Other - Society & Culture - 8 December 2006

Life,liberty, and the pursute of happiness?

2006-12-08 06:20:19 · 4 answers · asked by David T 1

I can eat pigs...they are approximately the same intelligence of dogs. I can name a pig and do just about everything I can with a dog...except maybe play catch with a frisbee. So why can't I eat a dog? I know there are laws separating the animals into different categories, but I don't understand the reasoning for the law. Why are the two animals treated differently?

NOTE: I'm talking about the U.S. and not other countries...

2006-12-08 06:19:25 · 2 answers · asked by xxx 3

2006-12-08 06:13:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-08 06:08:18 · 13 answers · asked by Kikko 1

REST OF THE WORLD VERSION:

The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The
grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the
summer away.

Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. The shivering
grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
THE END


THE UK VERSION:

The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks
he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed.

A social worker finds the shivering grasshopper, calls a press
conference and demands to know why the squirrel should be allowed
to be warm and well fed while others less fortunate, like the
grasshopper, are cold and starving. The BBC shows up to provide live
coverage of the shivering grasshopper; with cuts to a video of the squirrel
in his comfortable warm home with a table laden with food. The British
press
inform people that they should be ashamed that in a country of such
wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so while others
have plenty.

The Labour Party, Greenpeace, Animal Rights and The Grasshopper
Council of GB demonstrate in front of the squirrel's house. The BBC,
interrupting a cultural festival special from Notting Hill with
breaking news, broadcasts a multi cultural choir singing "We Shall
Overcome".


Ken Livingstone rants in an interview with Trevor McDonald that the
squirrel got rich off the backs of grasshoppers, and calls for an
immediate tax hike on the squirrel to make him pay his "fair
share" and increases the charge for squirrels to enter inner London.

In response to pressure from the media, the Government drafts the
Economic Equity and Grasshopper Anti Discrimination Act,
retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The squirrel's taxes are
reassessed.
He is taken to court and fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as builders
for the work he was doing on his home and an additional fine for
contempt when he told the court the grasshopper did not want to work.
The grasshopper is provided with a council house, financial aid to
furnish it and an account with a local taxi firm to ensure he can be
socially mobile. The squirrel's food is seized and re distributed
to the more needy members of society, in this case the grasshopper.

Without enough money to buy more food, to pay the fine and his newly
imposed retroactive taxes, the squirrel has to downsize and start
building a new home. The local authority takes over his old home and
utilises it as a temporary home for asylum seeking cats who had
hijacked a plane to get to Britain as they had to share their country of
origin with mice. On arrival they tried to blow up the airport because of
Britain's apparent love of dogs.

The cats had been arrested for the international offence of hijacking
and attempt bombing but were immediately released because the
police fed them pilchards instead of salmon whilst in custody. Initial
moves
to then return them to their own country were abandoned because it was
feared they would face death by the mice. The cats devise and start a
scam to obtain money from peoples credit cards.

A Panorama special shows the grasshopper finishing up the last of the
squirrel's food, though spring is still months away, while the council
house he is in, crumbles around him because he hasn't bothered to
maintain the house. He is shown to be taking drugs. Inadequate
government funding is blamed for the grasshopper's drug 'illness'. The
cats seek recompense in the British courts for their treatment since
arrival in UK.

The grasshopper gets arrested for stabbing an old dog during a
Burglary to get money for his drugs habit. He is imprisoned but released
immediately because he has been in custody for a few weeks. He is
placed in the care of the probation service to monitor and supervise him.
Within a few weeks he has killed a guinea pig in a botched robbery.

A commission of enquiry, that will eventually cost £10,000,000 and
State the obvious, is set up. Additional money is put into funding a drug
rehabilitation scheme for grasshoppers and legal aid for lawyers
representing asylum seekers is increased. The asylum seeking cats are
praised by the government for enriching Britain's multicultural
diversity and dogs are criticised by the government for failing to
befriend the cats.

The grasshopper dies of a drug overdose. The usual sections of the
Press blame it on the obvious failure of government to address the root
Causes of despair arising from social inequity and his traumatic
experience of prison.

The cats are paid a million pounds each because their rights were
infringed when the government failed to inform them there were mice in
the United Kingdom.

The squirrel, the dogs and the victims of the hijacking, the bombing,
the burglaries and robberies have to pay an additional percentage on
their credit cards to cover losses, their taxes are increased to
pay for law and order and they are told that they will have to work beyond
65 because of a shortfall in government funds.

THE END

2006-12-08 06:03:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should people get to decide for themselves what they should be labeled? Is one label more valid than another i.e. African American, Black American, Black, American, Human? Aren't all labels unscientific? Or maybe they are necessary in a world of social constructs made social realities?

2006-12-08 05:58:01 · 18 answers · asked by Brandon 3

have females dwindled to insecure beings. or are we just jealous

2006-12-08 05:56:05 · 6 answers · asked by Km 2

interested to know which method is the norm

2006-12-08 05:54:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't this where sexism starts?

"Oh little Jimmy you shouldn't hit girls EVER NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID, but if another boy punches you you have the right to defend yourself and fight back... "

Let us end sexism by teaching our children to hit punch little girls right in the face! (Only when the time is right of course, I'm certainly not advocating senseless violence JUST equality for women.)

2006-12-08 05:53:49 · 8 answers · asked by Medic 3

2006-12-08 05:52:51 · 2 answers · asked by Km 2

2006-12-08 05:47:18 · 17 answers · asked by cedar 3

do you really believe that arabs are terrorists or it's only a political point of view?
do you think that they deserve some help not wars?
regardless of politics,are they nice people?

2006-12-08 05:46:35 · 8 answers · asked by sana d 1

2006-12-08 05:40:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had scars all my life, when I was 5 a chicken scratched me on the forehead, cheek, under the lip... They were pretty deep, now that I'm older I have scar gap on my forehead, and the same with the cheeks.

My dad was like giving me this speech "Girls don't look at that, girls look at what's inside, not the outside." WRONG!

I'm pretty outgoing, I have a best friend that's a girl, and we were friends for 3 months, and I asked her if she wanted to go out and have dinner... she said that she was busy doing school work, and didn't have time for anything. So I went to the Mall by myself, but what really broke my spirit is that she lied to me... I caught her hanging out with her other friends that night, and she said "Hey let's go out to the club...blah..blah" I drove home and looked in the mirror... I guess she didn't like the way I looked, I was just depressed.

Can you guys help me feel better, because I just really need it right now... I know I have to move on, but it's hard

2006-12-08 05:39:08 · 7 answers · asked by Danial F 1

he says people coming to live in the country must conform to its tolerant values. What say you?

2006-12-08 05:35:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When they decapitated people for crimes or hung them or tortured them in any way, isnt that defeating the purpose of justice?
Two wrongs do not make a right, right? There is a reason for the parties who lost a child by a criminals hand. But it seems it becomes a tool of enjoyment for some in government and those that pull the switch or give the injections, they seem to do this with a vengeance, would you want that job? How can we pay people to do our killing? Why do we think that is moral? Like the East Indian and getting trained elephants to kill for them in ancient times they washed their hands like Pontius Pilot? What is the alternative to stop this insane urge to kill?

2006-12-08 05:28:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, so I don't want to offend anyone...but we have a few hispanic people who work in our warehouse. For some reason, they do not flush their toilet paper after they use the restroom. I don't understand why??? I don't feel comfortable asking them, but I thought maybe someone on answers might know.

2006-12-08 05:24:38 · 8 answers · asked by ANGEL 5

2006-12-08 05:14:41 · 15 answers · asked by Smitty Carmichael 2

I was out drinking the other night, and then someone gave me a cigarette (I'm not a regular smoker) and I got very light-headed and couldn't walk straight for 10 minutes. Could it have been laced, or the combination of drinking and smoking?

He gave me the cigarette from an open pack of his and is a friend of mine.

2006-12-08 05:14:39 · 3 answers · asked by Reserved 6

im from the US and i believe most are, this happened a few weeks ago on here: someone asked the ? what should a guy do for a girl for homecoming? now we think everyone KNOWS what homecoming is..not true one person answered "welcome home balloons" and say "miss you" alot etc. anyway this person got 26 THUMBS down votes. can you believe it ? was this rude or just people not realizing they may not be from somewhere that celebrates "homecoming". and to them it was someone COMING HOME...hhmm... anyone else have anything to add? i was just curious, and thank you for your additions

2006-12-08 05:12:33 · 5 answers · asked by nightyzz 3

i should have known the general thought of know it all's in regards to the homeless

2006-12-08 05:10:35 · 9 answers · asked by exhobo1 1

2006-12-08 05:06:49 · 7 answers · asked by SexiesttMofo♥ 3

do you bileve in aliens?

2006-12-08 05:05:57 · 6 answers · asked by pop 3

majiunana is a good thing why do ppl hate if we are so concerend about are enviroument y do u illegalize majiuana IT CAN help are enviroument and mabe even terrisim majiuana aka hemp can be prodused to make clothing paper and can be used for healing and reacuational perposes it takes a tree 200 yrs to fully majure and then be cut down to be used as paper when hemp only takes max 12 months to make and the government can make profit off of it i dispise anyone that dislikes majiuana why is it that u hear about accidents about weed but NOT booze y booze is more harmful then majiuana have u ever heard of a death a reported death concerning majiuana give me ur opinoins and yes i am a stoner.

2006-12-08 05:03:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the point in being proud of your nationality? If everyone is proud of theirs surely it is just a pointless exercise.

2006-12-08 05:00:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

or would you prefer a bit more PCS -- Plain Common Sense -- than PC -- Political Correctness.
Cant say this-Cant have that I know which I would prefer and tough titty to the rest!

2006-12-08 04:57:04 · 4 answers · asked by treving 42 6

i have nothing to do, actually taking a break from studying, i'm watching MTV and this guy has 2 gfs and when he tells one of his gfs that he's been cheating...he's like it's her or me and i love u with all my heart and i want to be with you...i busted out laughing...how pathetic is that?? how sad....what do u think?

2006-12-08 04:55:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

y r some people so anoying i mean they know that they piss people off and yet they cant help but keep doing it, why?????

2006-12-08 04:53:23 · 2 answers · asked by David T 1

Really, I think most have lost some touch with reality and it's anyones guess where it will all end up!!! Are you pollically correct? I am not that stupid......

2006-12-08 04:50:38 · 12 answers · asked by blahblah 5

I was out the other night asking some people and they were telling me the difference, but also said that a person could be both. I just don't get it - how they are two different things, but can also be the same. My father is a "veteran" but he doesn't help sick animals. Then does that mean that some "vetenarians" can also be veterans?

2006-12-08 04:47:56 · 9 answers · asked by Reserved 6