Other - Cultures & Groups - December 2006

Now, I say whining for lack of a better word. But if they get to keep their native (as in, their homeland) language, style of dress, expressions, and other culture-centric items about them, why aren't I allowed to say "Merry Christmas"? It's part of MY culture as a Canadian native to celebrate Christmas. How come I'M forced to say "Happy Holidays"? If I go to Africa, can I say "Merry Christmas", even if they're celebrating Kwanza? I would be an immigrant to Africa so I should be allowed to keep my culture. Right?

2006-12-16 15:34:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay....say in Fantasy City.....you had in it 2 powerful gangs....disregarding originality we'll say crips and bloods. In the past they've fueded relentlessy over who's gonna control the streets...and for a moment the crips had a hold over the bloods to the point the bloods were almost slaves to them. Well needing help, a police force well known from another city came in to help calm down the chaos in this city with seriously high crime rates. What turned out was the bloods being givin some freedom to roam the streets again. But out of vindictive hatred decided to wreak havoc on the crips. Of course, the crips, not letting this happen, retaliate. So now there is a HUGE gang war in this city. As the police force what would you do? (i'm pretty sure you can hint where i'm getting at....but maybe the different perspective may give some incite i suppose...so here goes :-). ).

2006-12-16 15:33:46 · 3 answers · asked by Dennis 6

British researchers have found that children's IQ predicts their likelihood of becoming vegetarians as young adults -- lowering their risk for cardiovascular disease in the process. The finding could explain the link between smarts and better health, the investigators say.


"Brighter people tend to have healthier dietary habits," concluded lead author Catharine Gale, a senior research fellow at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre of the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital.


Recent studies suggest that vegetarianism may be associated with lower cholesterol, reduced risk of obesity and heart disease. This might explain why children with high IQs tend to have a lower risk of heart disease in later life.


The report is published in the Dec. 15 online edition of the British Medical Journal.


"We know from other studies that brighter children tend to behave in a healthier fashion as adults -- they're less likely to smoke, less likely to be overweight, less likely to have high blood pressure and more likely to take strenuous exercise," Gale said. "This study provides further evidence that people with a higher IQ tend to have a healthier lifestyle."


In the study, Gale's team collected data on nearly 8,200 men and women aged 30, whose IQ had been tested when they were 10 years of age.


"Children who scored higher on IQ tests at age 10 were more likely than those who got lower scores to report that they were vegetarian at the age of 30," Gale said.


The researchers found that 4.5 percent of participants were vegetarians. Of these, 2.5 percent were vegan, and 33.6 percent said they were vegetarian but also ate fish or chicken.


There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but who said they ate fish or chicken, the researchers add.


Vegetarians were more likely to be female, of higher social class and better educated, but IQ was still a significant predictor of being vegetarian after adjustment for these factors, Gale said.


"Vegetarian diets are associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk in a number of studies, so these findings suggest that a such a diet may help to explain why children or adolescents with a higher IQ have a lower risk of coronary heart disease as adults," Gale said.


One expert said the findings aren't the whole answer, however.


"This study left many unanswered questions such as: Did the vegetarian children grow up in a household with a vegetarian parent? Were meatless meals regularly served in the household? Were the children eating a primarily vegetarian diet at the age of 10?" said Lona Sandon, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.


"In addition, we don't know the beliefs or attitudes of the parents of the children, nor do we know if there was a particular event that led these children to becoming vegetarian in their teens or adulthood," Sandon said.


As the study showed, more women than men chose a vegetarian diet, Sandon noted. "Other research shows that women in general will focus more on their health than men. So, if they believe that a vegetarian diet will have health benefits, they are more likely to follow it," she said.


Given these factors, "we cannot draw any solid conclusions from this research," Sandon added.


Another expert agreed that a vegetarian diet is healthy.

"The evidence linking vegetarianism to good health outcomes is very strong," said Dr. David L. Katz, the director of the Prevention Research Center and an associate professor of public health at the Yale University School of Medicine.

"Studies, for example, of vegetarian Seventh-Day Adventists in California suggest that they have lower rates of almost all major chronic diseases, and greater longevity, than their omnivorous counterparts," Katz said. "Evidence is also strong and consistent that greater intelligence, higher education, and loftier social status -- which tend to cluster with one another -- also correlate with good health."

2006-12-16 15:33:39 · 9 answers · asked by xyster8 1

I grew up in Detroit in the 60's and 70's in a wonderful neighborhood that has since gone to hell, My family was part of the white flight during the mid 70's. I find myself missing the bungalow we grew up in - a unique house in an open neighborhood where all my friends moms where my mom too,. before all the cookie cutter subuurban neighborhoods sprang up. Former urban dwellers, can we go home again or has it vanished into the sameness of lofts and condos where we are still strangers to each other?

2006-12-16 15:24:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

its really stupid and annoying

2006-12-16 15:13:24 · 20 answers · asked by kidel122 2

im white, and i was at a get-together at a friends house when i heard some horrible things. One of the guys was talking about how he (the F word)ed a black girl once when she was vulnerable. He said he liked f-ing a hairy (n word) p-u-s-s-y, but would never love a black b-i-t-c-h. when he saw the girl again, he called her a ho and said that all black women were ho's. My best friend is black and it hurt me to hear those things. What do you guys think about that?

2006-12-16 15:01:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am Latinoamerican, and the english guys, they seem to be like serious, cold, distant...How much of this is true?

2006-12-16 14:45:29 · 18 answers · asked by Nathaly S 1

2006-12-16 14:32:42 · 3 answers · asked by LikeItorNot 3

How long have the Kurds been in the area of Northern Iraq and are they indigenous to that region or did the migrate into Northern Iraq over the previous decades, centuries, etc.???

2006-12-16 14:29:24 · 2 answers · asked by KERMIT M 6

I have asked this before, but I want more opinios. Why in America there are so many people saying don't do that, don't say this, don't sing that. don't put tree there, don't, don't, don't.. Don't say christmas but holiday. It makes me maaaaaaaad .What is the problem with this people. I know they are from other religion, but can't they respect this tradition? I don't know, it does not make sense that christmas is not christmas for the reason that it was first celebrated

2006-12-16 14:12:54 · 15 answers · asked by Cister 7

and were's the N.Ireland man ???

2006-12-16 13:54:57 · 9 answers · asked by fivelighters 4

2006-12-16 13:15:11 · 7 answers · asked by Ivy 3

2006-12-16 13:13:55 · 7 answers · asked by Ivy 3

just wanted to know

2006-12-16 12:40:06 · 9 answers · asked by frontstreetboy2004 3

2006-12-16 12:33:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anna 2

i have said some things and i cant feel the feeling i used to have i dont think hes around me anymore.i cant feel it.the things i said was he [God] was getting lazy or like that an he shouldnt let these nice people suffer and take kids to soon leaving them mad and fighting w/their mom an dads.

2006-12-16 12:18:55 · 4 answers · asked by booboo 1

i hear different myths about sex...some people tell me that you gain weight by having too much sex and others tell me you could actually lose weight by being sexually active...so if anyone knows from experience i'd love to hear from you!!!

2006-12-16 12:15:41 · 19 answers · asked by Lovely Cinnie 2

i hear different myths about sex...some people tell me that you gain weight by having too uch sex and others tell me you could actually lose weight by being sexually active...so if anyone knows from experience i'd love to hear from you!!!

2006-12-16 12:15:02 · 5 answers · asked by Lovely Cinnie 2

Do you consider youreself to be racist towards another race and if so which race and whats youre rational . Most people just somple say for eg:" Oh I dont like blacks because there skin is dark ". Or " I dont like Asians Because they stink of curry " Surely as such a smart society there must be more to it that just that .

2006-12-16 12:03:16 · 26 answers · asked by C 3

How prevalent is the caste system in modern India? Is it on the same level of racial sterotyping and bigotry in the United States from say, the 1950's or 60's?

As we become more of a global economy and many jobs are outsourced to India I've wondered what impact (if any) the caste system has on doing work with Indian firms. Are there examples of US companies that have refused to do work with an Indian company that honors the caste system or is the problem just not that prevalent?

I recall the outrage in the 1980's about apartheid in South Africa. There was even a song, "Sun City," about musical artists that refused to perform there while apartheid existed.

I've heard nothing about any similar outrage about the caste system in India and so thought that perhaps it is only a dark part of India's past. Personal knowledge or anecdotes are preferred over information I could find on my own :-)

2006-12-16 11:52:29 · 2 answers · asked by drew30319 2

Do you think that groups such as the BNP and the Aryan Nation have a place in todays society or should they be allowed to have theirr ridiculous and racist ignorant views under the fact that we are all allowed freedon of speech .
P>S If you wish to jsut leave a racist comment in response to this question save it for someone with as little brians as you .. thanks

2006-12-16 11:47:59 · 16 answers · asked by C 3

I am mixed of North African and European, I am wondering why Europeans aren't exotic. I'm not interested in them at all, I think Dominicans are exotic, why is this?

2006-12-16 11:45:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why does todays youth think it's cool to be ganster? Just cause i dont dress like a gangster and act like one i bet you i can drop you.

2006-12-16 11:00:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

should I go?

I hardly ever get invited anywhere, sad to miss it but am kind of sore and sad

not into visiting I think

2006-12-16 10:56:13 · 7 answers · asked by kurticus1024 7

2006-12-16 10:53:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

... apart from Tuvinian Throat Singing, of course.

2006-12-16 10:38:16 · 22 answers · asked by keith 2

help me understand race preference in a partner cause i honestly honestyl honestly dont get it?
when a list of must haves in a girl/boy come to mind race is actually one of the qualifications i seriously didnt even know people actually did that until i looked at some of the questions...like sure i hear people kid around ....but not in a serious way

2006-12-16 10:29:25 · 6 answers · asked by No n 2

I think it gives them brain damage.

2006-12-16 10:04:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that America think that are worl leaders. I dont recall there being a vote on the best country and them winning . Personally it seems as though they gave themselves that title .
In my opinion they would have some bottom in any vote or poll , Purely on the basis that they are not the most thoughtful , inteligent or anything decent bunch of folk in this wide world , Granted they know how to dominate the poorer countries and then bleed them dry but that just means they are bullies and who likes them ........................

2006-12-16 09:50:10 · 11 answers · asked by C 3

im trying to find customs of honduran people for a project

2006-12-16 09:47:35 · 1 answers · asked by ritz 1