(July 20, 2012 at 8:00 am)Zen Badger Wrote:(July 20, 2012 at 7:59 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Not to mention the lack of reliable water.
And the poisonous snakes, the venomous spiders, the dingos, the kangaroos that can disembowel you with a kick, the crocs, the sharks, the venomous sea creatures( particularly the irukandji jellyfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish ) the platupy, the cassowaries , etc, etc,etc.
Apart from that, it's the best fukken country in the world.
Darn geographical positioning, scarcity of natural resouces, and region- specific wildlife!
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell