Question #1:

Skeptics, how would you respond(3rd time asking)?

(I had a few great answers the last two times asking, but I want to see if I can get a few more.)

Skeptic: I watched the videos of Captain Robert Snow and James Leininger on YouTube, and while the cases are intriguing (much like the cases of individuals claiming to have visited heaven and hell), you seem to be a little presumptuous in your views. For example, if reincarnation actually exists (we can only speculate), why do you assert humans do not (in general) reincarnate as a dog, duck, beetle, etc.? Isn't that dogmatic? I personally lack a belief in reincarnation (as I lack a belief in all concepts of life after death), but I would certainly accept life after death if it was proven to be true. I have spent years studying biopsychology and researching cases of life after death; it's fine to contemplate what happens hereafter, but to claim reincarnation exists (because of evidence you believe to be absolute) is intellectually dishonest.



Spiritualist: The evidence for reincarnation is much, much stronger than you're giving it credit for. What you say would be correct if I was merely speculating. Your statement, however, that "we can only speculate" is incorrect. It is not biopsychology which tells us that reincarnation doesn't exist; it is actually the unspoken, unexamined materialistic assumptions *underlying* it which do so. When those assumptions are brought into the light of day and challenged, they do not hold. In short, the assumptions supporting materialistic psychology are a belief system, a kind of religion of materialism, and they are in error. You will find, if you study the history, that the rise of this kind of materialistic interpretation of science is actually quite recent, within the last 150 years or so. Science did not always require a philosophy of materialism in order to be considered legitimate. The purging of all non-materialistic elements from psychology was not, actually, a sign of enlightened progress, as it is generally taken to be. It was a degradation of the pure idea of science as the objective pursuit of truth.

So, no, what I am saying is not presumptuous, nor is it dishonest. As for this matter of dishonesty, I have been practicing strict honesty since I was about 19 years old, or about 37 years. For this reason, I am able to examine my own belief system in ways that most people would find very threatening. I am as rigorous about my study of reincarnation as I am in my personal life.

You have made one point that bears addressing, and that is, how do I know that people do not reincarnate as bugs or animals? This, of course, is the distorted belief which helps materialists continue to dismiss reincarnation out of hand, and hence, paradoxically, it is dear to them. They *want* reincarnationists to hold to this view, because if they do, they are so much easier to ridicule.

There is no way to empirically disprove the belief. The only evidence we have is that some portion of people in past-life regression do report past lives as animals; but we do not know, first of all, whether they are imagining it (because some percentage of people--not all--in regression sessions are simply imagining); nor do we know whether these past lives as animals all came before human incarnations (even if these were real memories, it would not necessarily indicate retrograde reincarnation into animal bodies).

This belief can, however, be shown to be entirely inconsistent with all our intellectual understanding of reincarnation. Moreover, there are people, spiritual teachers, who can see these things directly, and none of them teach reincarnation backwards into animal forms. In short, this is a popular myth developed by ignorant people around the teaching of reincarnation. All serious students of the subject will tell you that the idea is mistaken. Put simply, the thing makes no sense, and we reincarnationists really are not so daft as to accept it uncritically.

Perhaps you are not open-minded enough for me to be answering at such length.

Question #2:

Why do I often get influenced by other people's opinions?

I'm not sure when that started with me, but it wasn't born with me, and it's pretty annoying. I don't know why I get highly influenced by other people's opinions. For instance, when I buy a new video game, and, say, I really liked that game and I'm enjoying it very much, if I read a review or a topic citing that this game s*cks (the writer's opinion), I would really get influenced by that opinion and I might not enjoy the game at all anymore, or at least I would still enjoy it but less than I did before viewing the review.

I'm wondering why I'm having this annoying problem! I swear I wasn't like this before, maybe 5-6 years ago it started, but again I'm not sure. I just don't seem to be able to convince myself that it's not like what is stated in the review, the game actually wasn't bad for me, only after reading the review it was.

So, any suggestions on how to get rid of this? Like, how can I convince myself that my opinion is what matters most and is the most true one? Have anyone had this feeling before? Could this be related to age? Or adolescence? I'm 18 years old if it is related... Oh, and also my self-confidence isn't really great (it's very low, I guess)... but what is the role of self-confidence in this situation anyway?

By the way, I don't seem to get influenced by people in my environment more than I get by people over the internet.

Question #3:

Can church be called place of worship?

This is not a rant so don't post any sarcastic answers, just tell me your views instead like a regular educated human being. And if you don't like reading then stop reading this right now!
I respect all religions and their places of worship EXCEPT the church. I am a Christian and I gave up on church for many reason
I just think that's it’s not a place of worship, it’s more like a fashion show to me. Don't believe me? Try going to church in rags and make sure you go late; you will be surprised to see how many people stare at you and gossip.
Talking about gossip, that's all most church goers do (especially the women). As a child I would always hear my aunts and their church friends talking about people and their financial situation, marriage...etc
Believe it or not I have been to three churches where they video tape EVERY service and then sell the DVD's after the service is over. There is one hear in NY that also makes movies. Now I don't mind that the church is making a little extra money but I just don't think its something to be done within the church because it is a place of worship.
The reason I mentioned the mosque was because my best friend is Muslim and he invited me a couple of times. being in the mosque feels like you are in heaven (you feel free and detached from this crazy world). Everyone wears similar simple clothing so you don't have to worry about trying to impress anyone. If you walk in the Mosque with a fancy suit on, you would be looked upon as a fool, and that's the way it should be. Why would you go to a place of worship to show off anyway? Its not the club!!!!!
The women also pray in the back and they wear descent clothing unlike the tight stuff that Christian women wear in church. By doing things this way the men are not distracted from praying and the women are not distracted from praying. The men can’t see the women and the women cant see the men.
And what up with the Church collecting tithe during service? Dont they know that it can be embarrassing to the worshipers who have no money? How do you think it makes them feel when everyone sees them putting NOTHING into the basket??? I think tithing should be done discreetly.

To wrap thing up I think church is getting out of hand. There is no need for plasmas, dressing up, giving money during service, making movies, filming...etc. It should be a place of WORSHIP, the world is already crazy so why make the church like that too? Just keep it simple people and maybe I might think about going.

Question #4:

Why is my video streaming so slow?

When watching Netflix or Vudu, the feed almost always stops or is interrupted during the movie, I don't think we've yet to watch anything completely, without interruptions. Then for YouTube, I'm almost always getting that "spinning, streaming symbol" and it just goes on and on, most of the times, I just give up. We have Comcast "Performance (12m)" Internet service, and using a "G" rounter........would moving up to an "N" help at all? Also, might the level of "security" have anything to do with this? Can't figure out how to improve the quality of our our on-line/wireless viewing and would greatly appreciate your help...........THANKS!

Question #5:

How can I improve my Youtube Channel?

For some reason I just can't get views on my videos on youtube. I have 50 videos uploaded and the most viewed video have 24000 views. I've had youtube for 2 years now and just can't seem to get anywhere.

What kind of videos do you think would attract views?
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Question #6:

What's it like to get your tongue pierced?

I'm getting my tongue pierced on Thursday and I've done a lot of reading and a lot of video watching to know exactly what I'm getting into.. so naturally I have a few questions.

First off, I DO NOT CARE what your opinion is about how a tongue ring looks or if you view it as trashy. That's not answering my question.

So the question EVERYONE wants to know..pain? I know everyone has a different tolerance for pain, but the people I've asked have either made it sound like the worst experience ever to try and scare me or they didn't feel a thing which I really find hard to believe with a needle going through your tongue. I also know that if it were the worst thing one could ever go through, it would not be done so much and giving birth wouldn't look like such a big deal anymore. I already know the healing process is extremely painful, but I want to know about the actual needle going through the tongue scenario.

Can I get it numbed? If so, does this help with pain at all? Would you say the tongue piercing pain is worse than getting a tattoo? (I know these are two totally different things, but I have nothing to compare it to.)

I really want to do it, but I'm just really really nervous. I was terrified before I got my tattoo and it wasn't all that bad, but I really just have no idea what to expect. If someone were to ask me what it felt like to get a tattoo, I most likely wouldn't be able to answer it, it's something you just kind of have to experience for yourself to know what it's like. Is that the case here?

I am also extremely terrified of the piercer hitting a vein and forcing me to go to the ER. We have a few very reputable places in the town that I live in, but I'm always scared "what if?" How often does this happen? Is this sometimes just a freak thing or is it always carelessness of the piercer?

I also am getting it done on a day where I have two days of work off afterwards (I can't have more time off than that) will I be able to talk alright to work after two days? I work in a grocery store and communication is obviously important.

My friend also told me she drank a liter of pineapple juice for 3-4 days every day beforehand and her tongue did not swell. True? Huge lie?


Please do not treat me like I'm an idiot for asking these questions, I am just very nervous about pain and can't seem to get a blunt answer.

Question #7:

Did i see these ghosts when i was little? i CLEARLY remember!?

ok, im not sure if this is paranormal or not, but im running outa options.
im 12 and latley have been having dreams, well not dreams dreams, but memory dreams. you know how someone can remember something for no reason at all, a memory that has nothing to do with you, like seeing a kid eat an ice cream that you dont know, or a room in an old parents friends house which your never going to see again? i remember things like that.
on my 3rd birthday i had a party, my parents filmed the whole thing on VHS and took heaps of pictures, but there are 2 guests that arent on film or photos.
i remember an old woman and an old man, i remember them clearly but its fuzzy at the same time, like watching a movie and turning it off at the climax, you still have an idea what the movie was about but wish you saw the climax.
thats what its like, sorry i confuse you at some point. but anyway they stood chatting to them self, sitting on the outdoor love swing, then my dad came up and took me to cut the cake and i didnt see them again, or atleast i dont remember seeing them if i did.
Well anyway a week ago i was rumaging through old boxes and found a heap of video casets with things entitles school play, holiday, the usual. one said 3rd birthday of mine, so i poped it on. all the while i was looking for those 2 old people, apart from my grandparents, there was nobody else over the age of 40.
the thing that disturbs me the most is that my dad came up to me filming me, i was speaking between words and noises like any toddler does, i think i said, "do you see them" more like "dew u schee mm" whilst pointing at the love swing. my dad just continued talking to me, making cooing sounds and took me to get the cake. In the video, in the corner of the screen, the love seat was empty.
i clearly remember that that was when i saw them because i can see through my point of view watching my dad film me, and seeing the old couple watching me now, that was the last i saw of them.

so, did i see ghost's? ive never seen anything like that ever again, but does it mean anything? am i like the woman off medium?

Question #8:

Please help - I broke up with girlfriend because she had cybersex.?

Any help that anyone can give would be much appreciated.

So my girlfriend had been using my computer the other day to check her e-mail. Later that night, while she was in bed sleeping, I opened the computer to check my own e-mail to see if I'd heard back on a job I'd applied for. When the screen came to life, her e-mail inbox was open and one of the most recent e-mails that she'd received was entitled "re: sexy pics xxx." This message was obviously a response to one that she'd previously sent. When I opened it, I found four pictures of another man's penis. I looked at the original e-mail (the one she'd sent) and it contained four pictures of my naked girlfriend.

Needless to say, I was shocked and very hurt to see that she was engaging in this kind of activity. I am not one at all to invade someone's privacy but I had to know if this was a consistent occurrence in our relationship. I scrolled down to the around the date our relationship started and counted about 10-11 different exchanges exactly like this one. Even more distressing, some of the e-mails contained the text of their discussion. The text hurt more than the pictures, because she was acting out our most intimate fantasies with other men. Additionally, there were 2 or 3 occasions where she had posted videos of herself for her partners to watch.

I discovered this four days ago and immediately broke up with her. I am having a difficult time coming to grips with my decision to end this incredible relationship. It had lasted for about 20 months. She keeps trying to explain to me that it was only to get attention and that it meant nothing to her, "It is just like looking at porn for me." She's also telling me over and over again how much she loves me and will do anything to ensure our relationship doesn't end. She is 21 and I am 25. We have, since day one, had the most incredible relationship. We were best friends. We are amazingly in love and have mind-blowing sex all the time. She has explained to me that her internet sex has absolutely nothing to do with our love-life, or our relationship as a whole. She says that she'll never do it again, and that she has never actually cheated on me. I don't entirely believe her, although I don't have reason to believe otherwise.

I am aware that everyone views matters of intimacy and cheating through a different lens. For me, this is cheating. I've asked her what she'd do were the situations reversed, and she isn't able to give me an answer. I know that she is what I've always wanted, we've discussed as much countless times while we talked about starting a family together. I know that time heals all (or most) wounds, and that it's only been four days, but I can't envision ever getting those images out of my mind. To me, it hurts the most that she was using another man to live out these fantasies. I don't, in any way, care what she has done before we were together. I care that while we were together, she acted out our most personal and intimate sexual experiences with other men.

If this helps, we've always been extremely open about the things that turn us on, what we watch to get excited, exactly what we like and don't like in bed, and nearly every other aspect of our love lives. On numerous occasions we've discussed what material (types of porn) we use when we masturbate and how we go about it. This never, ever came to light. I suppose that is why it hurts me even more, because there has been an environment of honesty when it comes to intimacy between the two of us. We both have some very risque and unusual fantasies that we've openly talked about and then acted out together. This, however, never came to the surface.

Am I making too much out of this? I personally don't think so because I'm heartbroken and I feel that my trust has been abused. She emotionally connected with other men in an intensely sexual nature. I feel used and disgusted right now. The fantasies that she had such a hard time opening up to me about, obviously because it is difficult to say things that are so personal, were ones that she'd acted out countless times during the beginning of our relationship, and numerous times since we did them together, with other men over the internet.

Again, thanks for taking the time to read all of that, any help would be much appreciated.

Question #9:

how much does it cost for the lowest iPhone 4 plan?

i don't text, i rarely use the phone, but i really need the mobile internet capability of the iPhone (i can't use an iTouch).

how much would the monthly fee for the phone be if i had minimal minutes, no texting, and the data plan?

i'm 13 and im going to be getting my first cell phone. i can make maybe $350-$450 a month, but i don't want to spend more than $100 a month on phone service.

DON'T tell me i'm too young to have an iPhone! this is the 21st Century!!!! WHY don't any of you allow any change! this is how the world works! CHANGE. just because "we didn't have these fancy schmancy machines when i was a youngin'" doesn't mean we can't have them now.

how about this, a couple hundred years ago, if a woman wore pants (not a dress) she was considered to be rebellious and disrespectful. NOW, women who wear pants aren't viewed as any different from the others.

i believe that the same thing is for today's controversy against teenagers owning electronic devices. in 150 yrs-200 yrs, we will all wonder what was wrong with us.

while i do acknowledge some of the dangers of teens owning personal internet devices (pornog.raphy, internet stalkers, identity theft etc.) i think the positives (learning from the internet, using for emergencies, useful apps like the unit converter, etc.) far outweigh the dangers. and if you're careful, you won't run into any of the dangers.

iPhones are great learning devices. i have an iPod Touch 2G, and i learned more from that awesome little device than i learned from school or books in my entire life! you all fail to realize the potential of these magnificent devices.

many of you will probably ask how i make all this money, well, here it is: i make my money by doing yard work for my parents and relatives, and doing random odd jobs around the neighborhood. i doo very well in school too (straight A's and B's) so i reel in a respectable sum every couple months to reward my good work and behavior.

i also make about the other 60% of my money by sending in video's i have made using my Mac Pro to contests. i make special effects videos and i send them in to various contests a couple times a month. i usually win because my videos are of almost professional quality, and i intend to be a film director or editor when i grow up.

i also save most of my money too. i keep it for years on end to buy hugely expensive things. i saved for 3 years to buy my Mac Pro (2.66hz 8-Core Intel Xenon) and 1 1/2 years for my 15" MacBook Pro Core i7, which i JUST bought, and it is amazing.

i am now saving for a 30" Apple HD display to accompany one of my old DELL displays.

i would also of course pay for the iPhone and the monthly fee.

please be open minded about all of this. i'm just sharing my thoughts.


haha, sorry that this is turning into more of a lecture than a Yahoo question, but i just thought i'd give you all a piece of my mind, and show you the truth, because i asked this question 4 times before, and ALL i got was a bunch of angry adults telling my i'm too young for an iPhone (or a cellular phone, for that matter)................

please......
don't do that again.......

i don't want to have to ask this Question again.... (in which case i will say im an adult...


Thanks!!!

Question #10:

What kind of Playstation 3 video game console should I buy?

I am a casual gamer and haven't bought a gaming console since the PS1 about 15 years ago and I really want to buy a PS3 because of the cool graphics, the Blu-Ray and sound capabilities. and pretty much everything else it does. Now I know much more about computers than video games, and I have read that the PS3 ( Slim ) is available in several hard drive configurations ( I believe 360 GB is the largest size available ), but I have seen on gaming forums and websites that there are people who modiify or customize their PS3 with the hard drive of their choosing and do all kinds of other neat things with it. So if I can modify my PS3 to my specifications, than that pretty much negates the fact that I should spend $350 on the most expensive one, right? Also, I have read that the PS3, albeit only the older ones, have somthing called an Emotion Engine that plays the back catalogue of PS2 and PS1 games. Is that available on the new PS3 Slim and if it is not how can I get one? Thank You for viewing my question and I appreciate any useful feedback. I

Question #11:

My video game passion problem?

Hey guys, I wonder if you can help me out? It's a very serious problem, and I have tried another site(xbox.com/fourms) to help me out, but they kept trolling. Wondering if you could help?


Hi friends, I don't even know how to start. Well, let me just say that evidently, this thread will most likely be off topic, and will most likely get locked by the moderator eventually.

But over the past years of being a Xbox Live member and posting on the forums, I have found this board the most friendlist forum site ever. This leads me to discussing my "video game problem" if you shall call, on this website, since there is no where else to go. And don't let the the word "problem" get to you because it is not relevant to what you may think as an addiction. Let me start. I have been a gamer all my life. I started at age 2 playing my older brother's NES. I remember it quite clearly too. Growing up on Duck Hunt, Mario, and Bionic Commando. I am 15 right now. Like any, I have been a passionate and hardcore gamer all my life, and being that, I have gained a well complex mind of the Video Game Industry, Video Game Development,etc and how it works. Thanks to the fellow communities I have been, especially you guys. Like I said, at a very early age, I started to self observe the industry, how it works,etc. More than just gaming if you can say that. More than just a simulation. I have, or had, a huge passion for it. Along with that, like any rational human, I started to gain self knowledge, more learning about the environment around me, etc. I started having problems and situations at a young age, where those kind of things would most likely happen around the age of 18-20, but i had experienced of that. I know I might have not been too frank, but it is not important, just know i started to become smart, not academically, but more in a type of philosophy, such as establishing views about everything around me, and let me just say, I have greatly benefited from that. And much of that involves Video Games. See, I saw video games more than just a simulation, more than just a fantasy world that you could escape to for a couple hours, or probably ten hours lol. I saw a huge oppurtunity to self express myself in it. As a author self expresses their feeling in characters of stories, or as an musician, who self expresses in music. I became a visionary in my head. Not only games, but many of my other interests. Anyways, I dont want to be self centered or anything, but I saw gift. A gift that I could come up with things and visions of my interests, especially games, so clear, and so perfect. Overall, for much of my years, i was planning on becoming a game developer/director. Now that im 15, for a year now, and i started to gain much interest in many other things, which is normal for my age, and started to become a visionary in those, but being a freshman in high school, school work has caught up to me, and leaving little time for games. Which i hate, because i have, or had a passion for them.

Now, me playing not playing games often for almost 6- 12 months is a big thing for me, and the interests that i have much love for, and school work, have been getting in the way for me playing games. Now there were weekends where i have played games for long hours during the school year, but that wasnt often. And every time that happened, it seemed that i have been getting less and less interest for games, and farther and farther away, but at the same time, I dont want to. I know if feels like im getting away from games, but like i said, i dont want to because its been apart of me for so long, and i still somewhere deep in my heart still love them. I know games is games for many people out there, but its been a huge part of my life, and sometimes getting emotional. And it kills me that this stuff is happening. Adam Sessler has been a huge inspiration for me, and I have related to him so much with the Soapboxes he makes on G4. And every time i feel this way and watch his soapboxes, it makes me want to get that vibe again. That vibe and excitement of that passion i had for games. I still remember the days of playing halo 2, and getting ready for halo 3, and almost crapping my pants from excitement. That was the last game i was that excited for. The rest was, i was kind of excited but i started to have patience with them. So anyways, I guess if you guys, the community, can help a fellow gamer out. Is there anything you guys can help me? Get that vibe,feeling, and excitement for the games and passion? I had so much planned for it. I forgot to mention, that with those visions and visionary i am, i always stayed stationary with those ideas. Never able to advance. Starting is the hardest part. So please gamers, help me? please? I think i feel a little passion now since it almost took half and hour expressing my self with these words.

Question #12:

How come women are regarded as weak?

We probably deal with more pain than a man has to in his lifetime.

1. Every month, we bleed for about 4 or 5 days. We have to look at our OWN BLOOD. We have to change our tampons every 4 hours, and we constantly worry about blood leaking. Sometimes when we're changing tampons, we get our own blood on our fingers. Click Here that is a video of a guy who sees a 'bloodied' tampon (it is only ketchup) and VOMITS on the ground.
2. We have to give birth. We have to carry a baby around inside us for 9 months, and finally give birth to it, which takes hours of intense pain, probably the most painful thing a woman has to go through(?) arguably.
3. Menstrual cramps. Not all women get them, but alot do. 8 out of 10 women get them regularly. It feels like an awful ache in the lower stomach that NOTHING helps with, only painkillers, which are a pain to take in themselves. Women can get cramps so bad that they can't walk (this has happened to me before.)
and many other things. We get discriminated against, men call us weak because they know that they wouldn't be able to deal with half of the stuff I mentioned.

I have seen ALOT of men cry when they break their leg in a football match. I have broken my wrist before and didn't cry. Alot of the men I know would cry at the thought of: labour, menstrual cramps, looking at their own blood. What are your views?
Mike, we aren't frail. We carry other human beings inside us for 9 months.

Question #13:

What is your opinion on the abuse on Conklin Dairy Farm in Ohio?

I posted a question with a copy of the case on here but it was deleted. I hope this time my question is able to be posted and not removed because to me this is a very serious case of animal abuse ever recorded.

This Dairy Farm is in Plain City Ohio and it is just the most horrific footage ever caught. I first want to thank Mercy For Animals for doing this investigation and putting a stop to this Dairy Farm. I hope this farm will be put out of business and burned to the ground.

This investigation was only a month long. They gathered enough video footage to put this place out of business and put all behind bars and serve time allowed in the state of Ohio. Unfortunately each count only gets 90 days in jail and each count amount is $750.00 fine. Not enough and something needs to be done here. The owner Gary Conklin wrote a letter stating they do not condone animal cruelty at his farm. That is odd, because he was in the first video smiling and laughing into the camera and repeatedly and viciously kicked the cows in the face, head and kneck numerous times with extreme force. Others joined in as well but one man in perticular (25 year old Billy Joe Gregg of Delaware) enjoyed what he did and verbally spoke of it as he held down baby calves (newborn) and stomped on their heads, beating cows with crowbars, stabbing them with pitchforks and punching them in the heads. Other horrific acts were done by these men (other workers engaged in this beating of these baby calves and cows). Just horrible and totally uncalled for. Vicious men with a potential to be serial killers. I am sure these men are not good human beings to put so much enjoyable pain on animals. Imagine what they are like in their own homes. I can not believe the owner of this Dairy Farm is so vicious and uncaring. He does not deserve this farm.

If you wish to sign the petition you can go to change.org to do so. Please sign this petition. If you wish to see any videos, just look up the farm or go to youtube. I could not view it all. Just the first sound of the calf/cow made me sick. I had it on maybe a few seconds. I just could not sit and view it.

I hope this question does not get deleted because all need to know about this and all need to push for tougher sentences. It is uncalled for and cruel what these men have done. Not cool at all in the eyes of the Lord, his creations. Recently they demanded he bury all carcuses. The State gave the owner 5 days to bury them or other charges will be placed against him, he did it in 24 hours. All carcuses where laying in a ditch filled with water. It was unclear how many there were. It contained enough bones that they just could not count.

I am unable to place all information here, so if you wish to view it you may look it up and do so on your own time. I find it to be just horrific and awful to view. I feel this to be the worst case of animal cruelty and abuse ever. I hope all involved are made a example of and be given longer sentences and higher fines. I hope that after they serve their time they are given HARD 10 year labor community services. I hope for the rest of thier lives they have to report once a month to be mentally evaluated and I hope they never ever are to have any animals of any kind in their presence or in their homes. I wish the worst for them and I hope the wrath of God rumbles the court houses in this case. I hope the Lord places his hand over all these men and let them feel the pain of what they have done now and for eternity here after. There are no excuses that will ever be acceptable in my eyes of this type of behavior done to animals or any animal for that matter. I am simply beside myself.

We need tougher laws in the United States. The Congress and each state Governors need to take crimes against animals serious and change the sentencing protocols. Something needs to change. We need to be our animals voices. We need to speak for them just as we speak for our babies and young adults and even our elderly who are very ill. Too many idiots out there in our world today. God help the person I ever witness being cruel to a animal or abusing a animal. God help'em.
P.S.
It's been long enough that the most important people of all turn a blind eye. The ones that allow such abuse and the ones who purposely turn their backs so they do not have to deal with it. Being a meat cutter is not wrong, but owning and working with livestock and cruely abusing them or being someone to witness this then to turn your back it wrong. Thank god that group caught wind of this horrible crime and turned them in. After the fact....we need to take a stand not run away. We need to be their voices, we need to stick up for abused animals. But if you with to not comment, I can respect that. At the same time, I don't understand it. Those individuals are sick individuals and it is normal for us to get all riled up and angry over it. It is not just me, I have seen many posts everywhere. I am here to make a stand for them and to get as many signatures as possible on change.org. Please sign and you can be annonymous.

Question #14:

Cant watch videos or view photos on any browser!?

I've tried every every browser, and ino my internet connection isnt that bad, I also have the latest version of flash player. Yet when I go on any browser, for the last month, it hasnt let me watch youtube videos fully, it crashes and wont play any more than a few seconds most times, even though I wait for a minute and it says its buffered coz that little red transparent line is 100%
I've tried messaging youtube help bit but no replies, it doesnt matter if I refresh or close my browser, or use another, or restart the laptop, it wont play correctly.
this isnt the only problem, I've had a problem viewing photos too, some times they appear broken, changed tones, inverted or other, and doesnt change when I refresh etc.
Its getting me annoyed
I just got this laptop a few months ago, and its fine, the connection speed is fine, and when I'm working offline its fine, and viewing my own saved videos hasn't been a problem at all

could it be a firewall problem? I did recently install a firewall software, but I made sure it had no effect on my browsers, but could it still effect viewing videos and or photos? or the software attached to this that allows me to watch videos or photos?

I'm not a tech person at all, but it is starting to effect how I communicate with clients online, as its effecting my downloading of images (I edit)

any ways I can stop this?
I dont think my laptop is the problem, its a fairly new make an pretty good other than these glitches?
is it firewall problem, and any ways on fixing it?
I'm using zone alarm security, should I change it?

anything? :P

Question #15:

girlfriend found weird vids I made?

Before going out with my girlfriend I was kind of obsessed with her right. I took a BUNCH pictures of her, like while she was bending ova, with tigh jeans, and some when she was at the gym working on her butt, and I had them scanned into a japanese program that like creates a 3d model of her which you can then ummmm.... Have your way with. Ahem

I made about 39 different vids with this software, most of them were of her making love and perorming oral s3x on a 3d model of myself, and sometimes multiple versions of me you know like a gangbang? but like with just me and yunk, you know really kinky stuff. Others involved machines and other people..... yo get the idea.

I eventually worked up the courage to talk to her and we ended up hitting it off and are now a couple for a few months, the problem is that she used my computer and ended up finding the vids even though they were buried inside multiple folders. Of course she was pretty freaked out, and especially since the titles of the vids were needlessly crude on my part

She said she had to leave and needs some time alone.
If the program had options for making cuddling on the couch and walking through a park while holding hands or even riding horses by the beach in the sunset videos there would have been far more of those!!!!!

I hope she doesn't think I view her as some kind of s3xual object because I truly do like her

How can I smooth this over with her?
I took the pics, and then made vids. Alex


Very handy program

Question #16:

My wife acts like I'm not home after she gets off work. She's very self absorbed. Is there something I can do?

Sorry, this is a long one but thanks for your help!

What's going on with me: I'm unemployed right now (fired from a job that I had for 7 years) and I'm going back to college. So I stay home and care for the kids all day, take care of the house, take care of the chores, take care of the shopping, make everyone's lunches, cook dinner 6 nights out of the week, and I manage the bills (but she pays them). I've changed my whole life without turning back just so I could have a happy wife/family.

What's going on with her: She's working full time (40 hours max with minimal overtime each day) as a bookkeeper. She pays the bills, cooks 1 dinner a week, and spends time with the kids. I don't mind that she doesn't do ANY chores (I'll explain why later). She's having a hard time adjusting to the idea she's the "bread winner", I've been supportive but you can tell in her attitude and her voice that she'd rather be at home.

The issue: Every day, when she gets home from work she'll eat dinner, check her email, then play/socialize on Facebook for an hour (minimum). After all that she'll either: watch a movie, read a book borrowed from the library, watch youtube videos, watch tv, play a video game (1 player), do a craft privately in the basement, or go take a nap. She'll do things with the kids but for the most part she ignores them and plays on the computer or does one of the other things I listed. After the kids are in bed she'll either jump back on the computer, watch a movie, or go to sleep for the night. On her days off (Saturday and Sunday), she plays on the computer for 1/3 of the day and the rest of the day she's spending it with the kids by inviting her girlfriends over (the ones she's socializing with all day) and having her girlfriends' kids play with ours...

The other details: Up until I lost my job, I wasn't much better. I worked 55+ hours and by the time I got home it was dinner time then time to rush the kids to bed, unless I worked an evening shift, then I would eat dinner and then go right to bed. The whole time I was working, I wouldn't do a single chore except helping put the kids to bed (which is why I don't mind she's not doing any, after all, it's her turn now) but the main difference between her and me is that although I wasn't doing chores, I wasn't self entertaining; I would spend my whole time with the kids and a little bit of time on the computer when she was playing with them. This went on for 7 years so she had to get used to entertaining herself.

The outcome I'd like: I want my wife to spend more time with me! She doesn't see that she has an issue with time management and every time I tell her that there's an issue (and I say this in a concerned way not a argumentative way), she just tells me that I'm controlling and that for 7 years that's how life was with me so why can't she do it. I told her that she's a working mom now and that the "free time" she once had has (mostly) been given to her required job (that she went to college to get so she KNEW one day she'd have to go back to work for the family) and that she needs to drop some hobbies or manage her time so she can do them in moderation while paying attention to me and the kids. I was beginning to think the only reason she wanted to stay home was so she'd have time for her hobbies and that working was "cramping her life style"...

I've tried to join in on her hobbies but she doesn't enjoy the company, sometimes she does with a movie or tv show but she generally only watches films/shows that I find uninteresting and then asks for my opinion on them like she's trying to change my view on these types of films. I'll answer politely to "play nice" but she knows it's not my preference.

I've tried to get us counseling but we have no insurance right now and with me not working it's not an option. So this is why I'm turning to advice from you -- HELP!
Men who respond to this: Don't ridicule me for being a stay at home dad... If you lost your job and never had anyone call you back for a month, how would that make YOU feel???

And who said the role to care for the kids is a woman's role? Why did you have kids if you felt that the man's role wasn't to care for the kids too?? This isn't 1950 and you're not part of the "leave it to beaver" generation any more...

This is why I don't tell people I'm home with the kids, you sexist pigs rub me wrong every time...
Some of you have made comments that "now you see how she felt when you were working and coming home to get on the computer" but what you few people have failed to realize is I worked 11 hour shifts. She's working 8. The amount of time I spent on the computer is extremely minimal compared to her time.

When I was working, I would get random days off during the week but when I was home, I was rarely on the computer, I was watching the kids when she went out with her girlfriends OR I was going with her and the kids...

So for those people who said "now you see how she felt" are you implying that this is revenge? If you are implying that, how mature is it that a 29 year old is getting revenge over something she should have settled years ago?

Question #17:

I can't stand my own father?

I'm not quite sure, but it seems I can't stand my own father. Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: I'm a nerd. Nerdier than Steve Urkel himself. I play a metric ton of video games (that's pretty much all I spend my money on; Nothing else that really interests me enough to buy) and I'm not very athletic (I'm 14 and weigh 120 lbs, and I'm incredibly scrawny.). I get straight As and I'm already taking 10th grade Honors classes. I'm also not too easy on the eyes (as stated, I'm scrawny. I also wear glasses, have a generally ugly facial structure, and have "greasy curly brown hair". None of these can be fixed. I've tried contacts, didn't work. I've tried special shampoo, didn't work, I've tried convincing my parents to let me straighten my hair, my dad didn't want me to.) Needless to say, with all these factors combined, I don't do so well with the fairer sex. I have yet to ever be in a relationship with a girl, and I've only had a few (maybe 5, 6, 7 tops) friends that were girls in the three years I've been here. My social life is miserable, I have two friends in my neighborhood, and I only see them once every two or three weeks. As far as I, and, apparently my father, are concerned, I'm a failure. At least, at this stage in life.

My dad is plenty proud of me for my grades and how smart I am, but we are two completely different people. He was the good-looking jock who was voted most likely to succeed and most popular in highschool. I'm the quiet nerd who has hardly any friends. He probably picked on kids exactly like me in his high school days. Now, something has to be said for his personality. He's a dick. Well, at least, from my point of view. I'm actually a really nice guy, and I can't count how many times I've been taken advantage of for that. Essentially, and I'm reluctant to say this, but take the personality of a "stereotypical" gay male. (Generally friendly, trusting, would never be mean to anyone) That's my personality. Although I'm certainly not gay, my dad may as well think so.

The thing I feel he is most disappointed with me in is my lack of athleticism. He played sports all year round. Football, baseball, soccer, you name it, he played it. I haven't played an actual game of a sport in years. Sure, I've thrown the baseball, or kicked around a soccer ball, but I suck at it. Sports just aren't a part of me. I don't see what's so fun in playing them or watching them. For this, I think he may as well hate me. For the past couple days, my gym class has been doing the end of year evaluation tests. Push ups, pull ups, mile run, sit ups, all that jazz. After reporting to him my time (fastest I've ever ran it) in the mile run (10:20, I know it's slow, but as I said, I'm not athletic), all he had to say was "That's pathetic. When I was in highschool, I ran the mile in six and a half minutes." Then, wanting to at least impress him a little, I told him that I had the sixth highest amount of sit-ups in a minute (50). Then he just said that was "average" and didn't give it a second thought.

The last thing I feel he hates about me is me, socially, both with the family and without. As stated above, I have very little friends, and I'm comfortable with this. While I'd love to have some more friends, I really like being alone. I don't know why; I enjoy the time I spend with friends, but I just like to be alone if given the choice. Like I said, I play video games a bunch (Usually a good 4-6 hours on weekdays), but it's not like I'm in a vacuum. I talk to friends over Xbox Live, including my real life friends, relatives my age, and friends I've met over Xbox live.

My dad will never pass up an opportunity to take a crack at me, whether it be for how puny I am, how antisocial I am, or how un-athletic I am. While all of these are certainly true, I get enough of this type of thing at school, being made fun of on a regular basis. I don't need it from my dad at home. This is part of the reason I stay upstairs in my room, secluded from the rest of the family.

I guess what I'm trying to say in all of this is: How do I approach this? My dad certainly isn't open to me just "talking about my feelings"; I sometimes shed a tear or two (unintentionally, I can't control it) when I get really angry at someone, and a couple times over the past year or so it's happened be tween us, and he just finds it funny and says I'm acting like a baby. He's not someone I can just talk to and ask him to stop. My life is miserable, and right now there are only two things keeping me motivated: Video games, as simple as they may be. I always want to play them, and they are responsible for some of the most fun times I've had in recent years. They are just fun. Secon

Question #18:

How much does homeschooling affect a child's psyche?

Ok so here's the background:

My little brother is 8 and I am 21 (Big age difference I know), so I am half brother and half third parent sometimes. My mom, who worked for the school system for some time, actually despises the school system now. My dad is more indifferent about it. My brother and I both dropped out of high school early to go to college (with full support from mom). My sister is an honor roll student in high school who wants to do the same thing. So... My family has different views when it comes to schooling.

Now my 8 year old brother is already sick of school. He gets great grades and his reading comprehension level is phenomenal. He's great at computers and seems to follow in my oldest younger brother's footsteps. At 8 years old he is working on his first website (no joke) and asks my dad about how to become affiliated with Youtube so he can upload tutorials about his video games and make money as a Youtube partner. This was his own idea. Suffice to say, the kid is smart.

Outside of school, he is a Boy Scout and he excels at Karate. This is ironic because he is such a gentle, passive kid. He is so passive that he has allowed himself several times to be pushed around by other kids in school because he doesn't want to have to hurt them. He comes home sad sometimes about his so-called "friends" being mean to him. He is frustrated with school because he feels like it is too easy and "The teacher makes him do the same stuff over and over after he already gets it."

My parents are about to have only him left in the house and they want to travel. They feel as though homeschooling might be the best option considering that they could take him on the road if need be and that this would alleviate his school problems. They are not sure if this is the best option and they want to know more abut homeschooling. They have been asking about my experiences with school and what it would have been like if I was home schooled.

I personally am worried about the idea. As much as I hated the academic part after about 3rd grade, It gave me a lot of great experiences. I made a lot of friends, I played sports, I was involved in the arts programs... Basically everything non-academic I liked and did well in. I just can't imagine having not experienced all of that. Then again, I am a very social person.

So I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge or experience as to how this affects kids. Wouldn't keeping a kid out of social events only exacerbate their social problems? Honestly, I have me quite a few home schooled kids after high school. Some are ok, but quiet, home of them you would have never guessed are home schooled, but most seemed to be socially awkward and anxious. Maybe this is just my own experience. We just want to weigh the pros and cons.

Does anybody know what would be the best thing to do in this situation?
Is this something to really worry about?


Thanks for reading and I appreciate the help!

Question #19:

Girlfriend found weird vids I made?

Before going out with my girlfriend I was kind of obsessed with her right. I took pictures of her and I had them scanned into a japanese program that like creates a 3d model of her which you can then ummmm.... Have your way with. Ahem

I made about 39 different videos with this software, most of them were of her making love and perorming oral s3x on a 3d model of myself, and sometimes multiple versions of me, you know really kinky stuff. Others involved machines and other people..... yo get the idea.

I eventually worked up the courage to talk to her and we ended up hitting it off and are now a couple for a few months, the problem is that she used my computer and ended up finding the vids even though they were buried inside multiple folders. Of course she was pretty freaked out, and especially since the titles of the vids were needlessly crude on my part

She said she had to leave and needs some time alone.
If the program had options for making cuddling on the couch and walking through a park while holding hands videos there would have been far more of those!!!!!

I hope she doesn't think I view her as some kind of sexual object because I truly do like her

How can I smooth this over with her?

Question #20:

the government is evil. My song to the government. Tell me if you like it? It's just a song.?

The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish.
A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist.
Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond
And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran.
They bombed innocent people, trying to murder Saddam.
When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran.
This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
Cause Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings..
I break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish.
The Judas I hang with, the guilt of betraying Christ.
You murdered and stole his religion, and painting him white.
Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy
Conservative political right wing, ideology
Glued together sloppily, the blasphemy of a nation
Got my back to the wall, cause I'm facing assassination
Guantanamo Bay, federal incarceration
How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?
Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves
Corporate America, dancing offbeat to the rhythm
You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?
Human rights violations, we continue the saga
El Salvador and the contras in Nicaragua
And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison
Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism

It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandanna full of glittering, generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Read about the history of the place that we live in
And stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children


Flow like the blood of Abraham through the Jews and the Arabs
Broken apart like a woman's heart, abused in a marriage
The brink of holy war, bottled up, like a miscarriage
Embedded correspondents don't tell the source of the tension
And they refuse to even mention, European intervention
Or the massacres in Jenin, the innocent screams
U.S. manufactured missiles, and M-16's
Weapon contracts and corrupted American dreams
Media censorship, blocking out the video screens
A continent of oil kingdoms, bought for a bargain
Democracy is just a word, when the people are starving
The average citizen, made to be, blind to the reason
A desert full of genocide, where the bodies are freezing
And the world doesn't believe that you fighting for freedom
Cause you fucked the Middle East, and gave birth to a demon
It's open season with the CIA, bugging my crib
Trapped in a ghetto region like a Palestinian kid
Where nobody gives a fuck whether you die or you live
I'm trying to give the truth, and I know the price is my life
But when I'm gone they'll sing a song about Immortal Technique
Who beheaded the President, and the princes and sheiks
You don't give a fuck about us, I can see through your facade
Like a fallen angel standing in the presence of God
Bitch niggaz scared of the truth, when it looks at you hard


It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view in the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandanna full of glittering, generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Martial law is coming soon to the hood, to kill you
While you hanging your flag out your project window


Yeah..
The fourth branch of the government AKA the media
Seems to now have a retirement plan for ex-military officials
As if their opinion was at all unbiased
A machine shouldn't speak for men
So shut the fuck up you mindless drone!
And you know it's serious
When these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign
To try to convince you they're fair and balanced
When they're some of the most ignorant, and racist people
Giving that type of mentality a safe haven
We act like we share in the spoils of war that they do
We die in wars, we don't get the contracts to make money off 'em after wards!
We don't get weapons contracts, nigga!
We don't get cheap labor for our companies, nigga!
We are cheap labor, nigga!
Turn off the news and read, nigga!
Read... read... read...





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