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Re: Eid should be a national holiday

Ultimately certain holidays recognized within America that are considered denominational also have a superficial component appended on to the already existing (more religiously oriented) traditions. Granted, Christmas is celebrating the birth of Jesus but simultaneously, a major constituent of the holiday includes a tree, presents, and Santa Clause. Likewise, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, yet around April, I seldom see advertisements involving this. Rather, I see a shitton of...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-16-2007 in Should Eid be a national holiday?

Re: Kashmir Belongs to Pakistan

Although in reality I feel like Kashmir should gain its own independence sans the aid from both Pakistan and India, I feel the need to take India' side simply because your argument is stupid (:)). Foremost, I obviously agree-Kashmir is mainly a Muslim state. However, what is that supposed to mean? There are more Muslims in India than there are in Pakistan, hence with the same logic you are using, Kashmir should rightfully go to India. Next, again I agree in that India did not grant...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-16-2007 in Who does Kashmir belong to?

Re: If might always made right, we'd all be in trouble

This also introduces the questions of if there even exists such thing as "universal morals" or a "universal right or wrong." I agree, America has never been consistent, from policies to intercessions. However, is it possible to be 100% unvarying in a world where there is no common consensus on what is right or wrong? Granted, America does come off as imposing their own standards to other nations; however, do they have a choice when no one true set of values even exists?...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-17-2007 in Does might make right? -- America's global role

Re: Teleportation, hands down

Reading minds. I feel like conflicts are escalated, your mind is tormented, hours are dissipated, misapprehensions exist at a much higher degree etc etc- all because you have no idea what that other person is thinking. Granted, one can argue that ignorance is bliss- and that reading minds would if anything escalate the aforementioned to an even greater extent.. that's why I suppose it's fortunate that superpowers are unattainable, if anything..

Posted by Neeraja on 12-17-2007 in What would be the most beneficial superpower?

LeBron=overrated

You are nonsense. Lebron is very overrated, for the following reasons: 1. His stats are very inflated and skewed. For instance, in the 25 points or so he'll make in one game, at the very most 45% will actually be shots that may be deemed worthy. The vast vast majority (over 75%) of his shots are within the 10-15 foot vicinity of the basket, and since when has that been acceded to being called "the best" ? 2. He single-handedly took his team to the finals.. that is,...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-20-2007 in Who is currently the best player in the NBA?

Re: I like a familiar face, but also a new one too!

It's all about the money- it has been noted that if after compensating for inflation, if the same budget and production values are invested into a sequel, it will yield more profit than the first. Even if the first sequel was not as successful, the second or third will compensate for it (for instance, this happened in the instances of Rush Hour, American Pie trilogy, etc.) Hence, in the perspective of investors/directors/actors, sequels are considered lucrative and propitious. On...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-20-2007 in Sequels vs. Orignal Ideas

Re: Can't memorize the LSAT

I really don't think the two are comparable in any sense other than it being a grad school requirement. The MCATs requires learning and retaining a shitton of information, and having the ability to apply it to questions that have manipulated that aforementioned knowledge. On the other hand, LSATs necessitate logic and the ability to analyze. Even the structure of the exams are not analogous in any sense (for instance, the LSATs are significantly longer than the MCATs.) If both were...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-21-2007 in What is the hardest graduate school admissions examination?

Re: The Choice

There has yet to be any set rules pertaining to cohabitation- I remember reading from the Law Society a few years ago that although it has been attempted, since 2002, there has been very nominal significance in creating a set structure-perhaps that is why cohabitation may seem appealing, because there are no true restrictions, as opposed to "being wed." Simultaneously, in a legal outlook, I only see cohabitation as adverse. Taking into account the difficulties that would exist in...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-21-2007 in Marriage vs. Cohabitation

Re: blah blah

I think there is a fine line between "necessary" and "unnecessary" lab animal testing. I recall reading that about 50-100 million vertebrate animals are used in the "name of science" yearly. Although I am not at all against the use of animals for the use in research, simultaneously I wonder how much of the possible 100 million deaths was actually necessary..this is where "necessary" vs "unnecessary" comes into play. I agree, for anything...

Posted by Neeraja on 12-21-2007 in Lab Animal Testing...To what extent is it truly necessary?

Re: Making your bed is a waste of time

I agree-complete waste of time. If there were some hidden benefits to making ones bed (that it gets rid of the astronomic amounts of germs that accumulates in your bed for instance..apparantly your pillow itself gains several pounds in weight weekly from the skin and dust it agglomerates,) that would be pretty cool. But to my knowledge, making a bed is just that-making a bed.

Posted by Neeraja on 12-23-2007 in Do you make your bed? What's the point?

re: official language?

To this day, the United States has no official language at the federal level (although it is the official language of about 28 states.) Granted, this adds on to the conglomerate that is America, and the massive melting pot of ethnicities. Moreover, by not establishing no one set language, translators in hospitals (etc) are funded for by the government. On the other hand, this would force everyone to learn English in an already English-dominant nation, eliminating language barriers that...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-02-2008 in Official Language of America?

Its been proven..

At least from the AIDS/HIV approach, comprehensive Sex Ed has been shown to be far more cogent than abstinence only education. In developing nations such as India/Africa, HIV-infected patients have decreased around 20% in the last 5 years since the standard sex ed curriculum has been amended (to dictate "use protection" vs "don't have sex altogether.) This has yielded the same response within America. Moreover, its been shown that there is now an exceedingly better (more...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-06-2008 in Comprehensive Sex Ed vs. Abstinence Only Sex Ed.

depends

Universal healthcare is a very ideal possibility in most scenarios. Although, for instance, France has established the most realistic version of this "health dream come true," this may be accredited by the fact that France's population is small enough for a government to afford this. On the other hand, with nations like America, the amount of wealth that would have to exist before such a system can abide is colossal.. and hence improbable. Even in certain situations where a...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-06-2008 in Universal Healthcare..unrealistic or not?

censorship is futile

Censorship is a parent's defense for not raising their children properly. Honestly, if the "evils" of the world are not found in video games, they will be found in some other venue..and kids will find it. However it should be up to parents to instill that level of what's right and wrong into each kid's head.. I mean, any normally raised child should be able to attest to the fact that throwing bombs at your opponent is not the best realistic solution to any problem,...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-06-2008 in Video game censorship, do you support? Clinton does.

Re: It is possible

Universal healthcare may be possible in providing minimum access but minimum access alone is often misunderstood for being enough- if a patient is diagnosed with the same illness each time he takes advantage of whatever minimum care available (that is, what is most commonly outside of America defined as a diagnosis and a prescription that will last for a month), this is futile if the patient is not offered any long-term aid (which would be categorized as care past the minimal level.) For...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-06-2008 in Universal Healthcare..unrealistic or not?

Re: If you think about it...

Actually it sort of does matter if English is labeled as the national language.. school curriculums would have to be altered, programs made especially for Spanish speaking individuals (in jobs/schools for instance, ESL programs) would be eliminated, translators would no longer be funded for by the government (forcing hospitals to have to allocate their own funds towards having translators which would take away money from other departments)..etc

Posted by Neeraja on 01-06-2008 in Official Language of America?

Re: Re: Re: It is possible

Haha I guess at the end I just meant that despite Canada/France being successful you can't ignore the many many other nations that technically are listed as having universal healthcare that have been anything but triumphant.. and some other things that I'm too lazy to type right now. Regardless, I kind of like your argument better anyways :)

Posted by Neeraja on 01-08-2008 in Universal Healthcare..unrealistic or not?

torture

Waterboarding initially was used during the Spanish Inquisition as a form of torture... so it is kind of ridiculous that the same tactics are being used by the present day CIA with extrajudicial prisoners.Moreover, the fact that the CIA attempts to hide the fact that they use this technique (with Khalid Mohammed post the al Qaeda's 2001 attacks for instance) shows that if they felt like they were not doing something wrong, they wouldnt be attempting to hide their actions.. Even in a...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-11-2008 in Waterboarding - Torture?

both have their own advantages

When eBooks first came out, most software companies assumed they would yield enormous profits.. after all, eBooks would be in accord with the huge demand there is for anything that has to do with the internet/technology/etc. They would be the most conveniant since you would no longer have to travel to a bookstore/library for your reading needs, and for those that already spend 90% of their life in front of a computer (cough, Fariz.. jk :) ) this obviously seemed like the best choice....

Posted by Neeraja on 01-11-2008 in eBooks vs. Paper books

Re: It did exist

I think the term was first used in a book called "The Epic of Americas" by James Adam, and it talked about everyones lives being better/richer and having success based off of ability/achievement. It referred to not simply the idea of being wealthier but rather a social order in which each man can achieve that success regardless of which family they were born under. Basically it was a rip on the English system of wealth. Today, I think that the common element between the original...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-13-2008 in Is the American dream lost??

Would not work

There are alot of advantages that came from the formation of EU. Transaction costs were eliminated, which especially in the business realm proved to be useful since countries such as England have firms who spend over a billion dollars per year buying/selling foreign currencies. In fact, anything to do with currencies- price transparency (being able to actual compare goods easily), establishing a single currency in an essentially single market, low inflation rates, etc etc all were positive...

Posted by Neeraja on 01-16-2008 in Like the EU, should the North/South American countries form a union?