From: Dave Frightens Me on
On 19 Jul 2006 01:46:00 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Quality of life is not just about possessions. But it is also wrong to
>ignore financial success when considering quality of life. I can afford
>to eat as often as I want whenever I want.

Obesity is a collosal problem in the US. Are you fat by any chance?
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From: The Reid on
Following up to Mxsmanic

>> And yes my lifestyle is completely supportable. People have been saying
>> the US lifestyle isn't supportable for over half a century and we keep
>> improving.
>
>Any lifestyle is supportable if the population is not allowed to
>expand out of control.

to support the US lifestyle across the globe population will have
to start falling fast.
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From: Mxsmanic on
The Reid writes:

> its pretty shallow to see quality of life as possessions.

Quality of life is not just a matter of possessions, but neither are
possessions unimportant to quality of life.

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From: Mxsmanic on
The Reid writes:

> to support the US lifestyle across the globe population will have
> to start falling fast.

I agree, but I think that's a desirable goal. There isn't any reason
why human population must perpetually increase. And if it does
perpetually increase, eventually everyone will starve under the most
dire conditions, since the resources of the planet are finite.

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From: Mxsmanic on
Martin writes:

> They can't be high on your priority list.

They aren't. There are only a few categories of material things that
interest me.

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