Society & Culture - 4 December 2006

Me and my husband were so excited when we got the new Wii system, and we both got each other a Guitar Hero for PS2 game (he got one, I got two) and we can't wait to play them! We have an 11 month old baby, and we are good parents and I don't think we're THAT nerdy, but is any other couple out there this excited about something the same? Like video games? Movies? I've never had a lot in common with the people I've been with, so I was wondering about everyone else.

2006-12-04 06:14:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I'm not a religious man or an atheist, just an unbiased spectator. Whatever your beliefs are, there are too many damn people in this world that need to get over themselves. Stop praying for the problems in the world to go away, when it is your structures who caused most of them in the first place. Maybe if you spend less time claiming your beliefs as absolute truth on yahoo answers you could do something to help the problems at home and abroad, I know I do. Just something to contemplate, though I doubt many of you will.

2006-12-04 06:14:05 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am 22 and my husband is 25 we have never had money problems but now we do any ideas on gifts for a 2 and 5 year old

2006-12-04 06:13:09 · 14 answers · asked by momof2 2 in Other - Holidays

I just read that Aishwarya Rai and Hrithrik Roshan are being sued in court for obscenity due to the Kissing Scene that did in the Bollywood movie Dhoom2.

Indian Nationals, please help me understand:

1. I understand nudity in most asian cultures are considered immodest and obscene, but why is kissing considered so as well?

2. The Kama Sutra decribes way more than a simple movie scene, I wonder why that was not banned?

3. Are they still liable for being sued if say, they did such a scene in a Hong Kong movie or a Hollywood movie?

Thank you... this post is not meant to be a challnge, but I am trying to understand better. This is the first time I have heard that actors are being charged/sued for obscenity over a "kiss" scene.

2006-12-04 06:12:55 · 3 answers · asked by Sheena 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I believe one of the Ayatolahs' wrote it in the 1970's or 80's. It entails a step by step plan for Islam to reach world domination. Step #1 was to overthrow the Shah of Iran Step #2 was to make Iraq an Islamic republic as Iran is. Step #3 was to inundate London, England with Muslim immigrants.

2006-12-04 06:12:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-04 06:12:15 · 2 answers · asked by Travis C 1 in Other - Holidays

"Nirvana, a Sanskrit word meaning 'he blows away' is primarily a Buddhist term for the 'state of absolute bessedness'" "If Pink Floyd's double compilation album Echoes(Capitol/Emi) has dominated the album charts, then Pink is riding hight in the singles charts". I looked up in the dictionary of Cambridge and I met the following that I think don't serve in this last phrase: "compilation- book, set of records,etc. that has been made from several separate parts: a compilation of modern poetry; a new compilation of band's hit records has just been released.Thank you very mutch and one big hug for you!
OBS: I'm brazilian,22 old, student of English.

2006-12-04 06:11:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I would like to know what some of your (yahoo users on here) nationalities are just to get a rough idea which nationality is the most popular on here.

Btw I'm British from London.

2006-12-04 06:11:22 · 13 answers · asked by Char 1 in Other - Society & Culture

*example,no matter how cheesy it is* C.Montgomery Burns

2006-12-04 06:11:08 · 10 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-04 06:10:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

With an estimated 7 billion people on the planet, How could we set up a way for everyone to give 1$ to end homelesness this would be more than enough money to supply every homeless person or third world country people on the planet times ten. Whats the best way of going about this?

2006-12-04 06:10:38 · 6 answers · asked by Richard C 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-04 06:10:11 · 10 answers · asked by Ken R 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

i got her a neckles with a gpolchain and a gold butter fly on it with dimonds.was it a good idea

2006-12-04 06:09:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

Can every one be explained as mental illness of the observer? Hallucinations? Coincidence? Opticle illusion? Natural events?

Has every person, thousands if not milllions, some very credible, who has seen a ghost, UFO, Bigfoot, experienced prayers or spells answered, telepathy, clairvoyance, just been hallucinating? Some of these things have been explained but in each case there are some that haven't.

Can everything be explained logically?

2006-12-04 06:08:41 · 25 answers · asked by Sage Bluestorm 6 in Religion & Spirituality

One place I worked at had an actual legal issue with this, as they hired a white supremecist who wouldn't listen to his black, female boss, and threatened to sue if he was terminated for discrimination

2006-12-04 06:07:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-04 06:07:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

I believe in Reform Judaism you are allowed to but not in the Orthodox thinking. If many Protestant sects of Christianity, a woman can become a Reverend or Minister, but I don't think this is true for Baptists. Why doesn't the Catholic Church allow women to become priests?

2006-12-04 06:05:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I want a Wii (new Nintendo console).

What about you?

2006-12-04 06:04:56 · 14 answers · asked by Alterna 4 in Christmas

2006-12-04 06:04:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

A flash from the Lebanese memory.

Never shall I forget that day that began as any other. That day that turned my life into one long night. That instant when bombs pierced the sky and explosions flashed in the daylight, and my homeland was viciously pounded by the missiles of Israel.
I had to pinch my face. Was I still alive? Was I conscious? I couldn't believe it. But where was I? This was not my home. The rubble I lay under was not my bed. I strained to focus my eyes in the midst of the haze and smoke, and that’s when I began to hear the screaming. These were not cries of people for help, but for each other; fathers calling out for their daughters, sons for their mothers. Siblings for one another. And I was joining the voices.
I called out for my mother and father as any child would, not knowing what was wrong or what to expect. I moved quickly to push as much debris off of me as I could. I was battered and bruised, but the children surrounding me were much worse, their bodies mangled and broken. As I shouted and searched I saw a mother wailing as she clutched her limp child. It was obvious that the child was lifeless, but she held the infant as though a mother’s touch could indeed bring her child back.
Tears slid down my face as the scene came into focus around me. Buildings were torched and twisted; my school had no sign of life and the apartment building I had spent fourteen years of my life in was gone. Ten families had lived in my building. It was now an array of lifeless ruins.
I continued to search for my family, but with each turn I made any hope I had of finding them diminished. Still I searched, and I asked everyone alive if they knew where my family was; but no one had my relations on their mind– they were looking for their own. And then a voice called my name– "Zainab!". Over and over this voice called me and I realized it was that of my youngest brother, Mahdi. I wept and screamed because although I could hear Mahdi I could not find him. I called him, crying out his name until finally, beneath the wreckage, I found my brother. It was as though his bedroom had given way in the explosion and the ceiling had fallen in on him. I tried to remove the concrete but all my efforts were in vain.
I can not describe to you in words what he looked like, my poor brother– his normally glowing complexion masked by a mist of ash and pain. "Zainab, where’s Mama?" he whispered. To comfort him, I said that she was coming. I caressed his cheek and realized his face had been slashed by the shards of glass in the rubble. Mahdi asked for our mother and father over and over again, but all I could say was that they were coming for us both.

A few moments later Mahdi's breathing was much more strained and he struggled to speak. I stood up and began to scream for help; I cried out God’s name a million times and I pleaded and begged for someone to help us. I tried again to remove the rubble, but it was no use. I couldn’t move it and Mahdi couldn’t handle the pressure of the concrete on his small chest. "Zainab please get Mama, please Zainab!" My name was the last word his lips uttered. He moved no more and I was left alone to mourn my brother.
Though Mahdi was buried, I have yet to find my parents and my two other siblings.
A piece of me was stolen on that day in July, when Israel took from me my home and my family. Never shall I forget that day when all of Lebanon’s children cried for her and wept as they witnessed their motherland torn and shattered. We shall never forget.

2006-12-04 06:04:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-04 06:04:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We were thinking of having a free-will offering pancake breakfast at our church as a fund raiser. And was thinking, perhaps I should gather the stats first from others who have done this in the past. Can you please share with us your experiences etc. Thanks!

2006-12-04 06:04:06 · 2 answers · asked by AnnG 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-04 06:03:58 · 21 answers · asked by alice j 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-04 06:03:40 · 4 answers · asked by Jack B 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

some people do a lot of things with guys. Appropriate but secret things. Would you call the person a freak or just someone who likes to try new things.like is it nasty to have friends with benefits?

2006-12-04 06:03:39 · 16 answers · asked by Mistzidittey 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

he found it disgusting when two men or women kissed, but I find that with teenagers( boys & girls) they are all over each other in public places that's what I consider a lack of class, but I have never ever seen two women or men kissing. Is it that the gays & lesbians just have more class?

2006-12-04 06:03:06 · 7 answers · asked by gitsliveon24 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

religion is basically the same belief what do you think?

2006-12-04 06:02:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and doesn't it show life as meaningless? If everything rides on one belief how does our actions (and therefore our lives) mean anything?

2006-12-04 06:02:27 · 10 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I hear people claim evolution goes against many scientific laws. Can anyone name which ones?

2006-12-04 06:02:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We were thinking of having a free-will offering pancake breakfast at our church as a fund raiser. And was thinking, perhaps I should gather the stats first from others who have done this in the past. Can you please share with us your experiences etc. Thanks!

2006-12-04 06:01:28 · 2 answers · asked by AnnG 1 in Community Service