree of control over as far as aid is concerned. Crime and fraud, well that's a matter for crime control like the Police, Governments, and the Judicial system. As for death, no-one has mastered that one yet. But I agree the world seems to be fast tracking to hell and it is a horrible thing to watch. It makes one feel quite helpless. I give thanks every day that I was born in the 'Lucky Country' and not somewhere in a third world country.

Idiot,

there aren't any more earthquakes than normal, they're just in the news more.

Sheese.

Quoted from blackpaw

Idiot,

there aren't any more earthquakes than normal, they're just in the news more.

Sheese.

I use that word right back at you . .  you signed up here to make this your one and only post???. .  and then after all that you can't read????   . .not anywhere does it say quakes are becoming more prevalent . . just that they are making the news lately. . . and if you make light of the effect they have had on India. Pakistan, Africa and many other countries just this year. . leaving MILLIONS dead/homeless (just tell them your story) . . then you are more devastating than any earthquake. . you remain a spiteful ignorant pratt!.

Earthquakes are obviously stronger and more dangerous than they once were. I also believe that they are happening with more frequency.
As for calling people idiot and the like Blackpaw, if you hadn't noticed this is a happy friendly forum and we do not go about calling other forum users, names. Is that clear?

Info on frequency and magnitude of earthquakes can be found here:

[url]http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197840.html [/url]

It proves that there are more earthquakes and they are deadlier than ever!  

Here are a couple more sites:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html
http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/questions/magfrequency_e.php

Quoted from blackpaw

Idiot,

there aren't any more earthquakes than normal, they're just in the news more.

Sheese.

blackpore,

Personal attacks, such as calling another member 'idiot' will not be tolerated on eBlah! Please keep the discussion non-personal and on topic.

I believe the world we live in is simply decaying. Things are going to get worse and worse, spirling out of control downwards, getting faster and faster. Natural disasters, poverty, sickness, disease, it will all get much worse than it has been.

Gizmo and all the rest - learn to read, like umm the first post in this thread ? its clearly about *more* earthquakes disasters et al, as are most of the following posts, based purely on the posters subjective "gee whiz so many more bad things in the news the world is ending ..." no effort to get of their asses and actually look at some raw stats.

Also Gizmo you might note I made no mocking mentions of peoples deaths at all, if you're so quick to read such views into unrelated statements then perhaps you examine your own psyche, I detect a hint of projection.

SuziH - it would be nice if you learned post a url properly and also read figures - if anything that page shows a drop in earthquakes. Not that a 25 year period is significant in geological terms. Before you mention an increase in absolute death rates, I'll mention the rise in world population, though the trend in death rates was down, except for the last two years.

Devman, I call em like I see them. Of course its okay for people to personally abuse me ("spiteful ignorant pratt" anybody ?) glad to see your morals are so consistent.


Actually I do believe the world is going to hell in a hand basket, not due to any bollocks such as Giaia scratching an itch though, more to do with insane nationalistic polices practised by most of the world nations and population today and just *way* to many people on the planet.

A good stiff dose of bird flu would do the environment a world of good, and even the human race in the long term. Sucks for us personally of course.

Bonus points for the most knee jerk interpretation of who I mean by "us"

It seems the internet has become the new Bible.  You can get references to support any position.

It works like this; you first make up your mind on a subject before knowing anything about it then you ignore any facts that do not support your position.

Quoted from cactus

It seems the internet has become the new Bible.  You can get references to support any position.

Nice point, may I sig it ?

OK.

Can't we still blame it on that?  Or Jeb Bush maybe?  I lived in his state and didn't like some of the laws there.  Can we just all agree to blame everything on Jeb and then we can all get along?  

Feh - its obviously the fault of do gooders - a conspiracy between the Aussie & American Left, its all Clintons & Latham's fault, blocking our brave cowboy bush. They're in league with the terrorists.