I get what you're saying. Sometimes, everything about our lives seems so trivial. I guess that's what makes people turn to religion for some kind of answer, but then again, as naturalmystic might say, what's so special about the Bible, anyway?

But I'm not sure about europeans 'accidentally' killing Natives. There's some well-documented cases of Europeans (English, I think, but I'm not sure) giving blankets infected with small-pox on purpose. And though you might say that alcoholism wasn't considered a disease back then, Europeans certainly took advantage of the Natives' predisposition towards alcohol abuse... But that's a little off topic

But I have my own interpretation on some of these questions:
Why are sports taken so seriously? IMHO, it's the same thing as male animals competing for leadership of a group, or competing for females.
Why do we develop more technology? We make technology to make our lives easier. That's the whole point of prgress, isn't it? We make certain parts of our life completely automated or thoughtless so that we can devote our energy to something more 'productive'. Think of something like communication. People used to devote so much time and energy to say something to somebody else. Now, pick up a cell phone, or send an e-mail to someone's cell phone. Therefore, we have time to devote our minds to something more worthwhile than simply making sure that person got our message.

Honestly, I don't know more than anyone else, this is just my little opinion. But I do sometimes wonder, "what's it all mean?"

By the way, I LOVE your sig, by Joseph Campbell. I've been saying similar things on this board for a while, but everybody misinterprets me! It's nice when you find someone who can articulate what you're thinking so clearly
F L E S H Reviewed by F L E S H on . People read into stuff to much People make life way more complicated that it's supposed to be. Animals don't do that. It's a wierd feeling i get every once and awhile. I can see the perspective from the outside of being a human being. Take a horny teen for example. He goes around trying to stick his dick in as many pussies as possible. It's an animal trying to have pleasure as much as possible. Or look at stop-lights. Stop-lights are no more than a box, that controls millions of people by the color it flashes. Rating: 5