Other - Social Science - July 2006

2006-07-08 12:48:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 12:46:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 12:39:30 · 8 answers · asked by daseinpbc 2

There are those who say that 'their religion has been insulted and that they will strike back on its behalf.'

So, can this be? If so, then can we insult Christmas? or a Fathers Day, or a Wednesday, for example.

Personally, I see the outrage by those who claim 'insults' on behalf of their religion, are simply hanging their reason for a fight (like a coat) on a convient hook ...where they can morally justify this desire.

To me, a God, who Knows All, Understands All, S/He can take care of itself and surely doesn't need 'blood' to be spilt to satisfy itself... Or am I missing something about a Forgiving God (for the ignorance of the ignorant)?

2006-07-08 12:25:37 · 18 answers · asked by sashtou 7

2006-07-08 12:22:06 · 8 answers · asked by majorflava 1

And what do you think of my prison design?
Each prisoner are house in big 10x20 chainlink cell out in dirt cheap desert. 5 level off barbwire fence with infrared monitor. I like big spaces
it more comfortable.

2006-07-08 12:00:37 · 5 answers · asked by phong n 1

2006-07-08 11:45:30 · 3 answers · asked by Dogus 1

2006-07-08 11:38:55 · 12 answers · asked by mbez1 2

What’s your opinion as to these points?

Unfortunately, the human race is predisposed to failure. Here are just three of the reasons why.

1) The human race is predisposed to procrastination which means that we will never try to fix something until it's "in our face". Even then, it has to be "absolutely" proven that it is recognizably affecting our "quality of life" before we will act. For example, take the environmental situation. We still have people (generally for economic reasons) fighting the preponderance of scientific data that indicates we better do something to fix the environment. They seem to think that if they are justified in doing nothing as long as they can find "any little piece of data" which "may" indicate that global warming isn't occurring. Let me ask you this; is it better to act and later discover that the situation was not as "dire" as we suspected or to do nothing and later discover that it's too late to fix???

2) We are naturally territorial (yes, like many other creatures). The problem is that the "sticks & stones" (which were replaced by fire, spears, arrows, gunpowder, etc.) we used to kill the challengers to "our territory" in the beginning have evolved into biological and nuclear weapons with the capability to poison the planet. By the way, how does territory get "claimed" anyway? I mean, at some point in the past nobody "owned" any property but now we all think we have the right to "own" that which was never "BOUGHT". BTW, yes, I "own" land and a house but I still stand by my point that neither the former owner nor I actually ever have had or currently have the rights to buy and sell it.

3) We have worldwide leadership that for the most part is either ignorant or indifferent to the truth (or, in the case of the U.S., BOTH). Without leadership, we will never make any headway and, regrettably, I believe that there are too many governments that are more concerned with either staying ahead of or catching up to, everyone else and are willing to accept the consequences of future problems in order reap the "rewards" of today.

Maybe, if we get lucky, we’ll get a “mini” version of the movie “The day after tomorrow” that will force the world into action. Unfortunately, according to the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, James Hansen (as well as many other scientists), we have 10 or less yrs to turn it around and I don’t think we will. That’s why my wife and I have decided not to bring another life into a world that has more of a negative outlook now than it ever has. Enjoy life and live for the now because too many governments, and many corporations, are steadfast in their path to destroying the future.

2006-07-08 11:36:18 · 10 answers · asked by flyerd1 2

2006-07-08 11:23:21 · 7 answers · asked by . 3

2006-07-08 10:10:39 · 19 answers · asked by moody 1

2006-07-08 09:41:47 · 6 answers · asked by beauty 2

2006-07-08 09:17:02 · 15 answers · asked by Jola 2

2006-07-08 09:04:02 · 16 answers · asked by brian 2

And do our leaders do all they can to be diplomatic?

2006-07-08 08:52:17 · 8 answers · asked by too_live_forever 3

What really matters to you, in life?
Do you think there's more to life than most people see?
Do dreams mean something?
What about love? How many people out there are you truly meant to be with?
Anything else you wanna answer that I didn't throw in?

2006-07-08 08:35:33 · 19 answers · asked by Laura 1

When you close your eyes, what do you see?

2006-07-08 08:26:24 · 16 answers · asked by Laura 1

2006-07-08 07:24:54 · 14 answers · asked by Speedy 3

2006-07-08 07:21:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

What should we do should we buy flood insurance or build a DAM ? How big or who give a ???

2006-07-08 07:00:51 · 2 answers · asked by Trucker 1

2006-07-08 06:57:09 · 10 answers · asked by Zenedras 1

Whether as a result of race, sex, sexual preference, age, nation of origin, your culture, the language you speak or anything else, prejudice is an ignorant and hateful response to something perceived as "different" from the so called norm of a given group. Prejudice exists throughout the world and is expressed against a variety of different kinds of people. For example, in the US for a long time, the skinny women are thought to be the best and fat women are discriminated against and looked down upon. There are, however, some cultures where fat women are revered. This is but on example..there are many. The reason is also the same: ignorance and hate. And...fear! People are afraid to have things diferently from, "the way I was brought up." They don't realize how miserable their thinking makes them and that by opening their mind to new possibilities, they may learn how to achieve a happy and satifying life.

2006-07-08 06:55:55 · 14 answers · asked by Greanwitch 3

please be specific and give one from early childhood, also give your age so we can compare and see if we had the same toys from that time.

(I'll go first, I had lots of toys, but I remember a few in particular from when I was very small, like 6 or 7 years old.
Does anyone remember those little plastic mermaids with the long hair that came with a baby mermaid and a sponge lily pad with holes in it to stick the mermaid and baby in?

2006-07-08 06:47:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does our anthopocentric perspective blind us to the concept that perhaps we are not the most important species, but just one of many in the web of life on Earth? If humans have now become like a "cancer" in that web, perhaps our removal from it, would be the best thing overall for the planet?

2006-07-08 06:39:04 · 6 answers · asked by being_of_now 2

Organic evolution by means of natural selection has been at play for over a billion years. "Moral" behavior and altruism is a much more recent phenomena, dating back perhaps to the Neandertal. Even then, natural selection predominated (as evidenced by the excintion of the Neandertal). Thus, why today do we feel compelled to protect people from themselves when they attempt to cull themselves from our gene pool? Is this stance truly ethical, as from a biological stand point it is not likely to lead to a betterment of our species? Which principle should take precedence, natural selection or moral values, when dealing with individuals who are engaged in suicidal or simply stupid behaviors?

2006-07-08 06:35:50 · 18 answers · asked by Wayne D 3

2006-07-08 06:31:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

how electrical power runs within house.
just easy concept

2006-07-08 06:16:48 · 4 answers · asked by khai 1

2006-07-08 06:12:54 · 5 answers · asked by ana 1

I work in a hospital and the other day a plane came in with a lady on it from South Africa. She could not have been any more on time. She got off the plane and was brought to the hospital and delivered a baby within 30 minutes.

2006-07-08 06:02:50 · 10 answers · asked by happydawg 6

The question is why did Stephen Hawking put this question to the public? Was it simply for personal amusement? Was it to make some kind of point? If so what was the point? Was it simply because he has not been able to find the answer with him himself? What exactly does the question mean, i.e. is there something deeper to his question than we first see? It may appear at first a pessimistic question but is he in fact trying to attest the contrary, i.e that there is plenty in this world to be optimistic about, based on the fact that he knows he will have tens of thousands of answers essentially concluding there is tens of thousands of ways the human race will continue to flourish into the next century? This question is simply to answer why Stephen Hawking asked such a question to the world?

2006-07-08 05:52:11 · 11 answers · asked by aussie_east_ender 2