Cultures & Groups - 18 September 2007

On Thursday, 09-20-07, Mychal Bell, aka Jena 6 will be in juvenille court, to find out his fate in the beating of a white teenager.

Americans, I repeat, Americans are asked to wear black, on this day & date, to support Mr. Bell & his family, as the judge tells him how many unfortunate years, he will spend behind bars.

Will you or someone you know wear black on Thursday, September 20, 2007, in solidarity?

Please answer this question with integrity. Let's be civil to each other.

If you're going to spew hatred & bigotry, this question is not for you.

Thank You Kindly.

2007-09-18 21:26:20 · 14 answers · asked by Sustagurl2 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

thinking about our UK taxes (groan) and I now feel that the situation is like daylight robbery, If you or I were to act in this way we would be swooped on and thrown in jail. Your opinions please, ladies and gentleman.

2007-09-18 21:07:06 · 13 answers · asked by Roxy. 6 in Senior Citizens

What are some common practices, words, gestures, beliefs, and/or values that are part of at least one culture but are often considered impractical, irrational, misunderstood or offend at least one other culture?

For example, in England a fag is a cigarette, here, it is a mean term for homosexual men.

Thumbs up here in the U.S. is something good, but in Islamic countries, it means "up yours"... can you give me more examples like these? I just cannot think of anything else.

Thanks!

2007-09-18 21:00:18 · 4 answers · asked by Jan 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-18 20:29:09 · 15 answers · asked by Chocolate Thunder 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

The dream was disturbing, bizarre.
I was in a run down hotel and in my room.It was night time and very quiet and I was in bed. Not a nice hotel. old fashioned and spooky
Through the lock on the door this very long thin piece of crumpled up paper (thin and string like) had a paper eye on the end.
The string like paper was very long and gradually was threaded through the keyhole until it hovered by my bed in mid air and there was a flower like thing at the end which also looked like an eye.
It was obvious someone was threading it through from the other side of the door and it felt supernatural and it was designed to disturb me.
The next thing I remember is gradually opening the door and there was no-one there.
The hall was dark and run down. At the other side of the dark hall there was a tiny office with two young women who ran the hotel.
I asked them if this had happened before and they said yes, a sinister young gay guy was stalking the hotel and was scary but no-one could catch him.

2007-09-18 20:24:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-18 20:16:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Nicole Brown was a cheater and Goldman was a pathetic little wimp. I admire him because he offed them and he got away with it. Goldman's family are still little weaklings. Goldman could NOT stand up to OJ and that is why he went down. Nicole was a lil ^&*^( that always nagged at OJ so she deserved it too

2007-09-18 18:27:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-18 18:09:45 · 14 answers · asked by DV 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Who is the person you look up to, and/or adored even as a kid?

2007-09-18 18:05:00 · 8 answers · asked by SharonKei 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Why do people believe this guy is always innocent despite massive amounts of evidence and history. Drug abuse, wife beating, etc.

2007-09-18 18:02:17 · 27 answers · asked by b down 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

AUSSIE PRIDE!!!

2007-09-18 17:49:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Did you read the bible to to find out if what people were saying was true?

I did. I think I was about 12 or 13 years old when I read it and knew I had attractions for the same-sex but I never labelled it gay till I was older.

I knew that God was suppose to answers your prayers if you asked him but God never changed my attraction to straight when i asked for him to.

Anyone else do this when they were young enough to realize?

2007-09-18 17:03:37 · 12 answers · asked by What'd You Say? 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Hi ALL of you wonderful people. I am home.

They got me all prepared for the Biopsy, and they took a couple of scans before, only to find that the lump has got smaller, actually half the size. I have been praying that God would dissolve it, you all have been praying and that is the best news. They tend to think now that it is an infection and I see the specialits on Tuesday next week, who will put me on a long course of Anti Biotics, and monitor it.

They said it was so much smaller, that they did not even think they could get into the lung from behind.

So I am home, relieved, and just want to say a big thank you to ALL. You have been such an encouragement to me during this.

Now I can look forward to seeing my daughter, hubbie and grandson, who are coming up next week.

We will be going to Surfers Paradise, and swimming with the dolphins, having fun at Waterworld and spending a lovely four days together.

God is good and so are you all. THANK YOU!

2007-09-18 17:01:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Not in the closet, just want to separate work and queer life a little, and moving to a new city. Mark is a really boring name, sigh.

2007-09-18 17:01:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I have asked this question in gay/ transgendered/ lesbian by mistake, as this is where I wanted the question to go in the first place. I like this guy, alot, but not in a sexual way, and he is so defensive and rude, that he pushes people away. hubby says to be friendly, so i am trying.

2007-09-18 16:57:05 · 6 answers · asked by Dragonflygirl 7 in People with Disabilities

So I have extremely conservative Christian parents and I don't know how to come out to them. Every time a gay guy or something comes up in the conversation, they usually bash/make fun of them which I can't stand. Do you think they'd kick me out? Should I just tell a bestfriend and not tell my parents til I'm eighteen?

Please be mature with your answers..

2007-09-18 16:53:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

my roommate is Caucasian and I suppose she has a regular amount of hair loss. I know its natural.
I' woke up this morning, found stands of hair in my bed!
I go to the bathroom I look in my underwear and pull out a brown strand of hair!!!!!!!
the last straw that had me type this is when I just pulled a strand of hair from my jacket!

I really am afraid Im going to masturbate and pull a strand of hair from inside my neither regions. Its happened before when I was with an asian roomate.

so my question is, for ppl who have had to deal with random caucasion hair, what the heck to I do to keep it from bothering me. I suppose whites are used to this, but Im not!

Please help me.

2007-09-18 16:47:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

explain ur answere....

2007-09-18 16:45:05 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Most guys I know, ( disabled) think that the only reason a female is interested in them is to see if they can, ahem, perform, or out of curiousity. Then they get rude about it. So, i was just askin' .

2007-09-18 16:39:29 · 7 answers · asked by Dragonflygirl 7 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-18 16:32:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I grew up in Georgia and now live abroad, should I take a class to lose my southern accent, I'm sick of people asking me questions about it?

2007-09-18 16:28:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Without offending anyone and getting my answers censored. Seems like (to me) most of the questions asked "on answers" are from kids wanting to get their homework done for them or from people that have a love life problem. As a senior...should I help the kids..(I help my grand-kids) and I know I shouldn't...but I can't help it.

2007-09-18 15:59:13 · 11 answers · asked by chilicooker_mkb 5 in Senior Citizens

2007-09-18 15:32:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Ok, my question is why do Europeans claim Spain, Portugal,Greece and Spain as there people? Well it's simple they are all European. The same thing goes for Africans,we claim Egypt because they are our people. The confusing thing is all those Europeans I have mentioned above have Arab/African blood in them, but they are considered European. White anthropologists insist they are white! My question is why are Egyptians not part of Africa to these so called anthropologits? If you ask me it's racism and saying Africans had outside help to achieve what they did. The pyramids are so old there was no known European civilization at the time. I'm Ghanaian we had our own empire I still claim Egypt, I'm from the west is that something wrong? Why aren't Greeks considered African since they have Egyptian, Lybian and Moroccan blood in them?

2007-09-18 15:25:39 · 15 answers · asked by SmoOv 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Or do you stay by yourself without company?

2007-09-18 15:07:02 · 22 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens

Bush did it twice, and he hasn't touched the subject again.

2007-09-18 15:03:25 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

"As Republicans we must oppose discrimination and defend traditional marriage: one man, one woman."

2007-09-18 14:47:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Come on people it is not addressed to YOU

2007-09-18 14:42:04 · 12 answers · asked by Queen C 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-18 14:38:31 · 2 answers · asked by _shes royalty. 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Hi, im 20, and a guy and i have a problem with my last name, everyone thinks im mexican because of my last name, even though both my parents are from Europe. My full name is Alex Domingo Rodriguez. I was wondering if anyone can come up with a good last name for me, preffereably using the letters from my last and middle name. Im tired of being stereotyped as mexican, just because of my last name, seriously my skin isnt even that dark. its not that i dont like mexicans its just that a lot of negative sterotyping is towards people of mexican descent and i dont want any part of it. Whoever has the best idea for a new last name gets the points

2007-09-18 14:15:25 · 8 answers · asked by arod_doa 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups