Live 8

[smeagol]

The playing field needs to be leveled, for starters.

And there needs to be a willingness to eliminate the problem from all parties.

[Guru of Nothing]

The playing field needs to be leveled, for starters.

And there needs to be a willingness to eliminate the problem from all parties.

Translation - Mean people suck.

[scott]

What I was advocating was total Utopia, not socialism

Alright, I just can't resist.

I'm intrigued by your choice of words, since Utopia - in terms of Thomas More's work - was a communist city-state. Translated, Utopia literally means both "good place" and "no place." By it's very definition, Utopia cannot exist. More recognized the futility of such a world, thus naming it Utopia and naming the main character, who practically identifies himself with Utopia, Raphael Hythloday. Hythloday, translated, means "peddler of nonsense."

Of course, when Hythloday describes his ideal commonwealth, Utopia, he says the following about the distribution of goods and wealth:

"And when it is distributed equitably to everyone, it follows that no one can be reduced to poverty or forced to beg."

Perhaps your choice of words was innocuous, but I found them interesting none the less.

[smeagol]

I meant Utopia in the common sense of the word. As in an ideal place or society which cannot be achieved. In other words, a dream.

Again, nothing to do with communism (which cannot be further from my idea of "ideal place").