Other - Society & Culture - 5 November 2007

There is no down just that accross

2007-11-05 09:18:38 · 1 answers · asked by bobly 1

It doesn't make any sence. Is it so they could get the parents tipsy 2 drive the kids home???

2007-11-05 09:18:18 · 50 answers · asked by anon 2

2007-11-05 09:05:33 · 24 answers · asked by ? 2

I've had a professor with a doctorate in Latin American studies state that Mexico is a part of Latin America but i've had so many educated people disagree. Your opinion?

2007-11-05 09:02:05 · 26 answers · asked by Gina A 2

In your opinion for a tradition of yours/your family/your culture, I'm leaving the question open for your input....

2007-11-05 09:00:48 · 2 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7

Do you think it's normal for a man to have more hair than chewbacca?
Any thoughts????

2007-11-05 09:00:17 · 2 answers · asked by Elainea 3

Okay, so apparently people can now discriminate against tattoos and piercings and deny you an apartment or home if they don't like your body mods.

http://www.woai.com/content/troubleshooters/story.aspx?content_id=57db782b-9874-4b37-aa00-0402ab8a7ab1

Does anyone else find it wrong that it's illegal to descriminate against gender, orientation, or race but it's okay to discriminate against modded people? Personally I find it wrong and it should be illegal, what about you guys?

2007-11-05 08:59:56 · 4 answers · asked by mathaowny 6

For instance, the other day I was curious to find out if there is any racial slur that you could say to a white person that would have the same impact of anything that they could say to a minority? This wasn't to bash white people but to dialogue about how telling it is that I feel there isn't one...or that maybe if there was one we have truly moved closer to equality? Opinions?

2007-11-05 08:58:36 · 1 answers · asked by beffie 3

People go out of their ways to have lavish weddings and receptions. But, why? What is it about the big wedding that is so appealing? Do women really want this, or are the conditioned to want this? My parents went to see the JP and they've been married 45 years. I have friends and cousins that have been married for 10 years or less, and are divorced, seperated or unhappy (and they had the big wedding). Women let me know?

2007-11-05 08:26:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had a discussion with a friend of mine on the subject of nationalism, and how it is relatively new. It is derived from colonization, India is a great example, and it is basically a group of people with a mechanized purpose, as the great Tagore put it. I was taught this well in my Global Studies class, a friend who enjoys arguing stayed firm on her belief that nationalism existed in ancient times, which is not possible since it is a direct creation of Capitalism. Yes, some may have used Capitalist elements, but the large society did not use them, or even share Adam Smith's notion of how wealth is measured (Labor). As you could imagine, I was greatly irritated by her objections. The basic fact is she was making a complete fool of herself and would sound completely ridiculous in front of someone who knew the subject well. I tried as best I could to explain this to her, but she just was not listening. Is there any way to change her mind on these facts or should I simply quit?

2007-11-05 07:52:52 · 1 answers · asked by Don M 1

European people wear them but why not Americans ?

2007-11-05 07:42:42 · 3 answers · asked by southpaw 2

Horrible waste of wood products, would not you agree? Maybe a sort of air hose attached to the wc would do it? What did they use long ago? I know the greeks and romans used sponge on a stick. The servants cleaned it up for the ruling class. But they were totally reusable. And another thing, why are horses, dogs etc etc. able to eliminate without wiping? So how did humans get in a fix so they must wipe or stink and get a rash? Evolution? Nothing else has this problem. Why is that?

2007-11-05 07:20:03 · 13 answers · asked by JIM 4

Even though we come from the same climate, I find so many of my friends have different ideas about the "perfect" weather conditions.

2007-11-05 07:14:56 · 7 answers · asked by sillyfrog 2

Don't you think it would suck if your mom or dad was much better looking then you are?
Some examples are:
Rumer Willis and Christi Brinkleys daughter. I am not saying these girls are unattractive but society says they are and society also says their moms are hot.......I just imagine that sucks.....Thoughts?

2007-11-05 07:10:07 · 4 answers · asked by lhallums82 4

As I sit here alone in my apartment, it is storming outside and there is a grey cast in my room. I keep hearing knocking and thumping in my apartment. I'm sure its just my neighbors' kids coming home from school, but it puts me in the mood for a good ghost story. Anybody have any chilling experiences?

Here's mine:
About 6 months ago, I was awakened every morning by the neighbors next door beating on the walls and running the shower around 7am. I work nights, so I really need my sleep during that time. I couldn't take it anymore. It sounded like they were throwing furniture! I told my landlady---and she said the apartment had been empty for a month! It was securly locked and no one had been inside at all. When I asked her if there had been reports of the building being haunted, she seemed uneasy. Another night, my cat looked down my hallway, started screaming and every hair raised up, but I saw nothing. The cat ran away and never came back. It sure gave me chills!

2007-11-05 07:08:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 07:06:40 · 6 answers · asked by Garner R 1

It's not even worth marrying a girl nowadays, you're probably bound to get garbage (yes, I know there are exceptions, and I you are going to say that you are the exception, but I am generalizing here). Agree? Disagree? Comment

2007-11-05 06:38:39 · 5 answers · asked by dosahyd f 2

For the past week, everyone has been setting off fireworks in their back gardens, celebrating Halloween and Bonfire Night.
This terrifies animals, and is a noise nuissance to everyone who's not interested in it.
Right at this very moment, I have a terrified dog shaking and trembling at my feet, as explosions are going off in the street outside my house.
Does anyone agree that fireworks should be restricted to professionally run and officially organised displays only?
After all, these aren't toys. They're pyrotechnics. In effect, they're small bombs.

2007-11-05 06:19:07 · 20 answers · asked by Swampy_Bogtrotter 4

2007-11-05 06:17:16 · 32 answers · asked by cliffordw hippiefied ol fart 7

2007-11-05 06:11:41 · 6 answers · asked by ameeker 3

I am a UK male in my early forties. I am not dissatisfied at 'my lot' as I am financially comfortable, own my own home and my not ill. However, excluding loyalties to the Country one was born in or friends and family, can anybody please tell me why we put up with living in the UK.

Taxes and duties are high (income tax, VAT, duty on petrol and alcohol etc, inheritance tax, even tax on the cost of flying out of the Country!)

We have put up with terrorism in one form or another for forty years

The cost of living etc is ridiculous with young people being unable to afford a house

Cost of running a car is astronomical (insurance for 18 year old for a small car £5k+, petrol £5 per gallon

Everywhere we drive there are traffic jams

If you are ill you cant get treatment as waiting list are long and getting longer

Crime rates are high, sentencing is weak (not enough prison places!)

Weather!

etc etc

Without telling me to 'stop moaning' can somebody please tell me why we stay in the UK.

2007-11-05 06:06:02 · 31 answers · asked by kelfisher 2

thing with Brown skin people?

2007-11-05 06:02:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't care about what people say about me, OK may be I do but just a little.

Just to give you an idea, in the past two years I changed from long hair to very short hair with stubble to long hair with stubble to shaven head with stubble to short hair clean shaven face.

Every time almost the same set of people keep on saying "you look better now" It's completely ridiculous. This proves. They lie all the time. People lie all the time. The compliments are nothing but a passing comment.

Don't you hate that?

2007-11-05 05:45:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 05:33:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Consumers are being ripped off by America’s big business. Prices in grocery stores are going crazy. Gasoline and heating oil is almost unaffordable. Cars are expensive; repairs are even more expensive. Things like garbage collection, telephone and TV service, are too high. Prices go up faster than wages. CEOs and stock holders are getting richer while most Americans are struggling to just get by. Many are cutting back on essentials so they can keep warm and have enough for the family to survive on. Isn't it time the consumers rebelled and made a national effort to force prices to a reasonable level? How would you suggest we do this? Possibly boycott stores, solicit as many people nation wide as possible to boycott one chain until it yields then take on another; distribute information on what stores seem to be ripping people off the most? Can we boycott a certain gas company nation wide until that company yields then take on another?

2007-11-05 05:27:33 · 2 answers · asked by Dallen B 5

We only have one life... and we (some of us) have to spend it doing something we hate? All my life I've hated school... I hate learning mathematics; I hate learning most parts of science; I can't remember history facts. Why should I care if I get a bad grade on a test? It's not the end of the world. And it won't determine my future. And I don't want my mother yelling at me about it and reminding me how well my older sister is doing. I know I want to be a Cultural Anthropologist and, poor grades or not, I'll be one and no one can stop me. I will do what I want to do - but I won't waste my time trying to get perfect grades in school. It's not for me - it's not my way of getting there and I wish others could understand that I won't conform to this method.

*College

2007-11-05 05:19:37 · 7 answers · asked by Beletje_vos AM + VT 7

Obviously, you can look at this issue from two side: 1) He is being treated unfairly (in terms of media criticism) because his phone conversation with his son was a private family matter; or 2) He is being treated fairly (again, in terms of criticism) because his language was so offensive. What are your thoughts?

2007-11-05 04:21:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does Science as it is perceived by Society today disprove the existence of a Higher Power/ God?
Can Science as we know it today (without comparing it to the religions or religious Higher Powers of today) actually DISPROVE the existence of a Higher Power/God?
Can Science as we know it today (without comparing it to the religions or religious Higher Powers of today) actually PROVE the existence of a Higher Power/God?
Can Science and a Higher Power/God exist simultaneously in Harmony?
Can Science exist alone without a Higher Power/God?
Did a Higher Power/God create Science and use Science to create the Universe as we know it today?
Do the Religions of the World today practice so dogmatically and rigidly, in their beliefs, that it is the religions themselves, which do Negatively Impacting the Concept of a Higher Power/God and Science co-existing?
Please present your logical opinion/belief on some or all of these above questions. Thank you!

2007-11-05 04:15:19 · 5 answers · asked by Chuck 2

With all the reports of female teachers running off with students, I was wondering if anyone thinks women are becoming more sexually aggressive in a negative way? Or has this always occurred and we just hear more about it due to advances in communication? What in the world could a 13 year old do for a grown woman...that woman's mind must be stuck at age 13 too!

2007-11-05 03:49:19 · 2 answers · asked by Really now 4

give me some new knowledge, something the rest of the world doesn't know, or you think i do not know.
but nothing about gobal warming thanks

2007-11-05 03:34:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous