Other - Society & Culture - 21 April 2007

Yes it is sad that this massive tragedy took place in Virgina Tech and yes my heart goes out to the victims and their families but we seem to forget that this kind of violence is a way of life in other countries like Iraq. After all, the United States attacked Iraq for no reason other than oil at the cost of over 650,000 innocent people. You gotta think folks.

2007-04-21 12:30:43 · 4 answers · asked by Jim 1

Other countries have names: Germany, Australia, China, Ireland. You can't call the US "America" since that's the name of the continent, not the country. How come we don't get a real name? Any nominations?

2007-04-21 11:14:16 · 9 answers · asked by AlfaZulu 2

Where did this phrase originate? What is the story behind it? If you think about it, your head is always over your heels.

2007-04-21 11:13:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

whether ur british or not what's ur view on us? random question i know! and another thing, is the guy on desperate housewives ( don't know his name) actually english, beacuse i've never heard an average english guy speak so posh in my life!?

2007-04-21 10:49:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

whats the best way to get your own back on someone who corernerd you with all of his mates, boxed ya in the face and left ya with 2 metal plates for life

2007-04-21 10:13:26 · 5 answers · asked by mikey88 3

On our school trip there was just this basketball court were people were jump roping and stuff and the cheerleader coach/ home ec teacher said I should be a cheerleader in 8th grade because we were doing flips and stuff. You think I said be a cheerleader? I am hyper and I like to yell!

2007-04-21 09:56:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why not secure OUR borders and leave Iraq forever?

2007-04-21 09:35:03 · 5 answers · asked by crispie 2

why do you make a wish at that time??
is it the same for other numbers?
like 2:22?

2007-04-21 09:24:59 · 16 answers · asked by mAriilU 1

I know some cultures do all kinds of self mutilation, but how heinous is that? Just like female circumcision in Arabic nations, and they think Americans are crazy.

2007-04-21 09:24:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a tough question. I will add more details as i think about it too!

Thanks

2007-04-21 08:45:23 · 1 answers · asked by Wood Smoke ~ Free2Bme! 6

2007-04-21 08:30:19 · 3 answers · asked by The Violet lover 1

If they have boyfriend/girlfriend they say they don't have
If they don't have any they say they have
If they are already get married they say they aren't
If they aren't they say they are

It's weird, isn't it ???

2007-04-21 08:06:43 · 3 answers · asked by pelagiasong 2

2007-04-21 08:02:53 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

The abomination of slave trade went against European ethics and morals and defied Christian teachings on brotherly love etc. So, surely defying so much of the values that Europe stood for must have done harm to the European culture.

2007-04-21 07:57:28 · 6 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5

I think we should arrest loners and give them 5 years minimum in jail in isolation.

2007-04-21 07:41:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

yeah why not?

2007-04-21 06:54:46 · 16 answers · asked by Madprofessor 2

I am still confused...
You see so many people see colors and I know it. But I am worried that this wears off to our children.
I am worried that my son will be viewed differently because he is mulato.
How do you think we are affecting our children with our views on other races?
Should he decide if he should hang with whites or blacks? Even though he is both? Who is society to make him believe he isn't like everyone else and make it hard for him?
I teach him that it may be hard somedays but be strong and he is both. There are no colors.
What is your view?

2007-04-21 06:32:06 · 7 answers · asked by afj60 4

We believe in God, and give him so different names. Besides Him, we believe in other holy entities, like the Spirit, the Son of God, the Saints and Angels, trusting Them as if They can do the most impossible things. Are each one of Them Gods too? If it is so, in how many Gods do you believe?

2007-04-21 06:10:09 · 24 answers · asked by MS 2

2007-04-21 06:04:45 · 5 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4

i'm just curious, coz there are lots of asian taking up nursing because it's in demand in the United States due to shortage and they want to grab that opportunity to serve other country. Why there are few Americans taking up that course??? *I'm just curious* thanks,

2007-04-21 05:41:36 · 8 answers · asked by chiechies 1

2007-04-21 05:32:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

First take away all of the obvious mental cases. OK. I believe that a significant number if not the majority of homeless are homeless by choice. They have made bad choices, and those choices got them there. I would bet dollars to donuts if you took the average homeless guy, got him into a halfway house, got him cleaned up and got him a job he wouldn't last a week. They don't want to obey anyone's rules or have any structure.

By the way, did you know there was a kiddy brigade in Vietnam? I've seen some guys with "Vietnam Vet, please help, god bless" signs who couldn't have been more than 10 years old when the war ended.

2007-04-21 05:23:40 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-21 05:21:44 · 6 answers · asked by jane 1

... is that the reason why they are stealing sun beds until today?

my source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck

2007-04-21 05:11:32 · 2 answers · asked by perdü 5

I see you on tv talking so fast. Are you all on speed? Take up yoga or meditation or something.

2007-04-21 05:07:07 · 13 answers · asked by dumbassUSA 1

Last Monday, tragedy struck the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. A lone gunman went on two separate shooting rampages at the university. After killing two students in a dormitory, he later entered an academic building and chained shut the front doors.

Then he proceeded to walk through the second floor, and with two pistols shot and killed another 3O students and instructors. Before he could be stopped by the police, he shot himself.
When the day ended, 33 were dead and more than a dozen injured. This is now the deadliest shooting spree in American history.

With each eruption of unbelievable, unforgivable violence like this, Americans invariably ask, “How did this happen?” And before the dust has settled, the finger-pointing begins. But the more important question – and the one we don’t want to ask because we don’t want to answer it – is “Why did this happen?”

America has suffered a monumental tragedy. My heart and prayers go out to all Virginia Tech students, parents, and families who lost loved ones and friends in this senseless act of a twisted mind.




But in the aftermath of America’s worst school massacre, I know there are those who will use it to promote causes that don’t really address the problem. For instance, the anti-gun crowd is already springing out of the woodwork.

But to say that this tragedy was caused by the availability of guns, simplistically fails to recognize the real source of the problem. There has never been a gun made that killed anyone. It’s the person wielding the weapon who kills. If that’s not true, we had better forbid the use of the automobile.

Far more people are killed in auto accidents than are killed with guns. And yet, therein the problem is illustrated. Automobiles don’t kill people. It’s the person who drives the automobile that kills people.

One issue that is almost always overlooked in the discussion of gun violence is the complete removal of Biblical morals and ethics from America’s public life, especially our schools.

This has left young minds vulnerable to such things as the endless flood of computer games that facilitate, inspire, and train them to kill great numbers of people with efficiency, but without remorse. It’s done with computer simulation.

Some say there’s no correlation between these games and the act of murder. However, there have been connections established with some of those who have killed in the most calloused and ruthless manner.

If a mind is continually imprinted with the acting out of bloody, ruthless killings, the lines between make-believe and reality become blurred. And though moral judgment is blurred, physical skill is sharpened. Just think for a moment.

Mohammad Atta and the other terrorists on 9/11 had never actually flown a Boeing 767. They were taught the basics of flying in smaller aircraft, but they learned how to operate the instruments and controls of a 767 through computer simulators.

In the same way, many of the computer games played for hours on end by some young people teach the tactics and reflexive skills needed for killing large numbers of people.

These games are much worse than the violent movies and TV series that feature violence. At least they have a script that attaches some semblance of rationale for why the killings are taking place. But the violent computer games bring no ethics or morals into the equation. You win by blowing apart in bloody gun battles as many people as possible. Normal human sensitivities and compassion are dulled over time by this simulation.

This is especially true in the case of disturbed and alienated young minds that have not been taught any concept of parental discipline, love and Biblical morality.

It’s the amoral mind of people that causes death via guns, knives, clubs – or whatever else can be used in a lethal way. It’s not the inanimate weapon.

So removing guns from law-abiding citizens is not the answer. It only leaves them defenseless before the criminals that in any case will manage to obtain guns. History repeatedly proves this point.

Listen to this statement and ask yourself who made it: “This year will go down in history. For the first time a civilized nation has full gun registration. The street will be safer, the police more efficient and the world will follow our lead into the future.” That was Adolf Hitler, on April 15th, 1935.

History offers other examples of what can happen when citizens are stripped of the means to defend themselves.

The Turkish Ottoman Empire established gun control in 1911. It then proceeded to exterminate one and a half million Armenians from 1914—1917.

The Soviet Union established gun control in 1929. Subsequently, from 1928—1953, 60-million dissidents were imprisoned and then exterminated.

China enacted gun control laws in 1935. After the communist takeover, from 1948—1952, 20 million Chinese, unable to defend themselves, were murdered.

Nazi Germany fully established gun control in 1938. That helped the government to round up 13 million defenseless Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, mentally ill and impaired human beings. Many were imprisoned in concentration camps, then destroyed.

Guatemala passed gun control laws in 1964. Then, from 1964 to 1981, 100-thousand defenseless Mayan Indians were exterminated.

Uganda established gun control measures in 1970. Predictably, from 1971 to 1979, 300-thousand defenseless Christians met a similar fate.

Cambodia established gun control measures in 1956. Subsequently, from 1957 to 1977 one-million Cambodians met their deaths.

Our Founding Fathers had good reason to include in the Constitution “the right for each citizen to bear arms.” They came to this country with vivid memories of what an all-powerful government could do to its defenseless citizens.

In our country, the following evidence clearly demonstrates the impact upon criminals that armed citizens have. Vermont has a genuine right-to-carry law. That means no permit is required. Yet Vermont boasts the lowest crime rate in the nation. Nationwide in the USA, concealed-carry laws have resulted in a drop in crime rates.

A comprehensive national study in 1996 determined that violent crime fell after states made it legal to carry concealed firearms. The results of the study showed that states, which passed concealed-carry laws, reduced their murder rate by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, and aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%. By extrapolation, if the other States, which do not have concealed-carry laws, had adopted such laws in 1992, then approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and 12,000 robberies would have been avoided yearly.

So let’s deal with the real problem – by seeking to reform the minds of our citizens with Biblical morality and ethics. Paul, writing in 2 Timothy 3:1-5, said, “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!”

All of the above characteristics are those of a society that has rejected God and His morality and ethics. It is an accurate description of America’s predominant morality today. And as a result, “perilous times” have come.

2007-04-21 05:05:39 · 11 answers · asked by Duane G 3

Hi all we all know of Virginia Tech and feel sorrowful for the victims so im sure you share the same experience as I. I cried when looking at the photos of the victims and I get depressed when violent events happen in the world. I know grieving for others losses is morally correct, Id feel terrible if I didnt. But I like to be happy and my day goes sad when things like this happen especially when its in the news all the time. I mean our lives too must go on and we must forget sooner or later but I just feel so bad for those people, can you imagine being in their shoes and seeing a young, depressed, crazy, unstoppable asian man shooting people in front of you and at that moment you wonder whats going to happen to me? They said to God "I dont want to die". None of them did. They didnt deserve it. How do we cope with this in mind? I feel bad not grieving and I feel bad grieving. Its hard to say "just forget about it Aaron". But I must. We must. Well what are all of your thoughts?

2007-04-21 04:03:09 · 3 answers · asked by Ertai2 4

2007-04-21 04:00:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so what is it (seriously what is your view on what common sense is or should be)

2007-04-21 03:28:33 · 14 answers · asked by Darkchild 3

Whats things a 'new' person from northeast would have to watch out for?Other than the obvious.....no snow,low humidity,no mowing yards?How are the jobs?Are people nice/friendly?Renting apartments?Gas ......etc.
We're thinking of moving in a few years and want the low down on the state.Besides a totally different environment.
Thanks.

2007-04-21 03:24:16 · 3 answers · asked by gotabedifferent 5