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11/05/2007: "Smart people "paralyzed" by fear of future"
* Terrorism and immigration worry nation more than climate change and natural disasters
* Most people feel powerless in the face of global problems
According to a new public attitudes survey out today, 1 in 7 adults are reluctant to have children (15%) and 1 in 4 less inclined to plan for the future (27%) because of world troubles.
In a YouGov survey commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation, 70% of people say they are most worried about terrorism and 58% by immigration. In contrast, environmental issues are less of a concern—only a third are worried about climate change (38%) and a quarter by the threat of a natural disaster (23%).
How global issues are affecting people’s emotions
World events leave some respondents feeling powerless (56%), angry (50%), anxious (35%) and depressed (26%). The survey also shows gender differences—men report feeling more angry (53 to 48%), frustrated (49 to 44%) and cynical (32 to 25%) than women, while women say that they feel more anxious (39 to 30%), scared (23 to 11%) and vulnerable (39 to 26%) than men about global issues.
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/11/news_release_as.php
Replies: 3 Comments
on Tuesday, November 13th, Uncle Jerry said
What are you doing? Going to Nigger noise-infested "White" pride rallies? Giving the bellamy salute while shouting "Seig Heil!" until lightheadedness overtakes you? Heading out to the National Mall with all the other boobs and pretending that screaming "Bush = Satan" and driving a hybrid car can buck the tide? You and I are both fucking powerless. I used to spend whole afternoons cleaning up the roadside near a local park only to find that the trash completely reaccumulated at the end of the season. Attempting to start a revolution before you have OBJECTIVE CONDITIONS in place is what Che Guevara did, and look what happened to him. Your types are essentially bursting into churches and blairing death-metal music out of a boom-box, expecting everyone inside to see how dumb their religion is and aboandon the place.
on Friday, November 9th, Osama bin Laden said
You're part of the problem, Jerry. You complain and whine but attack anybody who tries to put ideas into action. Things do not change because of people who share your nihilistic outlook. The memory of history tells us that most certainly change can be brought about and that it is only though the correct manifestation of our will and power to do so.
on Tuesday, November 6th, Uncle Jerry said
It's all wasted anxiety, really. I laugh at the rot, as we brought it upon ourselves, and there's not a damn thing that I or any honest organization in existence can do to significantly slow down, much less reverse, our descent as a species into Nature's torture chamber. Why lament over a man who repeatedly bangs his own fingers with a hammer and then wonders aloud why it hurts?