[Hades]

Originally Posted by Allen Farlow

Cute, Kev. You make it sound like everything will disappear if Nasa dies.

And do you think the exact opposite? that if NASA is shut down then the country debt will be paid, the homeless will have a home, hunger will have food and everybody will live happily?

That way of thinking is ruled by common sense, and common sense, by its own nature is simplistic, selfish, and dangerous.

-Common sense tell us that money invested in projects that does not benefit us immediately is money wasted.
-Common sense tell us that if we elect our politicians and our lives don't improve shortly after, then those politicians are corrupt, liars and thieves.
-Common sense tell us that we are superior than our neighbours, because they are different than us.

Wars have been declared in the name of common sense, millions of people died in the name of common sense.

Don't take it bad, but you cannot rule your life by common sense, you should do it by deep reasoning.

One person can make a mistake but luckily your country is not ruled by one person, it is ruled by many in a democratic system. Many people decide how the budget is spent, people who studied about what they decide upon. And that doesn't make the democratic system perfect, but at least makes it better than the others.

I'll repeat the same thing I told you on another thread, to which I still did not get an answer:

Originally Posted by Hades

I feel good about it, and I'm glad it happens. It's called democracy.

You vote for people to represent you, and those people make decisions based on what they think it's best for the people who voted them. If you do not approve how they make those decisions, you always have the option of not voting them.

You also have the option to live in a country where democracy does not exist and only minorities get benefits (ie: Venezuela, Cuba...), but I prefer a democracy with an imperfect government, where our leaders do things opposed to my beliefs. It's the lesser of two evils I think.