Society & Culture - 31 July 2006

I have friends who are Born here in the UK From Jamaican parents.
When they talk to myself and my "associates" they have a "normal" English accent.When they talk to each other they suddenly develope a "Jamaican" accent.
Similar groups of British born "immigrants" do not seem to do this the Dutch,Germans,French,Africans even the Scots and Irish don't.Why do Jamaicans?

2006-07-31 06:06:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-07-31 06:06:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Anyone have their own theories on the origin of Stonehenge?

Really guys, let's hear some half way serious answers...

2006-07-31 06:05:10 · 8 answers · asked by AutumnDays 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-31 06:05:08 · 11 answers · asked by Raven R 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I just quit watching pornography. I did this for about a year and a half, but suddenly, I had the strength to quit. But I get these "urges" that compel me to go watch them. I am in need of desperate help !!

2006-07-31 06:04:47 · 2 answers · asked by the_response_king 2 in Other - Society & Culture

A lot of people answering my questions have been saying "give Mel Gibson another chance" and pray for him etc.
But is a person who sins on Saturday and praises the Lord on Sunday really going to be saved? If he makes movies that glorify sex (especially out of wedlock-see Lethal Weapon 2) and violence, and lives like a glutton by driving a Lexus and buying $15 million islands, is this man really going to be saved? He speaks profanity, abuses alcohol, and is a disgrace to his family and community.

He has all the resources to be a good Christian. Are we just supposed to forgive him and wait until he makes his next sin?? What good is that? That means we all can repent with 5 seconds left in the 4th quarter and go to heaven?

2006-07-31 06:04:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Last December I emailed my now husband's estranged wife to find out why he was calling her. After she thought I was someone else, she supposedly poured her heart to me. She was surprized he had a charge card after having a car repossed but didn't bat an eye about the house & 2 cars he supossedly owned. She stated she knew he had been living with this woman in Chicago the whole while he was living with me. She said he & her were reconcilling yet in her own words on here, the last time she took him back was 3 years ago. She never offered any proof like emails they exchanged regarding this. I realized that she was a bitter woman who wasn't able to hold on to her husband and felt that if she lied to me I wouldn't want him and he wouldn't be happy. Well, thank you for lying to me, I'm glad I didn't let the best thing in my life get away because of your lies!

2006-07-31 06:02:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

this is so stupid to me,why is it ok for women to be bi or gay but when men are,people act all wierd,its still same sex on same sex,no matter man or woman?i personally have no prob with either im a healthy bisexual,i personally believe its everyones perverted side when they think of gay/bi women on women.i would love to hear thoughts and please if you must bring god into this (sighs) well ok.but who else sees my point?i mean gay is gay right?and bi is bi?

2006-07-31 06:02:40 · 21 answers · asked by jen 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I have been in other countries and people just shove in front of you

2006-07-31 06:01:29 · 11 answers · asked by pebs 4 in Etiquette

For example:

I'm an atheist and I don't drink and drive, I have no problem with jews, and I respect authority.

Mel Gibson is a catholic (which is christian) and he drinks and drives, makes sexual advances towards the cop that arrests him, and shouts out anti semitic remarks.

Does knowing you will be forgiven by the higher power that you think exists mean that you can do whatever you want?

I seem to be doing better in life than mel gibson with just my man made ethics and knowledge that there is no evidence of higher powers. I know there is no afterlife because I've never been shown evidence to prove otherwise. I appreciate my life and the lives of those around me because I know that this is all we have. That is why I don't drink and drive.

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/article_1185578.php/Mel_Gibson_in_Lethal_Weapon_5_The_Revenge_of_sugar_****

2006-07-31 06:01:17 · 29 answers · asked by downdrain 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I ain't no fortunate one.

2006-07-31 06:01:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

is this doctrine going to have sex with me? when will christians realize that THEY are the ones seduced by false doctrine?

2006-07-31 06:01:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-31 06:00:59 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Mary gets all the attention, but Joseph was there too. Could someone explain what happened with Mary & Joseph? When and how did they die in relation to Christ? Were there other siblings? And how is Joseph viewed by religions today?

2006-07-31 06:00:30 · 17 answers · asked by Islandkiwi 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-31 05:59:59 · 13 answers · asked by TommyTrouble 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What are your best remembrances about such experiments?

2006-07-31 05:59:59 · 4 answers · asked by Axel ∇ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-31 05:59:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i mean comme on the jokes about jews r Hilarious,No???
dont be a smart ASSS and post an offensive answer
if u have a reasonable answer go a head be my guest
and by the way
tell me some jokes about jews!!!

2006-07-31 05:59:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-31 05:58:56 · 3 answers · asked by Trigger 1 in Languages

Why do people try to hide God from others just because they hate him. That's real messed up to deprive someone else of God just because you dont except him. Thats like how Satan cant get into heaven so he tries to stop humans from going in. They try to stop people from learning of God by trying to take the bible out of prisons, and where ever possible. And then what would be worse is if they deprived a child from God. The bible says things about how bad that is obviously like whom ever does that it would be better for them to tie a rock to their neck and throw it in the river.

2006-07-31 05:58:46 · 16 answers · asked by morobell 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-31 05:58:32 · 7 answers · asked by list 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-31 05:57:55 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-31 05:57:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Or Apartheid, or racism? It's stupid to pretend they don't exist or that white people have no resposibility for them.
I'm tired of white people saying "Yea, but what about..." or "Black people owned/sold slaves". Wrong is wrong.
And most of the time they don't even have their facts straight.

2006-07-31 05:57:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I don't know why, but every South African I've seen on tv has the really cool British accent.

2006-07-31 05:55:09 · 16 answers · asked by patriot303 2 in Languages

I have writers block. Any suggestions? Its on a topic that I know alot about but I just can't seem to get it organized on paper. Its scattered all over the place. I am stressing because its already 3 days late....ugh! Help!

2006-07-31 05:54:35 · 13 answers · asked by mommy_2_little_man 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard good religious explanations of why good things happen to bad people; most of them tend to suggest that God doesn't directly intervene in history. If you believe the divine intervention described in the Bible in a purely literal sense, how do you view modern tragedies - Holocaust, 9/11, for example - with respect to divine intervention?

2006-07-31 05:53:33 · 10 answers · asked by speckless 1 in Religion & Spirituality

or should i tell them that on a journey to anywhere we can draw our own map? <<<

2006-07-31 05:53:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what is the most difficult job in this world and why

2006-07-31 05:53:24 · 1 answers · asked by raja r 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-07-31 05:53:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture