Ideal.

You, you may say

I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will live as one

- John Lennon in Imagine

In a perfect world, there would be no pollution. The rivers and seas would be perfectly clean, and thriving with beautiful and wonderful marine life. There would be no holes in the ozone layer, and people could go to the beach without having to put on any sunblock. The land would be clean and litter-free. Cars and other vehicles would run on some sort of safe, renewable energy source that did not necessitate the expulsion of harmful waste products into the environment.

In a perfect world, everyone would be nice to each other. There would be no hate, no jealousy, no greed - and thus no fighting, no war, no slander, no backbiting, no treachery, no crime. Peace and unity would rule the world. Complete strangers would greet each other on the street. In fact, everyone would be so nice that the whole idea of money would be abolished and people would give things away for free, out of the kindness of their own hearts. And everyone would also be so nice as to not take advantage of this and go around asking others for anything, even if they knew that by doing so they were bound to get it.

In a perfect world, people would respect their elders. There would be no quarreling with parents, no running away from home, no eloping. Everyone would be perfectly disciplined, ready to do anything they were told to do. And since there was no such thing as cruelty or unfairness there wouldn't be anything to object to.

I could go on, but I believe I've made my point. Or have I? Maybe you just haven't seen it yet.

If you think about it, and ideal world would actually be pretty dull. There wouldn't be any crazy nuts to laugh at, and even if there were, everyone would be too nice to laugh at them. Complete tolerance and no discrimination would mean that no one would have a cause to fight for. A lack of tragedy would mean no drama. No politics would mean no entertaining debates between two sides intent on degrading one other. And a combination of all the above would mean there wouldn't be any good movies to watch.

And there lies the dilemma. Would you rather have an ideal, albeit boring world? Or would you stick with our current, more entertaining one - with all its evil, corruption, greed, death and controversy? Think about it. What would be your honest answer?