All categories - 16 October 2007

"I'm being oppressed" or "my beliefs are endangered by (fill in group of your choice)" etc seems to be a refrain i keep hearing out of various people these days.

Which is kind of funny because when I query the people who come from a diametrically opposed viewpoints - they kind of have the same thing on their mind.

Strangely, there's a kind of......."faith"(not the best word to use here) that the otherside (whatever the otherside may be) will be swept away, and that the Earth will be a better place (or at least a quieter place) without the other people around.

So its a model of "Crisis" --- "Struggle" ---- "Assured Future Success(They will See the Light/Reason/Great Proletarian Revolution/Whatever)"

Its a kind of narrative - Is it rather more like a mental trick/structuring that gives meaning to peoples lives? (IE: The struggle gives me meaning.)

C people who walkdown it escape the narrative? Do they even want to?

2007-10-16 03:44:47 · 10 answers · asked by D.Chen 3 in Religion & Spirituality

bought the NBC Burbank Studio's for him?
With it's 87 restrooms he'd be long gone and never heard of again.
Don't ya think?

2007-10-16 03:44:36 · 8 answers · asked by Your Teeth or Mine? 5 in Politics

A. The fact that people believe that a god exists.

or

B. The fact that people that do believe in god try to push it on others.

2007-10-16 03:44:33 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

good condition

2007-10-16 03:44:27 · 3 answers · asked by harley1970a 1 in Hunting

Is it a crime to be happy these days? And to tell people to lighten up because "life is too short to be moaning and miserable"? And its said with good-nature?Obviously someone dosent like happy carefree people.Is it jealousy? What do ye think?

2007-10-16 03:44:23 · 28 answers · asked by ╬ Wrath Of The Tyrant ╬ 6 in Senior Citizens

Who's in?

2007-10-16 03:44:13 · 11 answers · asked by Jon C 6 in Polls & Surveys

Obviously we know the Rockies are in the World Series, but will the first game be there or will it be in either Boston or Cleveland. Is it based on who has the better regular season record or what criteria is it based on?

2007-10-16 03:44:04 · 11 answers · asked by gambit0614 6 in Baseball

to pay tha bills?

2007-10-16 03:43:55 · 18 answers · asked by k-dub 3 in Polls & Surveys

After the giants game you can tell right away that the falcons have no offense what so ever. Droppped passes and sacks.
Think they will get there sh!t together for saints game?

2007-10-16 03:43:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Football (American)

I have to go for a stress test on Friday, now what? I smoke, should I be worried?

2007-10-16 03:43:46 · 10 answers · asked by YANNY 3 in Heart Diseases

and realized it smelled like the inside of a pumpkin?

2007-10-16 03:43:43 · 28 answers · asked by ? 3 in Polls & Surveys

the smokey crystal quartz is roughly 12" by 12" by12" and weighs about 35 kilos and the geode is 18"long by 6"wideby6" high and weighs around 15 kilos and the amethyst stones are almost black

2007-10-16 03:43:41 · 1 answers · asked by ibwayne4u 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

can this be explianed ?

2007-10-16 03:43:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Science should dismiss it as a delusional state of mind, and not even consider it to be a logical working explanation of anything in our universe. I dont know about you guys, but I'm tired of hearing "Because god wanted it to be that way" for everything that happens in our world. how can a god be OK with the Genocides that we have carried out on his name? the killings of innocent people becuase him. People, if something does not exist it will not show, which is why you will never see a god. Idiots can go and fight over who has the better imaginary friend all they want, but please lets not believe that a god would create us, then set traps for us, and once fall into it punish us with his fire and smoke and pain and agony for eternity, but our parents tell us "God Loves you" Why do you people think?

2007-10-16 03:43:34 · 21 answers · asked by LetsGetReal 2 in Religion & Spirituality

for example: she benefited from her vacation and felt much better.

2007-10-16 03:43:29 · 2 answers · asked by ERIK 1 in Words & Wordplay

Not all Germans agreed with Hitler but, many of those same people died during the initial bombing and the following invasion of Germany regardless.

There will come a time when we will have shrug off the chains of political correctness and fight a war the way war must be fought and many will die, both “radical” and “moderate” Moslems alike.

Or do you believe that Jihad and the subjugation of infidels are inherent to Islam and it is the teachings of Mohammad itself that drive the radicals?

2007-10-16 03:43:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-16 03:43:23 · 16 answers · asked by Dangerous 2 in Politics

I know you wouldnt be feeling any pregnancy symptoms yet but dont you usually know (women's intuition)? Do you feel some kind of change or twinge or flutter or anything before you miss a period? I just dont fell like I am and I have read many blogs from women who say they knew before they even missed a period or took a test. I know it is REALLY early but how do you not think about it?

2007-10-16 03:42:50 · 32 answers · asked by smu413 1 in Trying to Conceive

2007-10-16 03:42:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i like to know what rules i broke so i dont make this mistake again

they turn up here not speaking the language, they wont work expect people to cater for their ever whim otherwise they starting crying and moaning. many are unwanted or arrive as a surprise. send them back i say ....yeah that's right I'm talking about babies - these leeches don't even pay taxes they are just a drain on the state. foreigners i don't mind.

2007-10-16 03:42:37 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-16 03:42:35 · 23 answers · asked by icemunchies 6 in Polls & Surveys

they can only support wars??? cant they support countries dieing of hunger??

2007-10-16 03:42:09 · 7 answers · asked by DON 2 in Other - Society & Culture

We're moving from Texas to Virginia and really don't have much furniture, but too many boxes to just move ourselves. Is there a company that is inexpensive, but still trustworthy?

2007-10-16 03:42:06 · 3 answers · asked by dixieland delight 2 in Other - United States

The papers here don't know what we got in return. I was wondering what was reported down there? I am guessing a fifth round pick.

2007-10-16 03:42:05 · 4 answers · asked by kcchief4l 3 in Football (American)

2007-10-16 03:42:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I could eat boiled beans over a campfire every night, drink cheap wine and sleep under the stars.

This doesn't sound to bad to me.

2007-10-16 03:41:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-10-16 03:40:59 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

give yr suggestions to stop i t
and give an acc of how it affects u
thank u'

2007-10-16 03:40:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I know that certain forms of household and industrial waste can be recycled, paper, glass and aluminium for example.

Whilst I know that after a certain point recycling stops being an efficient use of resources. I was curious as to how far recycling could be taken as a technology.

For example, would it be more cost effective at some point in the future to mine rubbish dumps for the resources they contain as opposed to mining the raw matreials.

I'm not sure but I vaguely recollect something about "energy" used in recycling versus that used in refining and that at some point theres a trade-off between the two.

2007-10-16 03:40:51 · 5 answers · asked by shaithin 1 in Engineering

For some reason, people with really good morals intimidate me.

2007-10-16 03:40:47 · 27 answers · asked by AMANDA M 5 in Polls & Surveys