Other - Society & Culture - 12 April 2007

i swear it gets so annoying

2007-04-12 03:19:49 · 17 answers · asked by mormondude 2

Think about how commercialized everything is nowadays and how none of it is real. The families portrayed in commercials for food products are all actors. The smiling faces on pharmaceutical advertisements are not real. The people are living, but the emotions and happiness are not geniune.

How does this affect our reality? Does it create a smokescreen, or does it enhance perspective?

2007-04-12 03:14:28 · 5 answers · asked by ouranticipation 3

I have been noticing over a period of time that things such as nazi symbols and even the word nazi itself are censored from certain forums websites etc. Just last night i noticed a postcard of a Nazi cruise ship from the 1940's on Ebay, and the smokestack had been blurred out cause there was a swastika painted on it.

Now im not a neo nazi or anything, but I dont think its right that things are censored to this degree (any thing with a swastika or other things are censored on ebay). And its not just Ebay. I mean the politically correct are censoring this stuff. The Holocaust happened, but censering swastikas on cruise ship postcards doesnt help, it hinders, by sweeping its memory under the carpet and playing right into those who would like to say it never happened.

And one might say, well if someone looked at that picture that was jewish it could be very offensive....

well yes but then again they have no business searching for a nazi cruise ship.

whats your opinion?

2007-04-12 03:13:05 · 7 answers · asked by GrafZeppelin 2

Is there something to this legally? Can I say that it's rounded up to be 18?

2007-04-12 02:39:53 · 3 answers · asked by confused 2

2007-04-12 02:33:53 · 9 answers · asked by gothik_greeneyz 2

2007-04-12 01:35:28 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-12 01:21:38 · 12 answers · asked by Knows it all 2

2007-04-12 01:20:55 · 2 answers · asked by Cosmonaut 2

http://sports.aol.com/whitlock/_a/time-for-jackson-sharpton-to-step-down/20070411111509990001

JASON WHITLOCK :
Imus’ words did no real damage. Let me tell you what damaged us this week: the sports cover of Tuesday’s USA Today. This country’s newspaper of record published a story about the NFL and crime and ran a picture of 41 NFL players who were arrested in 2006. By my count, 39 of those players were black.
We can’t win the war over verbal disrespect and racism when we have so obviously and blatantly surrendered the moral high ground on the issue. Jesse and Al might win the battle with Imus and get him fired or severely neutered. But the war? We don’t stand a chance in the war. Not when everybody knows “nappy-headed ho’s” is a compliment compared to what we allow black rap artists to say about black women on a daily basis.

2007-04-12 01:09:40 · 11 answers · asked by tommy lampini 1

This truly baffles me:
Setting aside us all bitchin' about Starbucks (let's take that as read, shall we?), they have a card which you can get instore and 'credit' using cash - like a mobile 'phone top-up card.
So you put £10 on it, say. You can only use it in Starbucks. You buy a coffee (or what they call coffee) and you hand over the card and your card is processed and debited.
You get no discounts or anything like that, you pay regular prices.
So what's the bleedin' point? Why go through the rigmarole of tying up your £10 in a one-outlet shop card when you could - much more easily - just hand over your tenner and get the change?
Starbucks advertise it as the 'easier way to pay' - how the hell is it easier than handing across some cash? Or even your debit card?
We know why Starbucks might want you to have it, but can anyone explain why a sane person would want this card?

2007-04-12 01:08:57 · 9 answers · asked by JZD 7

violators mean who violate moral values, who violate road rules, who dis-regard others

2007-04-12 01:03:28 · 5 answers · asked by niceman_559 1

I punched a wall last month and ripped up several magazines yesterday in a fit of fury. How can I not let it get to me?

2007-04-12 00:29:33 · 21 answers · asked by JD 4