Discussions| A Man is a Stud for his many 'Conquests', Yet a Woman is . . . | | Ever since time can remember, the promiscuity 'allowed' to a Man only increases his stature...Yet, for a Woman, she is hurled to the 'bottom of the barrel' in the eyes of the majority..What is your opinion on this ever-present and ongoing obvious 'inequality' of the genders~? | |
| | Civ3 conquests | | anybody had any luck hosting behind a firewall (hrdwr)? I opened the appropriate ports, but no dice so far. Its a dlink 604 | |
| | "peer and social pressures" the game of rise and fall. | | being in my college life. today I am experiencing a way bigger battle than my educational and academic conquests, guess what its the battle against peer pressure and socialization pressures. so can anybody help me i need advise and insights on how to get over this!! | |
| | africa | | Today i would like to share about africa. Civilization in africa began to appear more than 5,000 years ago with the rise of ancient Egypt. from about 2,500 years ago in sub-saharan africa many other different kingdoms also developed.The sahara acted as a barrier to keep thes area separate from the rest of the world until the arrival of Arab traders in the 8th century. from the 15th century,the arrival of Europeans, the subsequent slave trade, and European imperialism had a profound effect on the continent. since the 1950s, all African nations have reclaimed independence, although modern Africa continues to sruggle with its post-colonial legacy and environmental problems.
spread of religeons is the another task. From the 8th century, trade, conquests, and colonialism spread religions such as islam completly replaced traditional religions, which often included the worship of ancestors.
By the 1470s the portuguese were trading copper, brass, gold, and slaves with Benin in West Africa. In the 1480s, the portuguese arrived in the islands of principe and sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea, just off the west African Coast. They estabvlished sugar plantations, and forced African captives to... | |
| | Having a hard time responding and commenting | | I don't know what is wrong with me lately.I seem to be in lecturer mode.I have lots to say and love to read the responsesand enjoy reading my friends discussions butam having a hard time responding to friends discussionsor commenting on responses to mineI am feeling pretty well mentally..but...I have been slapped around a biton another site that the x and his conquests frequentI do want all of you friends know that I read your discussionscare about what you have to say and hope you don't thinkI am being amiss with you.I appreciate your friendshipxoxoxoxoxo | |
| | What is life all about? | | What is the meaning of life? A lifetime is so short that nothing much could be learned or achieve in such a span of time. Consider the milky way, one rotation takes 20 million light years. One human lifetime, even if he were Methuselah is not even a nano-fraction of that one rotation. I think about these things. Am I strange? Am I different? Can life be measured in terms of the amount of money accumulated? In the number of sexual conquests? | |
| | The Top Five Best Tourist Spots in Italy | | Italy is one of the most popular places to visit in the world. It's a favorite of millions of tourists worldwide.if you're going to go to Italy, be prepared to have your breathe taken away by the sheer beauty of the place.1. The ColiseumNo other civilization in the world could top the Romans in terms of strength and power, and indeed, the Romans practically conquered the world. And for their entertainment, the Romans had the world. They had the Coliseum where the prizes of their conquests, lions and other exotic animals were made to battle with the gladiators. Indeed, if you stand within the walls of this gigantic complex, you can almost feel the spirit of celebration that once rang through the place.2. Piazza CampidoglioThe Piazza Campidoglio, or the Capitoline Hill, was the seat of power of the Ancient Romans. And up until today, it still stands as Italy's center of politics. It holds the famous statue of Castor and Pollux and various structures designed by the great Michaelangelo himself like the double staircase and other buildings.
3. The Roman ForumsAlso, there's nothing more exhilarating than to visit the place where democracy was born. The Roman... | |
| | tradition and religion-boon or bane | | i would like to know what you guys think about this? for me it just divides people makes them enemies and end of the day leads to shedding of innocent blood. and i think if humanity as a whole wants to make real progress it should get over these concepts. a wise man once said "religion is the opiate of the masses"
religion in its true spirit is like a fluid.....flowing and free...but over the years we have made solid ice vlocks our of it. i feel that this just empahasizes how we have compartmentalized it into rigid,self suiting,narrow dividing ice cubes that unfortunately for our convinience we just put it in any drink(politics,power conquests,exploitation based on caste, gender, sports etc etc)distorting what religion is actually to mankind. what makes people enemies is probably all kinds of deprivation(economic,social,political etc),desire to be powerful,impatience,jealousy and religion falls prey because it is the easiest and most cost effective way to mobilize people.its easy for deprived individuals to just transfer their faith from the divine forces to the pathological evil forces of an intelligent mind(brain washing).that's why the so called "messia's"of be it any... | |
| | Do Liberals Even Know What "Standards" Mean? | | It's long been proven that there is a double standard when it comes to standards. When a Conservative is caught with their pants down, liberals will rake them over the coals. This puts a pretty bad light on the concepts of "live and let live", or "what someone does in the privacy of..." that liberals hold dear.Now, when a prominent Conservative makes a career of going after vices.. then gets exposed for endulging in those vices, I can understand why liberals show no mercy. Why should they?But there's the other side of this dubious double standard. That is, liberals who go after people for not upholding a liberal standard, only to be exposed.Let's look as some examples.Al Gore's house (even today) is far less "green" than Prs. Bush's.Michael Moore decries "the rich" and praises the ways of Socialism, but lives in an upscale Manhattan apartment and flies around in a private jet.Obama talks against "the rich" and "corruption" but he lives in a mansion and his good buddy bought the lot next door, but has yet to build on it. Two lots for the price of one? HmmmmmHillary is the darling of modern feminism, but has made a career out of "going after the woman"... | |
| | God and Religion | | OK, here's what I believe and how I got there:We are all on our own, there is no god. Since the beginning of time, cultures have had their specific gods and religions (created by humans) that flourish only as long as that culture exists. Religion spreads through the armed conquest of other lands and peoples. The Greeks worshipped their gods until the Romans came along and conquered the Greeks, bringing their new and improved Roman gods. The Romans cleverly sold this concept by relating their new gods to the old greeks, Juno=Zeus, etc. -and life went on.Well then the Christians came along, the Roman Empire fell and suddenly everyone was Christian. The Christians brought a new twist to the game -previous cultures went with a multiple god system, and were more tolerant of the concept of other deities than their own. The Christians said' NO -our god is the only god, all others are false.' This was a radical change, and allowed whole armies to be raised up in the name of the new god to go spread this religion. But if you look closely, there's really nothing in Christian mythology that hasn't been done before. The Christians even manipulated their holy days to coincide with... | |
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