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Having Kids
49 Posts • 20345 Views Philosophy Forum |
Behind every stereo type comes truth. Take for instance the stingy Jew. Sure there are stingy Jews out there but not all Jews can be said to be stingy. Therefore you're not speaking for 100% of t... |
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SocietyMcDonaldization taking over the world
5 Posts • 5559 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
There's an underlying assumption that everything Western is better than anything else. This assumption's been around since the Imperial Age. As long as this assumption continues to take root... |
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FuturologyProgression of Humanity
16 Posts • 9222 Views Philosophy Forum |
I like that Iron wood.
I personally believe the harder things get for people the more they follow their hearts.
I believe people don't need to be united under one banner also because we a... |
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Intelligence, Memory & Brainintelligence flaw - Chomsky
5 Posts • 3115 Views Psychology Forum |
And how exactly do you define anti-American(ism) Hyjme?
Is anti-American anti the culture itself, or its politics and hence
Government?
Should Americans be viewed in solidarity with their Leade... |
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An Extreme Case of Culture Shock for Your Country!!!
2 Posts • 3128 Views Philosophy Forum |
To be honest, I going to make this clear, I'm writing this for a thesis paper on and in-depth study of the extreme effects of culture shock. Primarily, having to do with what would be an extreme case... |
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Lower the legal drinking age to 18
5 Posts • 3905 Views Philosophy Forum |
The college party atmosphere involves alcohol. Every week, hundreds of students are sent to the student conduct offices because of underage drinking. Since it's difficult to change the college pa... |
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Is the Rap Culture Destroying the Generation?
2 Posts • 3833 Views Philosophy Forum |
Is rap, the obvious origin of all the new trends amongst most teens, also the origin for their new-found love of violence? Their newly acquired thought process that says anything and everything has to... |
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SocietyIs America playing with fire ?
141 Posts • 33509 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
"Bush embraces the belief that American values, that is, rule of law, democracy and freedom are greater then all others."
Its cultural imperialism. We are enforcing our values upon other cu... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainThe Face Tells the Story (of the Mind)
6 Posts • 2264 Views Psychology Forum |
I think Black Gold is right to a certain extent, I think that's why it is said laughter is the best medicine, however even though the basice facial emotions are the same whatever culture you are... |
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Famous PhilosophersSocratic and Platonic philosophies
34 Posts • 10234 Views Philosophy Forum |
I'm new to this forum. I have always had a general interest in philosophy and just recently I read more in depth, specifically, the lives of Socrates and Plato. Everything I found out about them... |
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There will never be a timemachine.
32 Posts • 8936 Views Philosophy Forum |
If our technology ever gets advanced enough for us to either travel faster than the speed of light, or to redirect light that has been emitted from Earth back to Earth so that we could "see the p... |
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ChristianityWhy is jesus story so powerful
18 Posts • 6202 Views Religion Forum |
The reason people find so many objections to the gospel is not because it has been found lacking in anyway, but that it would require the person to bend the knee to Christ if true. People like being i... |
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Society & SociologyHumility in Youth
0 Posts • 1300 Views Psychology Forum |
thats a hard question, i work with children and some of them have absolutely no respect for adults,and i mean none,some of these kids do need to be phisicaly disaplined, I think it would help in some... |
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GovernmentThe meaning of democracy
65 Posts • 33996 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
How can culture govern when people are so afraid to share themselves with their neighbors? I live in America btw.
It seems that in this new age of connection and personal electronics, products of pos... |
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PerceptionI Find Myself Here
20 Posts • 7295 Views Psychology Forum |
More power to you in your pusuit of knowledge. Just try not to become haughty as you educate yourself. Hate to sound cliche, but keep humble in the thought that "the more you know, the more you k... |
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SocietyMcDonaldization taking over the world
5 Posts • 5559 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Are young people forming a new, global culture? Increased communication and travel through advancing technology, along with international business is breaking down barriers that held people apart for... |
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IslamMuslim women who cover their hair
27 Posts • 67761 Views Religion Forum |
Almost every injustice committed in the name of religion is for the sake of power instead of "honor" or "God." One culture has centered a family's honor on something as trivia... |
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GovernmentJohn kerry out of touch with UN
59 Posts • 13903 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
In the US, when a crime is committed, we can punish the guilty parties. Not so in the UN. How can we expect UN support when 2 of the five security council members were getting billions through the oil... |
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A Carapace of Thought
6 Posts • 2329 Views Philosophy Forum |
No, I had a friend join the forum and respond to it so people would be inclined to put forth their thoughts.
The scyscraper analogy has three parts with the peak of the very topmost part being bir... |
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Life & Deathwhy is death so scary for ppl
48 Posts • 23520 Views Philosophy Forum |
I fear death. I believe its stupid we don't put forth research in looking for potential immortality. Perhaps then maybe our political leaders will think for the future and actually care about what the... |
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The Human Race
5 Posts • 4026 Views Philosophy Forum |
" From the way we masticate, which is strikingly similar that of an animal (and logically so)"
Well sure, we chew like cows.
"I find it somewhat amazing that the majority of us is n... |
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Valentines or Not?
6 Posts • 3451 Views Talk Talk |
St valentine's day - Indeed it has become comercialized and I really hate that every damn thing has to be commercialized but Forget about it that is the ctrappy capitalistst trying to make apile... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismHands up if you are an atheist
57 Posts • 12264 Views Religion Forum |
Religions have been changed so much by the people who claim to follow them that it seems that religion is the result of people in power using fear of god to do their biding. The first religion must ha... |
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War & TerrorismThis Nation is behind its leaders!
10 Posts • 2923 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Nah, I'm in agreement. Particularly with the stuff you have put up actually.
But I am cynical about it all in a general way of speaking because of living in a consumer-culture I look at the stuff y... |
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SocietyDefine the word "American"
72 Posts • 18463 Views Philosophy Forum |
You still haven't convinced me, Cynical. You're being vague on the issue.
If a child runs away from home, does it mean that it is free from all the previous influences of parents? No.... |
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