Should Christchurch Cathedral be rebuilt in the same earthquake zone?
on February 27th, 2011 | 6 answers | 1 person likes this

On the new (December 2009) Answerbag website, can a question still be edited for a few minutes after it has been posted?
on December 11th, 2009 | 3 answers

After the December 2009 revamp of the Answerbag website, what happened to the videos associated with previous questions?
on December 11th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

After the December 2009 revamp of the Answerbag website, what happened to the videos associated with previous questions?
on December 11th, 2009 | One answer

Demonstrators have protested outside the residence of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, after he ordered a 10-month lull in permits for new...
on December 9th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Stationing troops in Afghanistan often entails fenced encampments surrounded by minefields on expropriated land. Hostile reaction to this...
on December 9th, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle" - George Orwell. What example(s) can you give of how...
on December 9th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

Quran 4.34: "Men are in charge of women, because Allah has made made men to be better than women. Women must obey men, and if they...
on December 8th, 2009 | 31 answers | 13 people like this

Critics claim that emails sent by UK climate researchers undermine the case that human activities are causing global warming. What are...
on December 4th, 2009 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

In just a few weeks time we will be in the year 2010, and starting a new decade with a really cool Australian name: “The...
on December 3rd, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

China and India have high greenhouse gas emissions; but each of their citizens annually contributes much less than their counterparts in...
on December 3rd, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

Should female ski jumpers be allowed to compete in the Winter Olympic Games? How would you like to see both sexes entering the same...
on December 2nd, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

In view of the (sometimes overlooked) roles played in Afghanistan by international organized crime cartels operating in the opium and...
on December 2nd, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

In view of the (sometimes overlooked) roles played in Afghanistan by international organized crime cartels operating in both the opium...
on December 2nd, 2009 | One answer

Newspaper publishers can now set a limit on the number of free news articles you can Google. Does this seem like a move in the right...
on December 2nd, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Can you believe what you see in this horrific slide show about the killing of Calderon dolphins in Denmark? Can this sort of thing really...
on December 1st, 2009 | 7 answers | 6 people like this

The King of Morocco has dutifully sacrificed a sheep to commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of...
on December 1st, 2009 | 11 answers | 9 people like this

Most of the AB questions posted under "Ismailism" belong under "Islam", as the former is a subset of the latter. If...
on December 1st, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Whether or not you're fond of pot, does this club of '92 appeal in any way to you?
on November 30th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

How does this thoughtful Monty Python sketch make you feel about the technological and social advances bequeathed to Western society by...
on November 30th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

The Swiss are voting on whether to ban the building of minarets, against a background of criticism from rights groups. Switzerland...
on November 29th, 2009 | 16 answers | 17 people like this

Prohibiting a market does not mean destroying it; but instead places it under the control of criminal corporations. Your thoughts on Lev...
on November 28th, 2009 | 5 answers | 5 people like this

Given the chance, do you avoid crowds of any sort, or do you make exceptions for certain popular social events? If you do make some...
on November 28th, 2009 | 4 answers | 4 people like this

The United States says (November 2009) it has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines as the American military believes it...
on November 26th, 2009 | 10 answers | 9 people like this

If Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya is successful in mediating the football dispute between Algeria and Egypt, what do you think he would...
on November 24th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

About 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens & pigeons will be slaughtered in Bariyapur, Nepal as part of a blood-soaked festival to...
on November 24th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

Have you ever been in the presence of someone said to be in a coma? Did you think they couldn't hear or see you because they...
on November 23rd, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

Within mucus (ugh!) an influenza virus can survive on porous surfaces like a banknote for about 2 weeks; but on plastic or metal it can...
on November 22nd, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Palestine would like the occupied eastern side of Jerusalem as its capital; but Israel claims all of this territory for itself, despite...
on November 21st, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

What are some good reasons for subscribing (or for not subscribing) to a cable or satellite TV service?
on November 20th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Deuteronomy 2:24/25: “ This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples . . . . who, when they...
on November 19th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Brooksley Born, former Chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, warned Congress of the need to regulate over-the-counter...
on November 15th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

In 1947 the first post-war child immigrants were sent from Britain to Australia, most without the consent of their parents. The British...
on November 15th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

How do you feel about Intel allowing its staff to work on Saturdays in Jerusalem?
on November 14th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

In the 19th Century, Britain decided it was O.K. to trade opium from India to China in defiance of Chinese prohibition laws. What sort of...
on November 14th, 2009 | One answer

What do most religions teach about freedom of thought and speech?
on November 13th, 2009 | 12 answers | 9 people like this

In various languages, what are some of the most common names given to human beings on this planet (e.g. John Smith)?
on November 13th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Warfare permits soldiers to kill their opponents. Gang members do likewise in turf wars. Both types of fighter claim they try to avoid...
on November 12th, 2009 | 7 answers | 3 people like this

British Royalty survives into the 21st Century partly by maintaining its strong religious and military connections (e.g. the monarch is...
on November 11th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

The head of Iraq's tourism board has visited London to attend the 2009 World Travel Market. Your thoughts on an Iraq vacation? Would...
on November 11th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was a truly spectacular and joyful event. In your lifetime, do you expect to see any...
on November 9th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

China is planning to hold the first Robot Olympic Games in 2010. What events would you like to see included?
on November 8th, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

World War 1 ended on the 11 November 1918 (Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day in Canada). Might some of the money collected selling...
on November 8th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

World War 1 ended on the 11th November 1918. Many wear a commemorative poppy. But can you say what this first world war was all about? Do...
on November 7th, 2009 | 5 answers | 5 people like this

German researchers say unborn babies pick up on their mother's accent. e.g. French newborns cry with a rising cadence, while German...
on November 7th, 2009 | 5 answers | 6 people like this

If, after so many “whoops, I'm sorry!” casulaties, we admit that detonating bombs and bullets will neither fix the...
on November 7th, 2009 | 5 answers | 2 people like this

It is claimed that up to a 100,000 civilian Buddhists and Muslims have been given guns to "protect" themselves (from each...
on November 6th, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Matthew 5:32 says: "whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery". Do you agree with this Biblical viewpoint?...
on November 6th, 2009 | 10 answers | 5 people like this

What TV commercial makes you immediately switch channels just to get rid of it?
on November 6th, 2009 | 29 answers | 17 people like this

How content are you to see humanity continue to live in a walled world?
on November 6th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Animal breeding demonstrates how quickly human selection generates distinct species of cats, dogs, horses, etc., so how can anyone doubt...
on November 6th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

What do you think could be the reason for three spectacled bears in Leipzig Zoo to have lost a lot of their fur and to be in various...
on November 5th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

How much does this video of a prank lip-balm test confirm your awareness that we share a lot of behavioral characteristics with our close...
on November 5th, 2009 | no answers

Catholicism stopped being Italy's state religion in 1984. Now (2009) the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes...
on November 3rd, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Have you been told that taking aspirin regularly wards off heart attacks? If so what do you think of the new study referenced below that...
on November 3rd, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Donatella Rovera (Amnesty International) says Israel should lift all restrictions on Palestinians' access to water (70 liters/day...
on November 1st, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

How could anyone alive today possibly believe that a Divine Being told Moses the laws found in Deuteronomy?
on November 1st, 2009 | 10 answers | 4 people like this

Would you take the stairs rather than the escalator if each step played a musical note like a piano keyboard? After taking a look at this...
on October 31st, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

"The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan tells of our strange relationship with plants, and warns about eating only nice long...
on October 31st, 2009 | no answers

Canadian bears on the Fraser River are going hungry this year (2009). Do you think this is because the world's human population has...
on October 31st, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

In June 1984 Indira Gandhi ordered the army to storm the Golden Temple, killing encamped Sikh extremists and destroying part of the...
on October 31st, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What do you think of this presentation by Chimamanda Adichie: "The danger of a single story?" Does it make you wake up to the...
on October 31st, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What text(s) have you found published in religious books (e.g. Torah, Bible or Quran) that you consider to be morally wrong, uncivilized...
on October 30th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

If you hate your wife, you can say she wasn't a virgin when you married her. If her father cannot produce her “tokens of...
on October 30th, 2009 | 10 answers | 3 people like this

If we all made or ordered our sushi without tuna, then we might be able to save the over-fished bluefin from going extinct. Your thoughts?
on October 29th, 2009 | 6 answers | 6 people like this

What really good free on-line television websites have you discovered recently? Have you found any interesting stations on the WWITV...
on October 28th, 2009 | no answers

Bill Maher (who doesn't want to get a swine flu shot) says: “I'm not a Democrat or a Republican, I have a Western doctor...
on October 28th, 2009 | 7 answers | 3 people like this

Suggest we all visit: http://www.netlingo.com/more/poptick.html and watch this site's estimate of our world population as it changes...
on October 28th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Moses acquired unquestionable authority by preaching: “There is only one God. He speaks only to me. Kill anyone who...
on October 28th, 2009 | 9 answers | 5 people like this

President Nicolas Sarkozy says the burqa is a sign of subservience, an old Bedouin tradition, unwelcome in France. Legislators both sides...
on October 27th, 2009 | 4 answers | 5 people like this

Deuteronomy contains God's most controversial Laws, including: kill rebellious or disobedient sons (21:18-21), adulterers (22:22),...
on October 26th, 2009 | 10 answers | 5 people like this

Deuteronomy contains some of God's most controversial Laws, including (verses 13:6-19) the command to kill (stone to death) anyone...
on October 26th, 2009 | 8 answers | 4 people like this

Exodus 34:11/14 - God tells Moses to drive out everyone living in Canaan, to destroy their altars and groves, and not to make friends...
on October 26th, 2009 | 17 answers | 6 people like this

In Numbers 12, God gives Miriam leprosy for critizing her brother Moses' marriage to an Ethiopian woman. Only Miriam gets this...
on October 25th, 2009 | 9 answers | 1 person likes this

What do you think of Richard Gabriel's account of the Israelite's crossing of the Reed Sea? (i.e. that they knew exactly...
on October 25th, 2009 | One answer

According to Numbers 5.11 - 5.16, a suspicious husband should get a priest to make the wife drink "bitter water." If guilty,...
on October 25th, 2009 | 6 answers | 6 people like this

How do animal rights activists feel about the detailed instructions on animal sacrificing contained in the Bible (particularly in the...
on October 25th, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

In Leviticus 1, Moses is told how to make ritual animal sacrifices: Take a male animal, kill it, sprinkle the blood about, cut up the...
on October 24th, 2009 | 6 answers | 4 people like this

Strong links have been found between illicit drug trafficking and local society (see link below). What are your thoughts on whether the...
on October 22nd, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

A US newspaper has received over 100 applicants for the post of Marijuana Critic. If you were applying for this job, what would be some...
on October 22nd, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

What do you think of this Answerbag improvement suggestion: When you click on your “Friends' Q&A” shouldn't you...
on October 20th, 2009 | no answers

As of October 2009, is anyone else finding that their "Friends' Q&A" link is very slow to respond and sometimes just...
on October 19th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Intelligence, military and incarceration costs of the War on Drugs are having a devastating financial efect on the United States....
on October 19th, 2009 | 11 answers | 11 people like this

Czech President Vaclav Klaus has agreed to sign the Lisbon Treaty and join the EU, waiving Czech anxieties over possible property claims...
on October 18th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Celibacy is the price priests pay for keeping Church assets in Church hands. But is this too high a price? Your thoughts?
on October 17th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Out in the desert while taking a stroll, a beautiful camel fell into a hole. Her owner is suing (for two fifty K). The hole diggers...
on October 16th, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

If one group of people (say Group A) commits war crimes against another group (say Group B), does that give Group B the right to...
on October 16th, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

What are your thoughts on the wisdom of parents using a bicycle chain lock to secure their "high-end" baby stroller when not in...
on October 16th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Does anybody have a plan? Amid the car-bomb smoke and gloom, who do you think is fighting whom?
on October 15th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

When did China discover America? (suggestion: Google the works of Gavin Menzies)
on October 14th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, admits that he could easily have designed URLs not to have forward slashes, and that...
on October 14th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Was the post WW2 dream of “retirement” limited to just one generation? Workers in North America were promised: work for 30...
on October 14th, 2009 | 2 answers

Wherever possible, learn to fix it yourself. The cost of acquiring the proper tools is usually less than the fee charged by...
on October 13th, 2009 | 9 answers | 6 people like this

Pilots of planes and helicopters are worried about being distracted or blinded by people on the ground using hand-held lasers. What are...
on October 13th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Have just finished reading "Einstein - His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson, and think it deserves its five-star rating....
on October 12th, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

Has anybody finished reading "McMafia" by Misha Glenny? What did you think of it?
on October 12th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

The warmest year we've had to date was back in 1998. So here up north with winter forming, people ask: “Where's Global...
on October 11th, 2009 | 6 answers | 2 people like this

Imagine that two people get married, then one of them gets a sex-change operation. In your opinion should that marriage be automatically...
on October 11th, 2009 | 13 answers | 10 people like this

Now that part of the human jaw has been created in a laboratory using human adult stem cells, can you see a growing number of practical...
on October 11th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

President Clinton lifted the ban on gays serving in the military, but accepted the compromise that they cannot reveal their sexual...
on October 10th, 2009 | 10 answers | 7 people like this

Study this video carefully. It might change your opinion of soccer, and make you realize that by comparison American Football is simply...
on October 10th, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What are you planning to do to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of TV's most dysfunctional family?
on October 10th, 2009 | 2 answers

Two pensioners (both in their seventies) have been jailed for 18 months for stealing £7,500 from a newspaper shop in Glasgow,...
on October 9th, 2009 | 6 answers | 4 people like this

Golf and rugby have been voted onto the program for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Your comments?
on October 9th, 2009 | 4 answers | 4 people like this

Prominent Egyptian religious scholar Abdel Moati Bayoumi says anyone who imports the new Chinese Artificial Hymen Kit (which sells for...
on October 8th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

What are your thoughts on recent findings that the Shroud of Turin (historically first recorded around 1360) is probably a medieval...
on October 8th, 2009 | 7 answers | 5 people like this

Even if you are not into classical music, what do you think of this drum solo by Andrea Vadrucci (Vadrum)?
on October 7th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

What effect is obesity having on life expectancy in the United States? Will obesity increase or decrease health care costs?
on October 6th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What did you think of the scenes in Michael Moore's “Sicko” where US 9/11 rescuers, who could not afford US health care,...
on October 5th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

When members of any large group (especially males) are restricted from normal sexual activity, the inevitable result is an increase in...
on October 5th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Einstein said: "The quest of international security involves the unconditional surrender by every nation, in a certain measure, of...
on October 4th, 2009 | 8 answers | 9 people like this

What are your thoughts on the claim by Vancouver Liberal MP Hedy Fry that the "C" on the new Canadian Olympic team uniform...
on October 2nd, 2009 | 2 answers

"It's regrettable that some parents believe reading a true story about two male penguins hatching an egg will damage their...
on October 2nd, 2009 | 8 answers | 4 people like this

Science asks only faith in the rationality of Mother Nature, whose name is never taken in vain. Conflict is settled by investigation and...
on October 1st, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

What good questions (other than questions about beliefs or theology) have you had downrated?
on September 30th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Irish dancing can be extremely hard on your feet. Even so many have risked serious injury to put shows like this on stage. Do you think...
on September 30th, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Israel and Palestine want the same piece of land and cannot find a mutually acceptable way to share it, or split it. It has been said...
on September 30th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

How do you feel about the tango, which has just been declared part of the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the...
on September 30th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

Do you consider dating a sport?
on September 29th, 2009 | 9 answers | 9 people like this

Poppies used to make opium may soon be grown in Alberta. Canadians seem to have picked up on this business opportunity while serving...
on September 29th, 2009 | no answers

Sound waves and light waves both propagate at constant speeds in a uniform medium. But light can also be considered as tiny quanta...
on September 29th, 2009 | 2 answers

Maybe representatives from China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the UK, and the US (i.e. the 9-member...
on September 28th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

What is more important to the environment: the recovery of recyclable waste, or the safe disposal of toxic waste? In the area where you...
on September 27th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Why does there seem to be no Answerbag category for Women's rights?
on September 26th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Rory Stewart was a guest on Bill Moyers Journal (25 Sep 2009). What did you think of his views on the current situation in Afghanistan?
on September 25th, 2009 | One answer

Global Fund CEO Kavita Ramdas was a featured guest on Bill Moyers Journal (25 Sep 2009). What did you think of her down-to-earth...
on September 25th, 2009 | One answer

What do you see as the future of television?
on September 25th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Which group (from a short-list of 12) would you like to see win the nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on 15 MAR...
on September 24th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Beside driving around in armoured vehicles and detonating explosives in Afghanistan, should the US and/or Canada make any attempt to talk...
on September 22nd, 2009 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

Recent studies have shown that smoking bans in Europe and North America have cut the number of heart attacks by up to a third. What...
on September 21st, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

The US justice department has urged a court in New York to reject a deal that would allow Google to publish millions of books online....
on September 20th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Do you agree that the US does not need an anti-ballistic missile defence system based in Poland and the Czech Republic? What would you...
on September 17th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955). How true is this for you?
on September 16th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Have theologists managed to work out whether torment in Hell is supposed to be apportioned in accordance with the severity of the...
on September 16th, 2009 | 9 answers | 3 people like this

How do you think you could persuade your local municipality to improve its toxic waste collection and disposal facilities? Remember waste...
on September 16th, 2009 | One answer

Under the terms of the reform package, undocumented immigrants could not claim health-care subsidies (see reference). So what motivated...
on September 16th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

A UN report on Israel's 2009 Gaza Strip campaign accuses both sides of war crimes. Do you think this UN report is unbiased and fair?...
on September 15th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

I don't know whether this young lady researched and wrote all her own material; but she is one awe-inspiring orator, and a future...
on September 15th, 2009 | One answer

If the U.S. rescinded trade restrictions with Cuba, what effect would you expect this to have on communism? Would it for example: (a)...
on September 14th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

How much discrimination against short men can you detect in everyday life? Do they get a fair chance at most job opportunities? Do women...
on September 13th, 2009 | One answer

Is it ethically acceptable to deploy robotic fighting machines in overt and/or covert war?
on September 11th, 2009 | 6 answers | 4 people like this

What would happen if a pair of hermaphrodites wished to get married to each other with the blessing of a religious group?
on September 11th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Do hermaphrodites get treated fairly when competing in the Olympics, or when they want to get married? Imagine if they wanted to marry...
on September 11th, 2009 | no answers

Female police recruits are being trained up in Helmand, Afghanistan, to fight the drugs trade. Wouldn't you rather see the opium...
on September 11th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

In Israel military rabbis are trained in warfare as well as religion. They graduate from officer's school and operate closely with...
on September 10th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

At least two super-volcanic explosions (Lake Taupo ~26,500 years ago, and Lake Toba ~75,000 years ago) have devastated the human race...
on September 9th, 2009 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

Should any human being (including those of any sexual persuasion) have a basic right to resign from the armed forces of any nation at any...
on September 8th, 2009 | 7 answers | 4 people like this

What is your opinion of the (7 SEP 2009) announcement by Israel to build more than 450 new homes in the occupied West Bank? Would you...
on September 7th, 2009 | 6 answers | 5 people like this

How come we never hear reports of roadside bombs blowing up civilian vehicles in Afghanistan? Is it only the heavier armored military...
on September 7th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

What do you think of this winner of the 2009 "Ukraine's Got Talent" competition? Watch the sand artist's incredible...
on August 29th, 2009 | no answers

Many advocates of democracy hope sincerely to spend their entire afterlife in an ideal dictatorship. How do you explain the logic of this?
on August 28th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

If the Maker of the Universe came to Earth to preach to humans, wouldn't this be sort of like the Dalai Lama trying to teach...
on August 28th, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

Circus acts such as fire-eating or lying on beds of glass are seen as a form of magic and outlawed by Islamic Sharia Law. Your viewpoint...
on August 28th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Was al-Megrahi welcomed back to Libya as a successful bomber, or as the wrongly accused man he has always claimed to be?
on August 27th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Your thoughts concerning...
on August 26th, 2009 | One answer

In an ideal democracy should parents be free to send their children to a denominational school (e.g. Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, etc.) and...
on August 24th, 2009 | 7 answers | 8 people like this

Why fight ideas with explosives? Is it smart? Is it the best way?
on August 22nd, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

What is the best way of archiving several hundred 35mm slides? Would you project and re-photograph using a digital camera, or use special...
on August 21st, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

If your blood alcohol level is too high you are not allowed to drive. Beyond this same alcohol level should you be allowed to carry a gun?
on August 21st, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

What do you think of the freeing of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi (the Lockerbie bomber) on compassionate grounds because he is suffering...
on August 21st, 2009 | no answers

What would happen if just one of a co-joined pair of twins were found to be guilty of murder? Let's say the other twin couldn't...
on August 19th, 2009 | One answer

Have you ever considered more plausible rational explanations for some of the specific miracles described in renowned religious texts?
on August 18th, 2009 | 12 answers | 6 people like this

Gay rights campaigner Ali Hili says there was more sexual freedom under Saddam Hussein than under Iraq’s post-occupation...
on August 17th, 2009 | One answer

Canadian bears along the Fraser River (and other salmon lovers) are going to go hungry this year....
on August 14th, 2009 | One answer

A Maltese cargo ship (“Arctic Sea”) carrying timber from Finland to Algeria was hijacked off the coast of Sweden before...
on August 13th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

The gigantic volcanic explosion that blew apart the island of Santorini circum 1500 BC devastated nearby Mediterranean civilization. How...
on August 12th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Can the manufacture of Weapons of Mass Destruction ever be justified? Would you like to see them globally prohibited?
on August 10th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

Would you support a law giving internationally recognized nations the right to use weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in their own...
on August 9th, 2009 | no answers

Bill Clinton is to be congratulated for his successful negotiations with North Korea and the freeing of two very grateful (and very...
on August 5th, 2009 | 18 answers | 12 people like this

After WW2, according to Tim Weiner’s “Legacy of Ashes”, President Eisenhower is said to have solicited the cooperation...
on August 3rd, 2009 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What do you think of the artistry of Julian Beever ("The Chalk Man")?...
on August 2nd, 2009 | One answer

Do poverty levels actually fall during a recession? You can manipulate the chart on this website to find out more:...
on July 31st, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Do you like drinking really dark beer? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3266819.stm "Experts from University of Wisconsin claim...
on July 28th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Indigenous people in Niyamgiri, India are threatened by a mining project financed by the Church of England. The project is accused of...
on July 26th, 2009 | 6 answers | 3 people like this

What interesting website(s) have you found for streaming online television? Please explain how much it costs to use the website(s), or...
on July 24th, 2009 | no answers

Is military confrontation the best way of opposing the Taliban in Afghanistan?
on July 16th, 2009 | 5 answers | 6 people like this

Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy plans to move a July 2009 G8 summit to an area where an earthquake in April left 295 dead and about...
on July 6th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Venice, Italy, is installing a $15 million wi-fi infrastructure that is fast (20 to 100 megabits/sec) and free for residents. Tourists...
on July 4th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

For the fifth year in a row, Mississippi has the highest rate of adult obesity (32.5%). To help matters here and in other states, can you...
on July 1st, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Imagine you were Bernie Madoff with billions of dollars of stolen funds at your disposal, and friends in high places. What sort of clever...
on June 30th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Animal breeding (e.g. dog-breeding) might be called “unnatural selection” because of the speed at which it produces its...
on June 29th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

Did Michael Jackson convert to Islam, and might this be apparent from his funeral arrangements? (e.g. burial A.S.A.P with the head faced...
on June 26th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Why do animals typically have a pair of eyes and a pair of ears close to their mouth? What do you think was the earliest life-form to...
on June 26th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

According to a recent BBC report, Australian wallabies are getting stoned and making "crop circles" in medical opium fields. Is...
on June 25th, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

At least 45 people attending a funeral are reported killed by a US drone aircraft in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. What do you...
on June 23rd, 2009 | 5 answers | 1 person likes this

What is it that makes people create hoaxes like this one (claiming to have discovered photos taken about a doomed Air France flight):...
on June 19th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

If European countries can get along fine with open borders, then why can't Canada and the United States do the same?
on June 18th, 2009 | 7 answers | 7 people like this

Why do you have to set your watch AHEAD 30 minutes when you travel west across the border from Amritsar in India to Lahore in Pakistan?...
on June 18th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

French photographer/wallpaperer "JR" amazed Rio de Janeiro in 2008 when giant posters of staring eyes started appearing on...
on June 17th, 2009 | One answer

The Swedish Pirate Party got 7.1% of the votes in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections, giving them at least one seat in the...
on June 9th, 2009 | 6 answers | 4 people like this

What do you think of the article referenced below recommending tomatoes (a source of lycopene) to combat heart disease? And come to that,...
on June 6th, 2009 | One answer

What do you think of the setup in clothing stores in Saudi Arabia, where women must buy all their garments untried, as fitting rooms are...
on June 6th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

With a shortage of capital for new construction, many building contractors are responding to the current financial crisis by looking for...
on June 6th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

What is the answer to the age-old question: "How do you persuade people to do good?"
on June 6th, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

How far, from your own personal perspective, has the growth of the internet driven conventional television, newspapers, facsimile and...
on May 20th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Goldman Sachs veterans are said to be in pivotal positions of power all over the world. This US banking giant could now be more...
on May 20th, 2009 | One answer

What (if anything) do you find fascinating about Brian Mulroney's testimony before Justice Jeffrey Oliphant concerning the former...
on May 20th, 2009 | no answers

Which Futurama character most closely resembles you, or someone you know?
on May 13th, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

What good open source audiovisual software will run with the latest Ubuntu Linux operating system?
on May 3rd, 2009 | 2 answers

Recently someone gave me 6 duplicate nonsense answers to an Answerbag question, so I flagged each answer, and they were all duly removed....
on April 29th, 2009 | 7 answers | 7 people like this

With Ubuntu 8.04 (or later) as your operating system, what is the best screen resolution you can get for a 16:9 widescreen monitor - and...
on April 29th, 2009 | 2 answers

What do you think we can or should do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch
on April 23rd, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the U.N. Durban II conference in Geneva (20 APR 2009) many delegates walked out...
on April 22nd, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

What would you say if a state or province banned the use of pesticides as a precautionary measure, even if no definitive quantitative...
on April 22nd, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, says the US is bound under the UN Convention against Torture to prosecute those who...
on April 19th, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

What credible estimate can you find for the amount of toxic waste added to the world’s oceans since the beginning of the Industrial...
on April 19th, 2009 | One answer

What connection do you see between religious extremism and poverty?
on April 18th, 2009 | 4 answers | 6 people like this

A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind "The Pirate Bay", a popular website that permits its users to engage in...
on April 18th, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Neither the Food and Drug Administration nor the European Medicines Agency has approved the use of Vitamin C to combat the common cold....
on April 17th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

Why are humans thought to be the only mammals that can catch a cold?
on April 17th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Scoring up to 100 points for: (a) Activity and Information Release (b) Bailout Strategy (c) Campaign Promise Keeping (d) Diplomacy &...
on April 16th, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

What do you think are the chances that Fatima Bhutto (niece of Benazir Bhutto) will one day run for office and be elected Prime Minister...
on April 15th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

How would you rate or down-rate each of these Taleban "laws" +/-100?: (1) Television, music and cinema banned as frivolities....
on April 15th, 2009 | 7 answers | 5 people like this

Many navies (e.g. Danish & German) are reluctant to detain any pirates they catch for fear of becoming legally responsible for them....
on April 15th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Bearing in mind the political and ecological situations that lead up to the current levels of piracy off the coast of Somalia...
on April 14th, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

It is said that piracy off the coast of Somalia can be traced to worldwide over-fishing of its tuna-rich waters following the 1991...
on April 13th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

After the rescue of Capt Richard Phillips by the US Navy, a Somali pirate has said: “From now on, if we capture foreign ships and...
on April 13th, 2009 | 19 answers | 11 people like this

In a statement issued by the Optimum Population Trust, British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says: "I've never seen a...
on April 13th, 2009 | 6 answers | 4 people like this

CIA director Leon Panetta says the US has now (mid April 2009) stopped running its network of secret prisons (in Eastern Europe, Asia and...
on April 12th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Would you buy property and/or live in an area that had had a serious natural disaster (e.g. earthquake or flood) in (say) the last 25...
on April 10th, 2009 | 4 answers | 5 people like this

International Law permits seizure of a pirate ship, but stipulates that, in order to establish that a ship is indeed a pirate vessel, the...
on April 10th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Bearing in mind the real danger of earthquake aftershocks, did the Pope make a wise decision to stay away from L'Aquila, Onna and...
on April 9th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

The greater the head-count of foreign armed forces in Afghanistan, the easier it becomes for the Taliban to win new (often fanatical)...
on April 8th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Over 97% of email is unwanted spam, dominated by adverts for drugs, and other products often with malicious attachments. What can be done...
on April 8th, 2009 | 3 answers | 6 people like this

The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says sea levels could rise by between 19cm and 59cm by 2100. But scientists at the...
on April 8th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

In the face of a growing number of deaths linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack and decriminalized the...
on April 7th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Afghanistan needs new universal laws that protect women's rights, rather than new sectarian laws that compromise them. Do you agree,...
on April 5th, 2009 | 5 answers | 1 person likes this

Researchers at Ulster University have found that, if you grow up with sisters in your family, you are more likely to be happy and...
on April 4th, 2009 | 6 answers | 8 people like this

BBC News (3 MAR 2009) reports that two ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspapers have altered a photo of Israel's new cabinet, removing two...
on April 4th, 2009 | 9 answers | 5 people like this

Who do you think were the best looking female and male leaders representing their countries at the April 2009 G20 Summit in London, England?
on April 3rd, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

On March 20, 2009, British politician George Galloway was refused entry into Canada on "security grounds" due to his...
on April 3rd, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

A 9-year old Brazilian girl, who had been raped and was pregnant with twins, was recently granted a life-saving abortion. Her mother and...
on April 3rd, 2009 | 20 answers | 16 people like this

A UN-commissioned report claims that 70 percent of the world's poor are women. http://www.citizensugar.com/1532822 Your comments?
on April 2nd, 2009 | 6 answers | 3 people like this

What do you think of the idea of scrapping the Gregorian calendar and restoring the start of the New Year to the Spring (e.g. celebrating...
on April 1st, 2009 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Hamid Karzai is reported to have signed a law that includes clauses stipulating that Afghan women cannot refuse to have sex with their...
on April 1st, 2009 | 2 answers

Has anyone listened to David Suzuki describe the consequences of exponential human growth (e.g....
on March 31st, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Should the warning signs read: "GLOBAL WARMING!" or "PLANETARY OVERPOPULATION!"?
on March 31st, 2009 | 12 answers | 6 people like this

What did you do for Earth Hour? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7969515.stm
on March 28th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

What words would you like to see used in a completely new rewrite of your national anthem?
on March 28th, 2009 | 2 answers | 4 people like this

How easy do you think it would be for a reasonably wealthy and healthy man to persuade six or more women to be his simultaneous...
on March 23rd, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

How many common law wives can a man have at the same time without breaking some law, and can you quote a specific law that having...
on March 23rd, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Have you listened to Paul Stamet's presentation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tY) on YouTube? What do you think of his 6...
on March 22nd, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Some 40,000 people in the US state of Utah live in illegal polygamous families in which a man takes more than one wife. These...
on March 22nd, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

HR875 will require government-mandated licensing, chemical application and inspections for non-corporate grown food in the USA. This bill...
on March 21st, 2009 | One answer

Quite a few drivers stopped their cars and jumped out to pick up the handfuls of $20 and $100 bills thrown by suspected drug dealers as...
on March 20th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

On March 19th, 2009, Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. What did you make...
on March 20th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

It's been said your right brain hemisphere experiences day-to-day stimuli (sights, sounds, etc.) while your left side thinks, chats,...
on March 18th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

The Oasis Hotel on Llandudno seaside promenade in Wales must be redecorated, because its bright pink window frames and door pillars...
on March 17th, 2009 | One answer

Pope Benedict XVI, on his first papal visit to Africa, has said that handing out condoms is not the answer in the fight against HIV/Aids....
on March 17th, 2009 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

What do you think of a creed that tells parents their newborn babies need to be baptized so as to be "cleansed of original...
on March 13th, 2009 | 9 answers | 5 people like this

The National Secular Society would like the Church of England to devise a formal procedure to cancel baptisms (when a baptized adult so...
on March 13th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

You are a judge. In Case #1 the plaintiff is wearing heavy makeup. In Case #2 the plaintiff's face is obscured by bandages. In Case...
on March 13th, 2009 | no answers

Heavy internet use is replacing thinking according to Professor David Nicholas of University College London, who says this leaves people...
on March 12th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

E-cigarettes look real, but are battery-powered and typically made of stainless steel. Inside is a cartridge of liquid nicotine. When it...
on March 12th, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

Researchers have developed an indicator that turns an appropriate shade of pink to alert wearers of sunburn. How much might you be...
on March 12th, 2009 | One answer

Female monkeys in Thailand have been observed showing their young how to floss their teeth - using human hair. How did your mother teach...
on March 12th, 2009 | One answer

If a witness or accused appears in court wearing any of the following: (a) a hat, (b) a wig, (c) heavy makeup, (d) a niqab (full face...
on March 10th, 2009 | One answer

A male chimp deliberately collected and stored stones for stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers at Furuvik...
on March 9th, 2009 | 13 answers | 8 people like this

Michael Moore says most Americans want: "an end to the (Iraq) war, establishing universal health care, closing Guantanamo and...
on March 6th, 2009 | 15 answers | 10 people like this

What should we be doing now about the expected close passage (about 3 Earth diameters away) of asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2029?
on March 6th, 2009 | 2 answers

Science fiction author Robert J Sawyer writes: "To learn that an extraterrestrial civilization has survived its technological...
on March 5th, 2009 | One answer

Group membership plays a huge role as a survival strategy. Membership in most groups is advertised and overt; but in some it is quite...
on March 4th, 2009 | no answers

US pressure will be necessary if Israel is to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Your thoughts on whether...
on March 4th, 2009 | 3 answers

Since it would certainly help to encourage rational discussion about its pros and cons, why is War still not a major Answerbag category?
on March 3rd, 2009 | One answer

Since Answerbag already has Electronics as a major category, why do we need Electronics listed again as a sub-category under Hobbies?
on March 3rd, 2009 | One answer

Why has Answerbag no "Electric Car" category?
on March 3rd, 2009 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

What do you think of the 10% "amusement tax" that Canadians must pay when they go to the theater, or the movies, or just about...
on March 1st, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

Henry Luce (co-founder of TIME) considered freebie publications that rely solely on advertising revenue to be "morally...
on February 27th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

What are your thoughts on the integrity of parking-meter coin-collection systems?
on February 26th, 2009 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

A Supreme Being is (pretty much by definition) under no obligation to give a rationale for a Commandment. Your thoughts on this?
on February 25th, 2009 | 12 answers | 6 people like this

What major technological improvements would you like to see in public transportation systems for (a) local, (b) inter-state and (c)...
on February 24th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Youngsters really enjoy combat video games like Street Fighter, and a few years later are old enough (and quite willing) to be enlisted...
on February 24th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

How do you feel about arranging a really low cost vacation via "house swapping" (temporarily exchanging your home for the home...
on February 23rd, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

International law demands that a distinction be made between combatants and non-combatants, and that civilian casualties be considered...
on February 23rd, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Would it be at all practical or realistic to install air-conditioning and/or heating on a plug-in (non-hybrid) electric vehicle?
on February 22nd, 2009 | One answer

How would you like to see hybrid cars like the Chevy Volt lose their auxiliary "gasoline-powered, range-extending" engines to...
on February 21st, 2009 | 4 answers

It has been said that the problematic hydrogen fuel-cell car is the auto industry's way of distracting your attention from the...
on February 21st, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Why did GM never respond to the ($1.9 million) offer from drivers of the EV1 to pay the residual lease value on the remaining 78 electric...
on February 21st, 2009 | 2 answers

Should the majority of the auto bailout money be used to put the electric car back on the road?
on February 21st, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Which two Answerbag questions (which have to be at least one month old) deserve prizes as: (1) the best unanswered question, and (2) the...
on February 20th, 2009 | One answer | 2 people like this

Do you wish you were - or were you on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday 19th February 2009 for President Obama's visit to Canada?
on February 19th, 2009 | 5 answers | 2 people like this

Professor Paul Davies of Arizona State University has told the American Association for the Advancement of Science: "Weird life...
on February 18th, 2009 | 2 answers

It has been said: "Ethanol is a ghost of what could have been had the Prohibition movement not killed alcohol fuel in its...
on February 18th, 2009 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

The (1861–1865) American Civil war caused 620,000 soldier deaths plus an undetermined number of civilian casualties. Since racial...
on February 15th, 2009 | 11 answers | 3 people like this

Should farmers and ranchers be allowed to use anabolic steroids on their livestock?
on February 12th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Is war stupid? Imagine a huge heavily armed military force from Country A, fighting an equivalent force from Country B. Even if the...
on February 9th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

How high up this list can you go before you find a living creature that you are normally opposed to killing: (1) fly, (2) spider, (3)...
on February 8th, 2009 | 32 answers | 18 people like this

Reverend Gerhard Wagner wrote of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: "This was not the sinking of just any city but that of a...
on February 4th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

A woman should wear the burqa in public, because, according to a Taliban spokesman, "the face of a woman is a source of...
on January 27th, 2009 | 6 answers | 3 people like this

"LEGACY of ASHES - The History of the CIA" by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner is billed as a must read for anyone interested...
on January 26th, 2009 | One answer

What are your impressions of the 1982 Academy Award winning movie "Gandhi" starring Sir Ben Kingsley?
on January 24th, 2009 | 6 answers | 5 people like this

According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics over half of brand-name lipsticks tested in 2007 contained detectable levels of lead ,...
on January 20th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Partition based on religious affiliation is a British legacy in India and the Middle East. But the world might be better off if leaders...
on January 20th, 2009 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

Anybody like to join me in wishing a fond farewell to Swami Chris (Level 86), who recently announced his retirement from Answerbag, and...
on January 18th, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

Soldiers are part of a war machine specially designed to kill without question when ordered to do so by politicians. The strongest or...
on January 15th, 2009 | 11 answers | 5 people like this

BBC News Wednesday, 14 January 2009: After 19 days of conflict in Gaza, over 1,000 people have died, a third of them children. Over 4,500...
on January 14th, 2009 | 9 answers | 7 people like this

To paraphrase SEED magazine: Science is our hope for the future, the true engine of the economy, influencing policy, transforming the...
on January 14th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What do you think of Israel's decision to ban Arab political parties from running in the February 2009 election?
on January 14th, 2009 | One answer | 3 people like this

In what way might energy saving light-bulbs be bad for your health?
on January 11th, 2009 | 5 answers | 2 people like this

If it's a crime to kill a human infant, should it not also be a crime to kill young chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, who can...
on January 9th, 2009 | 7 answers | 7 people like this

Should co-joined twins be treated as one person or as two persons, when issuing such things as passports, driving licenses, marriage...
on January 9th, 2009 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Imagine that some super intelligence reported only really globally important news. Admittedly, this might get just a bit boring; but what...
on January 8th, 2009 | 2 answers | 4 people like this

What tell-tale signs do you look for to warn you that the person behind the wheel of the car in front of you is probably not a very good...
on January 7th, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What should airports do with all the confiscated goods taken from passengers?
on January 6th, 2009 | 6 answers | 5 people like this

What would you say would be a new and (as far as you know) original story line for an award-winning blockbuster movie?
on January 5th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

What applications can you imagine for some future artificial intelligence* that has acquired a reasonably humane sense of ethics?...
on January 5th, 2009 | 7 answers | 5 people like this

Why did Israel choose the end of 2008 as an opportune time to attack Gaza?
on January 5th, 2009 | 18 answers | 10 people like this

In science, a working hypothesis is the simplest explanation that accounts for all of the known facts. Who needs any other sort of...
on January 5th, 2009 | 2 answers

Unfortunately the human population continues to grow, to contribute catastrophic damage to the environment, and to outstrip local food...
on January 5th, 2009 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

What do you know about the etiquette of using the same chopsticks to put food into your mouth, and later to select new food from a...
on January 4th, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

What is the most confusing instruction manual you have ever had the misfortune to come across?
on January 4th, 2009 | 7 answers | 4 people like this

Why does science prefer the simplest explanation that accounts for all of the known facts?
on January 3rd, 2009 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

What news headline would you most like to see?
on January 3rd, 2009 | 53 answers | 37 people like this

What would you like to see next time you go to a book store?
on January 3rd, 2009 | One answer

Will you ever trust a Standard & Poor AAA rating again?
on January 2nd, 2009 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

What do you think of this slide show presentation about electric vehicles? ...
on January 1st, 2009 | One answer

Where were you this New Year's Eve?
on December 31st, 2008 | 30 answers | 17 people like this

Have you heard that Santa Claus is under arrest and facing housebreaking charges?
on December 28th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What was the rationale behind the U.S. vote (24 NOV 2008) against the "right to food" draft resolution in U.N. General Assembly?
on December 26th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the global food supply has narrowed to just 12 crops and 14 animal species....
on December 25th, 2008 | 4 answers | 6 people like this

The Earth's human population quadrupled in the last hundred years, and its consumption of fresh water increased nine-fold. Do you...
on December 25th, 2008 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

What do you think about passing on presents (e.g. giving someone the unwanted gift that you might have recently received)?
on December 25th, 2008 | 8 answers | 7 people like this

"Truth, like beauty, lies in the eye of the beholder." Your comments?
on December 23rd, 2008 | no answers | 1 person likes this

Why are Muslims reluctant to build statues, paint portraits, or accompany prayer with musical instruments?
on December 17th, 2008 | 6 answers | 5 people like this

Have you any thoughts on Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection: that minor random variations from one generation to the next...
on December 16th, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Since both are addictive and hazardous to your health, should sugar, like tobacco, be sold in packets with warning labels?
on December 16th, 2008 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Cuba, in the days of Batista, was a haven for two of organized crime’s most lucrative businesses: sugar and gambling. Your thoughts...
on December 16th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

China's Maglev Train from downtown Shanghai to Pudong International Airport is the world's first operational maglev transit...
on December 12th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What interesting electronic developments can we expect from the creation of the the 4th passive electrical circuit element, called the...
on December 12th, 2008 | One answer

What are the pros and cons of letting unions (rather than management) schedule public transportation?
on December 12th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Can you change IMPRISON into EDUCATE in 20 steps or less? Each step can (a) re-arrange the letters into 1 or 2 new words, or (b) add one...
on December 9th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

What do you think of the idea of recognizing Planet Earth's Summer and Winter Solstices as globally unifying (non-denominational)...
on December 9th, 2008 | 4 answers | 5 people like this

Could you be a successful script writer for the Tonight Show? Try completing: "The economy's bad, Kev. It's so bad . . . ....
on December 9th, 2008 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

How do you change TENNIS into RUGBY in as few steps as possible? Each step can (a) re-arrange the letters into 1 or 2 new words, or (b)...
on December 8th, 2008 | One answer

Should Governor General Michaëlle Jean have refused Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to prorogue (suspend) parliament...
on December 7th, 2008 | One answer

Do you know any good jokes about politicians?
on December 7th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Can you change BISHOP into ACTRESS in less than 12 steps? Each step can (1) re-arrange the letters into 1 or 2 new words, or (2) add one...
on December 5th, 2008 | 3 answers

What is the worst effect you have personally experienced that you think can be blamed on eating food contaminated with pesticides or...
on December 4th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Who are the intended victims of 21st Century cluster bombs? Try to describe a credible scenario involving one of the remaining nations...
on December 3rd, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Today (3 DEC 2008) in Oslo, Norway, over 100 countries began signing a cluster bomb ban. Are you disappointed that the US, Russia and...
on December 3rd, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Michael Shermer (December 2008 Scientific American article "Patternicity") says that even coming up with very wrong ideas about...
on December 3rd, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

What does it take to turn a Republican into a Democrat?
on December 2nd, 2008 | 6 answers | 7 people like this

How can you change REPUBLICAN into DEMOCRAT in a minimum number of steps? Each step must be an English word (or words) made either (a) by...
on December 1st, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Can you change HOUSE into CASTLE in six steps? Each step must be a word made by (a) rearranging existing letters, or (b) adding or...
on December 1st, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Repeating mantras, remembered texts and poetry helps calm the mind. So too it seems does playing, listening to, or even just thinking...
on November 30th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

You are offered a 50% chance to win $1 billion, no problems, no taxes due, no questions asked. The downside is that if you lose you will...
on November 30th, 2008 | 11 answers | 8 people like this

What is the longest you've gone on a Vegan diet?
on November 30th, 2008 | 12 answers | 5 people like this

You are offered a choice of two envelopes as a present. One contains a gift card, and the other an equivalent amount of cash. What would...
on November 30th, 2008 | 8 answers | 3 people like this

Do special staging technologies and pyrotechnics enhance your appreciation of gifted artists like Sarah Brightman?
on November 29th, 2008 | One answer

Repeated recitation may be good for meditation, as it stops your brain completing much idea examination. Your deep thoughts on this?
on November 29th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Step-by-step using either an anagram (e.g. MATES > STEAM) or by just changing one letter (e.g. STEAM > STEAL) how many steps is it...
on November 28th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Are you a successful communicator? What do you think is a good way to get people to respond to you? How do you "push their...
on November 28th, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Toronto Star (26 NOV 2008): "Unfortunately, girls attending school is an increasingly rare sight in the volatile southern provinces...
on November 26th, 2008 | 2 answers

BBC News (25 NOV 2008): "In Baghdad's Rusafa facility, about 150 prisoners were being held in a room about the size of a school...
on November 26th, 2008 | One answer | 3 people like this

"Far from gaining, people who punish tend to escalate conflict, worsen their fortunes and eventually lose out" so writes Martin...
on November 25th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

If endless economic growth is not a viable plan for Planet Earth, how do you feel about zero economic growth? Are any countries you can...
on November 24th, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

What is your opinion of George Soros's Open Society Institute? Would you classify this as a fraternal organization?
on November 23rd, 2008 | no answers

Distinguished humans are often awarded special titles such as, for example : Professor, Doctor, Royal Highness, Lady, Sir. Can you come...
on November 22nd, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

In what state is the next Secretary of State?
on November 22nd, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Those who conduct a "War on Terror" (or maybe a "War on War") should not make a basic error and say: "We're...
on November 21st, 2008 | One answer | 3 people like this

Is there a business opportunity (or a role for the UN or for a military alliance) in protecting oil tankers from piracy? If so, which...
on November 19th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

November 11th 2008 marked the 90th Anniversary of the end of the Great War (WW1). What did you learn at school about the involvement of...
on November 16th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

What advice would you give to those Canadian farmers who are now wondering what on earth to do with the thousands of pigeons they bred...
on November 16th, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

In which of the following areas do you think the average US Republican differs measurably from the average US Democrat: (1) age, (2)...
on November 14th, 2008 | 5 answers | 2 people like this

Are Democrats more intelligent than Republicans? Are they more tolerant? Who spends more time at work? Who spends more time watching TV?...
on November 14th, 2008 | One answer

The side that wins a war is almost always the side whose armed forces kill more civilians. Any comments? Can you think of any exceptions?
on November 13th, 2008 | 2 answers

When standing on one foot, do most right handed people find it easier to balance on their left leg?
on November 12th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

When involved in war, which group has suffered the more fatalities: members of the armed forces (combatants) or civilians...
on November 11th, 2008 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Have you had any recent experience with open source operating systems? What OS alternative would you recommend as a replacement in a new...
on November 11th, 2008 | no answers | 1 person likes this

Do you know of any reputable biological theory that explains the evolutionary origin of sexual reproduction in animals? Can you explain...
on November 11th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Science tells us that embryonic development echoes evolution? Human embryos are all female up to about 6 weeks old, when some begin to...
on November 9th, 2008 | 7 answers | 1 person likes this

Are you content to leave it to pollution to limit human population growth?
on November 9th, 2008 | 6 answers | 6 people like this

Several countries including Canada have issued reports concluding that the chemical Bisphenol A, used in plastic bottles, may be harmful...
on November 8th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

According to a new study published in the Shanghai Daily (BBC News 8 NOV 2008), pollution is causing a dramatic rise in male infertility....
on November 8th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Members of the armed forces who sacrificed their lives are traditionally remembered annually. Should there be an International...
on November 6th, 2008 | 2 answers | 6 people like this

The Pentagon now spends about $21.6 million every hour to procure new military systems. Are defense acquisition costs out of control?...
on November 6th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

Did you stay up late watching president-elect Barack Obama's first speech to the nation? What were your thoughts and feelings?
on November 5th, 2008 | 12 answers | 8 people like this

The wearing of a White Poppy on Armistice Day began in 1933 to symbolize a peace movement that said although the Great War was called...
on November 4th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

A 13-year-old girl who had been raped was recently stoned to death in Somalia. (news.bbc.co.uk) She first pleaded for her life:...
on November 4th, 2008 | 35 answers | 28 people like this

What do you think of the idea of electing a country's head of state using secure online voting and a centralized federal computer...
on November 4th, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

In 1999 Canada failed to get the W.T.O. to challenge France's 1997 ban on asbestos (which is still mined in Canada by the Quebec...
on November 4th, 2008 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What will all the late night TV talk shows be doing for material after the November 4th 2008 US Presidential Election?
on November 3rd, 2008 | One answer | 3 people like this

Should native territorial rights be respected if a rain forest tribe doesn't want to associate in any way with "civilized"...
on November 3rd, 2008 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

Do you think it's sad that Sarah Palin might never get to hunt baby seals with Nicolas Sarkozy?
on November 3rd, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

"Since the Portuguese arrived in 1500, the Indian population in Brazil has dwindled from about four million to 220,000." Do you...
on November 2nd, 2008 | no answers

Prison populations represent enormous wasted (and bored) manpower. How might this neglected human resource be used in such a way as to...
on November 1st, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Is the (almost uniquely US) practice of electing judges a good thing?
on October 31st, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

"Get tough on crime" has increased the US prison population to seven times its 1975 level. One in 100 Americans adults is now...
on October 31st, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Which of these 16th Century events did you not hear about in your history class: (1) Queen Elizabeth of England (born 1533), (2) The...
on October 29th, 2008 | 7 answers | 4 people like this

Has anyone, indoctrinated as a child to believe in "white supremacy", grown up to denounce this type of primitive bigotry?
on October 28th, 2008 | 5 answers | 7 people like this

Francisco Ayala points out that one out of five human pregnancies ends in a spontaneous miscarriage. Mother Nature it seems is the...
on October 28th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Do you believe the findings of a recent study in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine that intellectual work (e.g. studying) makes you want...
on October 28th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

On the morning of All Saints' Day, 1st November 1755, a magnitude 9 earthquake, tsunami and fire, killed about 90,000 inhabitants of...
on October 26th, 2008 | 10 answers | 2 people like this

A high proportion of primary commodities in national exports significantly increases the risk of civil war. Higher male secondary school...
on October 26th, 2008 | no answers

As of its 60th Anniversary in 2008, which countries still do not support all 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
on October 25th, 2008 | One answer

What idea have you had that might have been (or still might be!) a business franchise opportunity?
on October 23rd, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Do you have any objection to the use of "RapidScan" (virtual X-Ray "strip search") at an airport check-in?
on October 23rd, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Do you agree with Mark Twain? He said: "October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others...
on October 23rd, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

What should be done with discarded electronics (E-waste)?
on October 23rd, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Am pretty good at Googling, but still searching for an annual high-low-close (candlestick) chart of the U.S. dollar versus the Canadian...
on October 22nd, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What is the better approach: to produce and/or distribute more resources, or to limit and/or reduce the size of Planet Earth's human...
on October 21st, 2008 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

What do you think is the most misleading impression you get from watching poker on TV?
on October 20th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Should every citizen of Planet Earth be granted a basic human right: not to be made to bear arms against their will under any circumstances?
on October 19th, 2008 | 10 answers | 5 people like this

Scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the brain doesn't sense enough...
on October 17th, 2008 | 5 answers | 2 people like this

Are U.S. doctors so afraid of the DEA that they would prefer not to prescribe controlled-substances (e.g. marijuana and heroin) even as...
on October 16th, 2008 | 3 answers

Buddhists learn and teach 'ahimsa': 'doing no harm' to living beings. " Alone of all the great world religions,...
on October 15th, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Should any person who is "religiously scrupulous" be compelled to bear arms?
on October 14th, 2008 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Considering the carnage that followed, do the political reasons for starting World War I now seem trivial, if not incomprehensible?
on October 14th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Should terminally ill cancer sufferers be allowed heroin?
on October 13th, 2008 | 16 answers | 10 people like this

Should the premeditated bombing of civilians be treated as a war crime?
on October 13th, 2008 | 6 answers | 1 person likes this

Do the U.S. President’s powers as Commander-In-Chief permit the ordering of almost any action despite federal laws to the contrary?
on October 13th, 2008 | One answer

Would anyone support my request to have "War" made into a major discussion category on Answerbag?
on October 12th, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Abraham Flexner said: "Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot...
on October 11th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Who would you rather trust to invest your entire savings for you: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson or Open Society Institute...
on October 11th, 2008 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

The global economy is losing more money from forest disappearance than from the 2008 banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned...
on October 10th, 2008 | One answer

Which do you think poses the bigger threat to your family's well-being: a global financial crisis or ongoing flu virus mutations?
on October 10th, 2008 | 2 answers

Do you approve of the global effort to anticipate flu virus mutations? If so, do you see this an an elegant and compelling example of...
on October 10th, 2008 | no answers

Did Sarah Palin really call Afghanistan: "our neighbouring country"?
on October 9th, 2008 | 7 answers | 2 people like this

Should you lie to your enemies?
on October 9th, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Should you talk to your enemies?
on October 8th, 2008 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

In the spirit of "Just For Laughs", what sign would you like to see stuck on the wall of your GP's waiting room?
on October 7th, 2008 | 5 answers | 5 people like this

What are some of the funniest things you've seen posted on the wall of an office cubicle?
on October 7th, 2008 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

Should tomatoes be stored in the refrigerator?
on October 6th, 2008 | 8 answers | 4 people like this

Would you like to see red toxic waste bins at the curb alongside the blue recyclable waste bins?
on October 6th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Should we have special garbage collection provisions for toxic waste: e.g. batteries, old cans of paint & solvents?
on October 6th, 2008 | One answer

Is there anything you would you class as a victim-less crime?
on October 5th, 2008 | no answers | 8 people like this

If you really need to control something, legalize it, regulate it, and tax it. Don't you agree?
on October 5th, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

What skill(s) do you wish you had been taught?
on October 4th, 2008 | 9 answers | 5 people like this

What would be a good limousine license plate for the next US President?
on October 4th, 2008 | 5 answers | 7 people like this

What would you like to see on permanent display on a giant computer screen in Times Square, New York?
on October 3rd, 2008 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What famous quotation would you like to see engraved above the main entrance to the Whitehouse?
on October 3rd, 2008 | 13 answers | 5 people like this

Does ethical behavior require belief in an Afterlife and a Judgment Day?
on October 1st, 2008 | 16 answers | 11 people like this

When private security companies are hired using U.S. taxpayer money (e.g. in Iraq), do taxpayers have any means of tracking the...
on October 1st, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Are you pleased when an unsolicited caller says that you've won a prize (e.g. a "free" vacation) in a competition that you...
on September 30th, 2008 | 2 answers

What do you think of Answerbaggers with Question Marks for avatars?
on September 30th, 2008 | 4 answers | 4 people like this

Why are newspapers listed under Entertainment?
on September 30th, 2008 | One answer

What will broadcasters do if large segments of their audience consist of retirees who are unresponsive to most advertising?
on September 29th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Do you trust a public figure more, or less, if they display little or no sense of humor?
on September 29th, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

If Bunny Greenhouse and other whistle-blowers are correct, and about $23 Billion of U.S. taxpayers' money has been lost or stolen in...
on September 28th, 2008 | 6 answers | 3 people like this

Being tortured in hell can hardly be construed as a preventative measure. After all, if the punishment takes place in a divine...
on September 28th, 2008 | 6 answers | 10 people like this

Why do some people ask very few questions?
on September 28th, 2008 | 10 answers | 12 people like this

Why do you like House Finches?
on September 28th, 2008 | 3 answers | 4 people like this

Did you enjoy the British TV documentary "Life After People" speculating what the earth, animal life, and plant life might be...
on September 27th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Hard-wired prejudice seems to be a key part of animal group behaviour. Even tolerant humans show preferences based on appearance (weight,...
on September 27th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

Borrowing money is not easy in France. Should the French stricter attitude to "sub-prime" mortgages become the new North...
on September 27th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

What are you promising yourself to do, as soon as you can get away from your computer?
on September 26th, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Where human lives are at stake, what do you trust: prophecies based on faith, or predictions based on reason?
on September 26th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Do you see any significant connection between the economic climate and the weather?
on September 26th, 2008 | no answers

What is the most socially damaging kind of prejudice?
on September 26th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What qualities make a really good investigator? Do you think you have (or had) what it takes?
on September 25th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Laughter might be the best medicine. What do you think is the worst medicine?
on September 25th, 2008 | 58 answers | 29 people like this

Teaching that suffering buys salvation encourages things like flagellation. Do you agree?
on September 25th, 2008 | 7 answers | 1 person likes this

Are you prepared to follow Warren Buffet's (September 2008) lead and buy shares in Goldman Sachs?
on September 24th, 2008 | 2 answers

Does the sub-prime melodrama make you glad to see Obama?
on September 24th, 2008 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

If God's Son payed for the sin of the world, who did the payment go to?
on September 23rd, 2008 | 6 answers | 2 people like this

Would you prefer Heaven to be a Democracy rather than a Kingdom?
on September 23rd, 2008 | 7 answers | 5 people like this

If God supposed to punish miscreants, or is this the Devil's fulltime job?
on September 23rd, 2008 | 9 answers | 1 person likes this

If your government talks of spending 1 trillion (you name the currency) do you know how much this means per person?
on September 23rd, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Were you taught: Fear God and you will have nothing else to fear? Would you teach this to a child?
on September 23rd, 2008 | 23 answers | 12 people like this

Should Gurkha WW2 veterans be denied British citizenship?
on September 20th, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

What has added more to the U.S. National Debt: (a) the September 2008 mortgage bailout of "100's of billions of dollars",...
on September 20th, 2008 | no answers

Since governments use "cash" instead of "accrual" accounting, they don't report future spending promises like...
on September 17th, 2008 | no answers

Do schools in your area put more emphasis on sports than on academic subjects like mathematics, physics and history?
on September 17th, 2008 | 5 answers | 3 people like this

Which historic female scientists should be given more widespread recognition?
on September 17th, 2008 | 4 answers | 4 people like this

"U.S. students consistently score below the international average in mathematics, science, and reading compared to their compared to...
on September 17th, 2008 | 7 answers | 6 people like this

Are children of the religious right afraid to question their parent's beliefs?
on September 16th, 2008 | 10 answers | 5 people like this

When was the last time you saw a night sky free from city light pollution?
on September 15th, 2008 | 11 answers | 7 people like this

What industries are the greatest environmental polluters; and what can be done about it?
on September 15th, 2008 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

Should mine owners be required to disclose the annual amount of toxic waste produced?
on September 15th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

At the moment of fertilization, do you see the human soul as being just at the start of its long and wonderful development, or do you...
on September 13th, 2008 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

Is it morally acceptable for a rape victim to take a "morning-after" pill?
on September 13th, 2008 | 19 answers | 13 people like this

What did the bishop say to the actress?
on September 13th, 2008 | One answer

What did the actress say to the bishop?
on September 13th, 2008 | no answers

What went on in your brain to make you laugh at a joke?
on September 12th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

What qualities make a good poker player?
on September 12th, 2008 | 16 answers | 6 people like this

Are reruns of M*A*S*H still relevant? Does this old TV series say anything about today's armed conflicts?
on September 11th, 2008 | 6 answers | 4 people like this

Would you be glad to see less people, and more biodiversity? Is this a reasonable philosophy?
on September 11th, 2008 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

What might be the better way to combat suicide bombing in Iraq: prolonged troop deployment, or more effective information dissemination?
on September 10th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Did you receive adequate information at school about human reproduction, birth control, and STD?
on September 10th, 2008 | 9 answers | 7 people like this

In a shootout the fastest gun wins! But is the fastest gun always right?
on September 9th, 2008 | 5 answers | 5 people like this

Why not have a category: Science / Biology / Human / Intelligence?
on September 9th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

What exactly is humor? (or, if you prefer, humour?)
on September 9th, 2008 | no answers

In circumstances where people can get emotionally upset (e.g. in bars, nightclubs, football stadiums) is it lethally dangerous to let...
on September 9th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Are you satisfied with the quality of high-school education? (Question asked in September 2008)
on September 9th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

As of September 2008, does Answerbag have a category called Gun Control?
on September 9th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Do gang members in the United States have a constitutional right to carry knives?
on September 9th, 2008 | 7 answers | 5 people like this

Why does the U.S. have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases, the lowest contraceptive use, and the highest rates of...
on September 8th, 2008 | 2 answers | 4 people like this

Do coalition media report adequately on casualties suffered by and caused by private security companies operating in Iraq?
on September 8th, 2008 | One answer

In the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, what do you think "arms" really means?
on September 8th, 2008 | 14 answers | 11 people like this

Does giving every citizen a "right to bear arms" make as much sense as giving every citizen a "license to drive a...
on September 7th, 2008 | 5 answers | 6 people like this

Would you choose a doctor of the opposite sex?
on September 7th, 2008 | 61 answers | 38 people like this

If a vehicle has something dangling from the mirror in front of the driver, what does this suggest to you: "good driver" or...
on September 7th, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Should we question everything, including traditional answers?
on September 7th, 2008 | 7 answers | 5 people like this

We love it, yearn for it, and even try to create it. What is the evolutionary advantage of our sense of beauty?
on September 7th, 2008 | 9 answers | 3 people like this

What is the evolutionary advantage of dreaming?
on September 6th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

In an ideal democracy, what would be the best party names and policies? (i.e. Can you think of anything better than...
on September 6th, 2008 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

For improving social behavior (juvenile and adult), is reward always more effective than punishment?
on September 6th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Who are your five favorite music composers and what are their best compositions?
on September 6th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

What uses can you see for energy-efficient robot submarine gliders?
on September 5th, 2008 | One answer | 3 people like this

How is it possible for someone to receive (20) points for questions, with no questions listed on their points table?
on September 5th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this