Some of us are mirror images of our parents or we share many of the same traits/ticks/idiosyncracies. But we are not all chips off the same old block. What determines what parts of... moreSome of us are mirror images of our parents or we share many of the same traits/ticks/idiosyncracies. But we are not all chips off the same old block. What determines what parts of the DNA kick in after birth and which run silently/mutely beneath the surface having little or no effect?
Set Politics aside. He is 80 and has served his country well and with distinction. I think he deserves respect and compassion no matter what your political ideology is. Do you?
Some say we ought not put such labels on people. They are judgmental. We ought to avoid using them. Do you agree with that? Are such words informative and useful or are they all ex... moreSome say we ought not put such labels on people. They are judgmental. We ought to avoid using them. Do you agree with that? Are such words informative and useful or are they all expendable? If you say someone is intelligent is that OK? But it's not OK to say he/she isn't so smart? If someone does a good deed should that be quietly/silently observed or commended out loud? Then what if the person does a bad deed? Are we not allowed to point that out? It's interesting how people view communication/language. For every proponent there is an opponent. You choose sides and then stay on that side and judge those who don't agree. Human nature. less
They are hardly ever affected by the laws they pass and I'm talking about the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party. What affects us should also affect them.
We were talking at work about the fact that when we were younger we pretty much amused ourselves at home, around home and with friends... holidays/vacations were taken with family.... moreWe were talking at work about the fact that when we were younger we pretty much amused ourselves at home, around home and with friends... holidays/vacations were taken with family... and nothing too exciting.. say Spain for those of us in the UK... we didn't have proms or anything flashy... if we had a car at all it was a very old car... a banger as we call it... Young adults and later teens now seem to have so much more disposable income...and so we see young people who have basically traveled the world by the time they are 20, scuba diving in the Bahamas, chilling in Antigua, flying from the UK to Vegas for the weekend as it if it were nothing... no old grotty cars for them, they have flashy cars and erm sexually so many of them have done everything, and I mean everything.. I wonder what happens when they've tried everything...where's to go? Or does it all just get more and more extreme? That's my betting.. that everything has to be more extreme to get the same level of excitement from holidays, c... less
