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How do YOU maneuver through AB? Do you go to latest questions, search, specific categories, or whatever else you can do? I'm having a hard time finding my groove. I get lost : ( It takes awhile. On the left of your screen, find "Categories" in blue letters. Look at the subcategories beneath the word "Categories" and click one that interest you. Click, for example, "Arts". . Then the category you just clicked, "Arts" will appear in orange, and it has subcategories beneath it. Click one of those that interests you. For example,...

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What is your opinion of a 40 something year old man being asked by his 14 and 6 year old son things and he doesn't want to discuss like "prostitutes" or "terminated pregnancy" so he sends them off to their mother? I think it makes the man uncomfortable for whatever reason, and I see no gain in criticizing him. If you are okay with discussing these things with the 14 and 6 year old, why not just do it. There's so much more in a relationship to be concerned about normally.

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How do you feel about excessive CEO pay by big business? Who can say what is excessive CEO pay? That's a business decision. If stockholders believe that the CEO is overpaid, then they can sell the company stock, and others can refrain from buying the stock to buy the stock. The price of the stock will then go down, and the company will have less money to use and will have to depend more and more on its profitability alone. The problem I see...

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I am 40 years old and i am interested in going back to school and getting a bachelors degree in health administration and management wich takes about 4 years. DO you think its too late? am i being unrealistic? i need a career after raising my kids. No way 40's too old. You'll be a day older tomorrow anyway, so go for it. . I went to college at 57. My life's experiences made it easier for me than for most of the young kids who still had trouble balancing a checkbook. . The professors will admire you and the kids will be scared of you because they know they don't know squat!

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Do people think it's strange for a 29 year old female to still be single with no kids and live on her own? Not at all.

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What is a married woman's boyfriend called? Homewrecker.

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Why is there an Us vs. the Government mentality in the US. Isn't the government Of, By and For We the People? I think the problem has gotten worse because of career politicians. They want an elected job and want to keep t until they retire, getting good pay, benefits, prestige, perks and money for speeches to say nothing of bribes in too many cases. Then at retirement, they have great pensions and other benefits. So, just like you and I,they work to keep their jobs. And these compromises and...

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What are the wrong reasons to get married? And, I forgot to say in my earlier answer, all I mentioned before can be done with a mate while you're not married. I lived with 2 of my wives without being married for a couple of years before we married. . For some, living together without being married brings on guilt. The Bible speaks of marriage as the only time for sexual intercourse. Society expects marriage between couples...

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Why do you need to get married? What's the point? Love, togetherness and help for each other. . I've just failed at my 3rd attempt. Married 16 years, then 5 years, then 16 years again. . In retrospect, I'd say marriage is a great thing provided the couple have many things in common such as a liking for sports, or going to garage sales, reading the same type of books, liking similar types of movies, discussing politics, traveling,...

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Do you hope Socialisim fails in America, since it is not what made the U.S.A. great? Is their anybody out there besides Rush Limbaugh and I, who hope Obama's socialist policies fail? You, my friend, seem unable to think anything except what that entertainer, Limbaugh, pours into your head. Fail! Fail! My God, man, if he fails you'll be in the soup just like everybody else! And guess what. Michael Steele is the new GOP National Party Chairman. He's black. Watch out, Limbaugh,there's a new sheriff in town. . Maybe you owe it to yourself, Mathewwisdom, to use...

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How do people get such high points? Have they been on here for a long time? Some people would rather ask questions which make them appear to be such thoughtful people. Same with their answers and comments. Their objective may be more the gathering of points than asking legitimate questions and giving legitimate answers and comments. . I asked legitimate questions about gays on Alternative Lifestyles, and invariably received huge negative question ratings. I guess...

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Does tailgating get drivers to their destination faster? Not if tailgating me because I slow down and won't let the tailgater pass. If this sicko, endangering my life, wants to tailgate, I'll slow him down and if he hits my rear end, it's his fault. If by slowing down, I see that I may create danger for others, I don't slow down. That's when my middle finger stuck outside the window comes in handy. I'm a big guy and many...

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What is the difference between management and administration? Seemona, there's no difference. The word "administration" and "management" are somewhat different when defined in a dictionary. But in the real world of business, they are the same unless one begins splitting hairs. . Some might say that administration involves more things of a paper-pushing or clerical nature. And some may think that management implies some authority...

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Im 67 years old my brother is 63,im my own person and he thinks im his person,would you allow your younger brother to make decisions for you? regardless of what you say in retalliation? No. It seems to me that when we become adults, we should make our own decisions. That doesn't mean we can't listen to the ideas and information others may have about things that affect our decisions. That would be foolish. Then put those things brought up by the other(s)in with your thoughts, and then you make the decision. Otherwise, in your case, you're letting your brother...

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I was served with divorce papers by my husband and have no way of paying for an attorney. He made all the money in the marriage as I was a stay-at-home Mom. I have to have a lawyer because he is playing very dirty, what can I do? Maybe just a small help would be to ask some attorneys on www.allexperts.com. They give advice for free. There are other attorneys on other sites. Use the internet and Google "experts" to find other advice sites. . You need an attorney. Can you get a loan using the house as collateral? Do you have valuables you can sell? Do you have an insurance policy you can give to the insurance...

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Do you hope Socialisim fails in America, since it is not what made the U.S.A. great? Is their anybody out there besides Rush Limbaugh and I, who hope Obama's socialist policies fail? Can you give some examples of Obama's socialist policies?

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Why the hatred for President Bush. OK, you don't like him. I can accept that but why the hatred. Obama talks about "coming together" yet his fans, and I call them that for lack of a better term, people like "Halliburton Shill" do nothing but hate. Ease up a bit. How many of "his fans" do you know so that can conclude that all who like Obama do nothing but hate? He got 66,000,000 million votes and that's a lot of people for you to brand as haters after you've talked to a small number of "fans" who seem to hate Bush.I for one don't hate Bush. I just think he, Cheney and Rumsfeld orchestrated a war against...

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Heterosexuals; would you consider going to a gay club? I'm a heterosexual man. I've been several times. I used to play pool at night with several lesbians. They were very accepting of me. The men left me alone except for one night when I saw 2 men dancing and one was violently simulating anal intercourse with the other. I couldn't seem to see anything except that these 2 freaks were could only worsen the opinion of gays that most...

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Why do men hit women? Maybe the man saw his father beat his mother. Regardless, any man who will hit a woman is a coward. In most cases, a man hitting a woman is hurting someone weaker than he.Some women are stronger than some men. A man who hits a woman is just like a bully on a playground. And my experience with bullies is that they are actually very much afraid of anyone who stands up to them who has the...

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I found out that my "online" crush has a girlfriend.I've been his friend but i feel i want HIM to be my boyfriend.What do i do? If all you know about this man is through AB, i.e., you've never seen him for instance,then what you have is infatuation with an idea in your head. If you ever want to meet him, drive your car and he should drive his to a public place such as a coffee shop and meet over coffee. Don't be alone with him. How do you know this person is not a sexual predator? A druggie? An alcoholic? A...

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Why do businesses that are open 24 hours have locks on their doors? Even 24 hour shops sometimes close, maybe for Christmas for example. And what if power or water is lost for an extended period and the utiliy company says it'll take hours to repair.There's no point in staying open, so then lock the doors. Interesting question.

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If I were buy a business, what would I look for in the company's financial statements? Look at total dollars coming in. Usually called Revenue. Look at profit after all expenses including income taxes. Depreciation is not real money. It's money that was spent on some long lasting piece of equipment or the like. The money's already been spent, so you won't have to spend it again to buy the asset. The depreciation figure is just an offset against taxes. A 10%...

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If you were leaving home in a hurry ..what would you pack? I just left home in a hurry because my wife took out a restraining order on me. She didn't say I physically hurt her, or I'd have gone to jail for domestic violence. We'd been having arguments, and she told the Sheriff she was afraid of me. Horsedung! She's not afraid of me. I've never hit her, nor threatened her. She stood not 2 feet away from me only day before...

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I just learned about a disturbing trend of drug abuse called "skittling" or "pharming parties." Basically, it is taking a handful random pills stolen from various places. What is your opinion of this? (link to it included). Arisztid, I say who gives a darn about "skittling"? I like Skittles candy. Just an intro, old fella, as I didn't know how to reach you except via an answer. I've been off of answerbag for awhile. . Now you may remember me, the Musketeer, from awhile back. You and I had a few answers and questions and I found you to be someone whose head seemed screwed on halfway, though...

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I was baptised christian. At 13 I discovered to my horror I was gay. I was taught that homosexuality was sinful. I dropped christianity like the hot brick it is because of that. Got any advice for me? Forget about it. I am heterosexual. The only inference that homosexuality is sinful is in Genesis. Also in Genisis getting drunk is sinful. I'm on my way to get a few beers. I'll ask for God's forgiveness tonight. I am but a man, and the flesh is weak. . Homosexuality is not mentioned in the 10 commandments. In the New Testament, which supercedes the Old Testament, there is no...

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When did you turn heterosexual? When my father's sperm united with my mother's egg.

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Do you think that 2 people having sex in a public men's room, or women's room, gay or straight, is behavior that at least 95% of gay ppl would not engage in and would find such behavior unusual and improper? Come, come ladies and gentlemen. Must I assume by your lack of answers to the question that a great number of gays think sex in a public restroom is to be condoned? Have I, perhaps, struck a nerve?

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Do you think that 2 people having sex in a public men's room, or women's room, gay or straight, is behavior that at least 95% of gay ppl would not engage in and would find such behavior unusual and improper? My answer is, I do not know.I have used the figure 95% of gay ppl in my question.If you have a better percentage with which you agree, please put it in your Answer or Comments.100% will obviously not be correct. You may wonder why I am interested.I have answered that before. I am trying to educate myself regarding gay lifestyles.I have 2 gay friends. Yes, friends. One calls his male partner his...

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As I have never seen a sign in a straight bar's men's room which read "Only One Person In A Stall At One Time", I was wondering why some gay nightclubs have those signs? No answer intended. I hit the wrong key. Sorry.

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Why is it that lesbians and gay men, generally speaking, do not get along? My answer to this question is, I don't know. . Arisztid, once again I use the Answer block rather than comments so as to reach the most ppl. You and I seem the only ppl in this discussion, however. So here's another long winded response. . You may have read my epistle about playing pool with lesbians at a large nightclub catering to gays in Atlanta. One night while playing pool I...

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I think anyone who downrates a question should also have to comment, or the downrate won't be accepted...anyone else think so? Yes,definitely! I have been sending questions to the Alternative Lifestyles category. I'm heterosexual, and many of the other partipants are gay and get very angry when I express my opinion if it is contrary to their's. Some say I'm a "bigot". I reply that "by the definition of bigot, you, too, are a bigot". Dictionary definition of a bigot is: "a person...

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Why is it that lesbians and gay men, generally speaking, do not get along? Since many of those who have responded seem to believe that lesbians and gay men get along, I'll post this as "Answer" rather than commenting to any one individual. I don't want to have to make this long qualification over and over, so it's posted as an answer. . I am a male. For 11 years, I lived in midtown Atlanta, a section noted for having more gay residents than...

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Been feeling a little lonely lately and been letting myself be led on by this one particular guy. Any ideas how I can get it through my head that he's an idiot and not to waste my time? I know it, but I keep forgetting it. Damn him and his lips... A very normal quandry, nibble nibble. I have recently been thinking obsessively about my first love in high school- and we were in love way back in 1958-59. She went to one college and I another. Once in college, I forgot about her for many years. And she forgot about me. There were other fish in the sea. Moral: Perhaps you could find someone else to love. That would drop this...

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Will someone help me learn how to navigate AB? Shucks!

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Now I can ask a queation I always wanted to. Being Native to this land as I am what type of HELL have you guuys created here in the USA? Wasn't the Indian way better no debts no money just live hunt and trade a little and count on your tribe?Any thoughs I tried that in Viet Nam. No money, no debts. I just hunted and traded for a little pot to make everything go away. And I counted on my tribe--we called it a "rifle squad" -- which usually meant 10 men. The very high attriton rate often brought that number down. . I believe that native Americans were truly mistreated and killed years ago. And in most cases on reservations today,...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Xhepera, your comment is exactly the type of thing to which I referred in my last submission, which is seen above. I'll quote what I wrote: "You have the strength of your convictions, but you express them like high school sophomores." Xhephera, you've only got 2 1/2 years of high school left. Try to make good use of them.

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Sorry for sneaking this question in under this category. However, I'm gambling that some of you versed in computers would be sources for answers to my questions about "answerbag navigation". I've received no help elsewhere, So, will you please help me? Nevermind. Thanks anyway. I just figured out many of the navigational methods I didn't understand before writing my question, so I may not have further questions. But, as was said in "Poltergeist", I'll be baaack. Thanks again.

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Monitors, before you delete this as "spam" or "offensive" I hope you'll read it all the way through. You bet it's going to be offensive to some. So be it. . Listen up you answerbag wimpbags! . I've been pulling your chain for days now. You have the strength of your convictions, but you express them like high school sophomores. . So how do you think...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Lo and behold, I gave another answer awhile ago and it is not posted. I wonder if it was monitored and then deleted. I used no curse words. Showed no hatred. I have none. I expressed no anger. The absence of my words makes me wonder about the willingness of Alternative Life Styles monitors to be neutral, or at least to allow both sides of an issue to be aired. . Frankly, I don't hate...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have been sending in answers, questions and comments for several days now. I recall maybe 2 responses from those of you on answerbag that even merited a response from me. And those 2 responses were not valid and it was easy to point out their illogic. . So, I am quitting the discussion. Leaving answerbag. And with me goes the belief that those of you who have...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Keysha, you wrote: . "And heterosexuals have it any better? *triple header - three men taking turns having intercourse with one woman* *anoraptus - the rape of an elderly woman*" Anoraptus has to do with sick sex performed by a male. The males doing the rape could be heterosexual or homosexual. Have you ever heard of a gay male having sex with a woman? Keyshan, this discussion is...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Redcatt63, somehow my comments don't seem to get posted on answerbag so I'll write in the answer block. You ask, "what is it I'm trying to prove". (1) That I disagree with you on principle. (2) That I think you negatively influence society (3) That,as I said, I'll work hard to make others understand that you are people who are sick, something that nature made a...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Arisztid, I am writing this as an answer rather than a comment. So often, my comments seem to disappear on answerbag, but what I write as answers doesn't vanish. I am not homophobic, though yesterday I thought I was. After looking at definitions, today I see I am not. In most definitions I've read, the words "irrational fear" are used. I am not irrational. I do not fear a...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Arisztid, let me answer your questions. The questions are in quotes. "Why do you care?" I'm interested, that's why. Gays are in the news almost daily. They want to change the meaning and tradition of "marriage", for example. Interesting stuff. "Do they have anything to do with you... a straight man?" Yes, gay people are part of this world--apparently a...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? Arisztid, I looked at the dictionary of paraphillia. If you are comparing that to the gay dictionary, I'd say you have apples and oranges. And you would not make things look very good for gays if you see a comparison. And I don't know of any large group that claims to represent any type of paraphillia behavior. Conversely, gays compose a large group. And I gave the words and...

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Have you ever read some of the "Gay Dictionary" definitions? No answer yet, so I'll give one. Yes, I have read many definitions from it. Here's one: "abort: To shit soon after being ass-fucked". . Now an opinion. It seems that gay people want to be accepted into mainstream America. I am heterosexual. Male. I read many of those definitions, and many of them are filthy. Morally corrupt. I will never accept you and that dictionary is...

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Which Nobel Prize laureate will be Secretary for Energy in the Obama administration? Steven Chu, who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics and now directs the government's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, will head the Energy Department. . I'm an Independent voter. Will stick with neither party. Voted Bush in 2004. Obama in 2008. . One thing that influenced my vote for Obama was that in the last count I read, 64 Nobel laureates endorsed Obama....

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Why do people think they have the right to judge you? Don't most of us give ourselves a hard enough time without everyone else's judgment? Yes, I think people have a "right" to judge us. Yet, I think often times it is wrong to do and often an incorrect judgment. I find that I am quite judgmental. I need to straighten up and quit. Yet I find I am judged, also. Two wrongs don't make a right the true cliche says. I honestly don't know anyone who does not judge others. And yes, life is hard enough without being...

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Can anyone tell me how I can see comments? I can only see answers to my questions on answerbag. That's all I know how to see. I get scads of emails from answerbag telling me there are answers to my question. Yet when I click the email link that says answers, I find no new answers. Just old answers answerbag said were new in their last email. And in the one or ones before that. This goes on and on, email after email. I have made...

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Have you the open mindness to read Musketeer's comment below about gay lifestyles? NeverWas. Great answer. But I don't agree with "It is not." I am still confused with answerbag's navigation. I gave a more thorough response a few minutes ago. But since what was sent me by email by answerbag was your Answer, I was only allowed to write a Comment. Now I can't find the section on Comments--just Answers--to see if my comment was posted. I will check...

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Have you the open mindness to read Musketeer's comment below about gay lifestyles? Sorry. Answerbag has no way to present Comment at this stage, so I'll put what was supposed to be a Comment as an answer. "There are now more than one million people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, more than ever before," said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. He also...

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How would you feel, whether you are a heterosexual with a child or a gay person with a child, about letting an adult gay male babysit your 14 year old son for a week with just the 2 of them present? Well folks, I didn't get many answers. And everyone was quite defensive. Keysha, Jessica and Darling finally gave an answer. Hasn'tBeen, WrongAnswer, Chenina and Orange Energy couldn't give an answer. They just sorta bumbled around. So thanks for your participation. What I have learned mostly, is that the gays who responded to my question are very afraid of something. And, I...

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How would you feel, whether you are a heterosexual with a child or a gay person with a child, about letting an adult gay male babysit your 14 year old son for a week with just the 2 of them present? Speaking to another point. Answerbag has not posted some of my comments. Many hours old. I wonder if the "Alternative Lifestyles" monitors have a problem with posting questions which pose tough answers for gays? Ah, sweet, or should I say "gay" censorship at it's best. My comments have no curse words, nor vulgarity. Just questions I'd like to read answers to. Maybe...

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Have you found that answerbag.com in category ""Alternative Lifestyles" does not post some of your questions or answers? Hopefully to avoid certain questions you may have regarding the questions and answers I have attempted to post on answeerbag "Alternative Lifestyles, I will say that I have never cursed, I occassionally take a jab at someone, though many, many very harsh jabs are posted--far, far more harsh than any of mine. It seems to me that tough questions and answers, which are not thought to be in...

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Do you think that gay couples who have a child of the same sex as they will pose an influence which will cause the child to want to try to have sex with someone of that same sex? My answer is yes. I put forth the following hypothetical, but I think highly likely, scenario. Son says: "I have a question for you both, fathers. Fathers, most all of the kids at school have a mother who is a woman. They also say that you 2 are gay? Are you gay?" Father number 1 says: "Yes, son. We are gay?" Son says: "Father number 1, am I gay?" Father...

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Do you want to see some things said about President-Elect Obama put in perspective? The election's over. Yet many people have clung to the negativism of McCain's campaign, and never tried to get relevant information. Here's some. The answerbag forum is very educational. I have noticed that many rate political question answers not based on the answer's content or validity, but rather based on what those raters want to believe, but cannot support, or based on their preference for a candidate. This educates me in the sense that I see so many people who have difficulty objectively analyzing and thinking. Could this...

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Seeing the recent corruption uncovered in Illinois politics, and learning the history and culture of corruption in that state, I wonder how Obama remained unscathed. I support him. But still I wonder. What do you think? So far, Rosie, he has not been connected with corruption in Illinois. So I think that is the reason he is unscathed. Second thought. Stay with answerbag. Pay no attention to the small minds who write the hurtful, and ignorant things that some have written. There are small minds and ignorant people such as those who have been so harsh and who can't discuss, but would rather use insults as...

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? Great discussion! Seriously. I'm enjoying it so when I say "great discussion", I'm not being sarcastic. I've been called "bigotted". Do you, the person who wrote mean for my belief that same-sex parties should not use the terms "husband" and "wife" to describe themselves? Or do you mean I'm a bigot because I won't accept gays?...

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? Well, folks, sincere thanks for your comments and the interesting discussion. And I am being sincere with that thanks. I see that the majority of respondents "don't care" or "think it okay" or "support" it. Liberal position, I would say. I'm 67 and I'm not very conservative except about a few things. But the liberalism shown gays falls into the same...

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? You said, "Perhaps we should stop referring to men as husbands and women as wives." Carrying that a step farther, maybe we should stop referring to boys as sons, and girls as daughters. And stop referring to boys as brothers and girls as sisters. And stop refering to girls as aunts and boys as uncles. Let's just change the whole vocabulary of relations that have a gender...

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? Earlier I used the quote which follows as a thought provoker: "Do you think the affect on a gay couple's adopted child is likely to be positive or negative when the child says to his friends: "The man over there is my fathers husband." Or the child could say"the man over there is my mother and the other man is my father. They're husband andf wife"? Let's...

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? Designer, good to hear from you. Ditto your remarks.

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? A wife can't be a husband anymore than a lion can be a tiger. We have an English lanquage which I see no reason to change on this subject. And if someone wished to say this is just a matter of semantics, I'll put it this. If a couple is husband and wife, one has a penis and the other has a vagina. No exceptions in my opinion.

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What do you think of the practice of calling 1 gay partner the "husband" and the other the "wife" since they're the same sex? Certainly, gays can call themselves anything they want. No, it may not affect anyone else. So, how about this question. Do you think the affect on a gay couple's adopted child is likely to be positive or negative when the child says to his friends:"The man over there is my father"s husband."

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Barack Obama ran on a platform of change. If you could ask him to change one thing about America (no silly answers like give me a billion dollars) what would it be, and why? Agree.

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Obama, "Times Person of the Year"? Who would you have chosen? In my opinion, he was the best pick and there was not even a close second.

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Barack Obama ran on a platform of change. If you could ask him to change one thing about America (no silly answers like give me a billion dollars) what would it be, and why? Right now my mind is on politics, so I'll give an answer related to politics. Our Senators and members of the House are almost entirely made up of career politicians. They want to keep their jobs until retirement. And like most human beings, I think, they do whatever it takes to keep those jobs whether it be lying, making deals which benefit them, bending the truth or not voting their...

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Do you want to see some things said about President-Elect Obama put in perspective? The election's over. Yet many people have clung to the negativism of McCain's campaign, and never tried to get relevant information. Here's some. Much was made of Obama having connections with terrorist Bill Ayers. Obama did have connections. Then Obama was criticized for connections with criminal Tony Rezco. Obama used to have connections with Rezco. Rezco is convicted and in jail for fraud and extortion, though final sentencing has not been completed. McCain and Palin made sure we knew about Ayers and Rezco. Obama could have...

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What would happen if the salaries of professional sports players were reduced to use that money for better things? What would happen? A huge player lawsuit! I'm going to speak to the question rather than answer it as I think--don't know--that the real concern behind the question is more like "how in the world can anybody be paid that much. It's terrible". At least I hear that over and over, but it may not be in the back of this questioner's mind. The salaries of professional...

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I'm an EEOC officer who's hired hundreds of African-Americans. Those without accents are hired far more frequently than those with southern Ebionics-like or gangsta-rap accents. Accents hold them back. Why's this lanquage problem not often discussed? Some of you say that not only black people speak Ebionics. No doubt some others do. However, I am 63, I've lived in New York, Illinois, Maine, California, Alabama, Florida, and New Hampshire. I also spent 9 years in the Army with a huge variety of people. I have interviewed probably 2000 people seeking employment at the large companies for which I have worked. I have heard only one person...

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Was Joseph Smith a raving lunatic? Joseph Smith claims to have had visions of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and of angels. His first vision was at 14. In translating his tablets, he claims to have used stone seers called "Urim and Thummin". He described them as a pair of stones, fastened to a breastplate and joined in the form of a large pair of spectacles. Mormons claim belief in the Bible, yet until outlawed,...

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Scenario: You see somebody you know who is drowning. This person has discriminated against you because of your race, gender, sexuality, etc. As a result you despise this person. Would you help him? Regardless of how the drowning person had discriminated against me, and I despised the person, I would help him or her. If the person was a living dictator similar to Hitler or Saddam Hussein, or a vicious murderer I had seen committing murder, I might not. Most of my mind in this hypothetical scenario says "let him/her die" while a smaller part of me says "help him/her, but do...

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WHITE PEOPLE,do you find it racist when a person of a different race calls you a cracker?and if so does it upset you in any way? Being called a "cracker" doesn't bother me much. But I know that the speaker is challenging me to a verbal or physical confrontation. What bothers me more is for African-Americans to call each other "nigger". The practice is rampant and is excused by African-Americans as being a term of "endearment" and meant in "fun". Many (most?)...

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I think bigotry towards African-Americans is due to African-American Vernacular English (some say Ebionics) more than color. Color is 1st seen; then African-AmericanVernacular English adds prejudice whereas dictionary-lpronounced English reduces it. Agree I started this discussion about the effects of "Ebionics", but I want to clarify something I meant. By "Ebionics" I am not speaking of this fad "gangsta" rap. I am speaking of a dialect, ---by that I mean "a variety of a lanquage spoken by a particular group". Not all African-Americans speak with an Ebionics accent. Nor do all Caucasions speak without an...

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I think bigotry towards African-Americans is due to African-American Vernacular English (some say Ebionics) more than color. Color is 1st seen; then African-AmericanVernacular English adds prejudice whereas dictionary-lpronounced English reduces it. Agree Thanks for the answers. I know I'm bigotted. Yet, I know that an Ebionics accent lessens my opinion of the speaker even more. And I know that the correct use of English in conversation counters my bigotry relative to African-Americans almost completely. I find it hard to believe that the great majority of whites do not feel the same way. I think that if African-Americans could eliminate...

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Do you know what it is like to be homeless? I was homeless for several weeks. An economic situation and divorce caused it. I was amazed at the lack of respect poor people who are not homeless get. Of course, the homeless get even less. Most (I can't quantify)of the homeless I met had drug, alcohol and/or mental problems. Having any honesty was out of the question. Frankly, most accepted their status and didn't seem to mind...

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