Originally Posted by MicShazam

Human beings came from the hottest regions of the Earth first. The real mystery is why anyone would want to live in cold northern regions where the ground is hard and frozen at the very least one quarter of the year.

Of course droughts are a bitch, but winter in these places just basically don't allow any life to flourish. I live in an unlivable place - only made livable by way of human inventions like insulated houses, clothing, long-time food preservation methods, etc.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.