[Alberta's Child]

These regulations are also the inevitable result of a rising standard of living and the accompanying boredom that always results. Only a nation that has defeated such problems as plagues, famine, and pestilence would have the time or patience to regulate smoking or require seatbelts to be worn at all times.

A typhoid plague or an invasion of barbarian hordes would go a long way towards putting our priorities in order.

[Cowman]

A typhoid plague or an invasion of barbarian hordes would go a long way towards putting our priorities in order.

Well, I have the curved sword and the little fur hat but I need a good war horse and about 150000 other guys

[Desron13]

"A typhoid plague or an invasion of barbarian hordes would go a long way towards putting our priorities in order."

You're right of course but I think the barbarian hordes angle is in the process of being handled by the Islamo-fascists. As for the plague, the Islamists are almost certainly working on that as well. Maybe Islam is doing us all a favor. Their like a one stop shop for idiocy extermination. They even do us the favor of eliminating their own excessively stupid adherents via strap on bombs. Gee, maybe we should be encouraging them instead of fighting them. /s