I'm a member on a different forum that has fairly good moderators. If an issue gets too far off topic or the posters become too offensive and annoying, they either lock the post or ban the offensive members for a spell. It works well enough. As there are trolls out there who look for an opportunity to be annoying and/or offensive it is nice to have moderators who can render assistance when needed.
Personally, I don't mind when the label is clear. But I do hate it when some people manage to turn every political/societal/economic issue into a debate about religion. It's annoying.
I love TvTropes.org because they don't really spoil the fun but open ones eyes to all the tricks the writers and showproduces use. The style is a mix between satire, irony and literary studies that create a very enjoyable reading experience - for me anyways. I liked the episode of The Event.. but whoa, the President was really playing hardball.
24 is a lot of fun! Personally, I like the earlier seasons best. If you don't know it yet, I recommend TVTropes . I linked the article for 24 .. it's pretty funny and interesting.
I checked it out - yay for internet streaming *cough* - and I liked it. It's a good conspiracy scifi fun popcorn show with aliens. It has all the right ingredients to make up good entertainment, and nice ambiguous characters. It's also nice to see that the government spy types are not portrayed as absolute incompetents nor as evil puppeteers behind the scenes so far because that trope gets old fast. The inner workings of Sophia's people are also interesting.. I'm gonna keep watching.
[quote]Like the Sniper's TeeShirt says, "Don't run...You'll just die tired".[/quote] That's dark.. also funny, but mostly dark.
Hi! Long time since I replied here :) but I wasn't sure if my PM got to you or not. I'm still alive.. just a lil hectic. Ill come around more often - now I have like this huge backlog of stories I have to catch up on from you lol Best Ruth
[quote]Which reminds me, what is with your new Avatar? I did not see an answer to a question I asked on another thread. You like Cat baths? [/quote] Sorry for not answering. Usually, I don't llike cat baths (cats have pretty rough tongues) .. but I love this cartoon. It's so nuts - I have to grin everytime I see it.
Falls into the same category.. but not exactly the same. There is a general question connected to this, namely how far nationstates have the obligation to protect their citicens from danger/harm that originates from an international organisation (like the CERN) and of which they are a member of. But the court avoided broaching that hot potatoe. Principally, that woman does raise the legitimate general concern about unintended (harmful) consequences connected to technological progress.
I don't really know what Hitler did in regards to homeschooling.
A german woman living in Zurich filed a suit with the german Supreme Court in Karlsruhe against the end of the world. The court denied hearing the case.. The lady in question wanted to commit Germany to actively do something about the CERN because the scientific experiments there threatened the destruction of the world (the Cern might create tiny black holes). Germany had the obligation to intervene at least until the warning of the impeding doom could be empirically confuted. <b
I have a good friend from Canada who did his masters in ethnology in Germany. He went to Benin in west Africa to look into exactly that issue. But as he described it, it is different from what went on in Europe back then. He said that the family clans are huge with hundreds of memberes living in different cities. Sending your kid to an uncle or aunt for a few years so that they can work there was part of their culture, and it isn't the same as slavery. Come to think of it, you even have
Those kids were between 6,7 and 14 years old, boys and girls. Can you imagine that they crossed a wild and dangerous mountainrange without proper clothes, shoes or provisions. I forgot to mention that their parents were paid for the kids and they needed that money desperately, so you could say it was a form of slavery.
Nationanl ID card is a normal thing for me. You're required to get one once you turn 16.. at least thats how I heard it. Germany has a lot of rules that allow the government to keep tabs on you. We have to carry ID cards that have you name, dob and place of birth as well, adress, eyecolour, height - and the picture they take is biometric. Everybody I know looks like they had been just arrested.. you have to look "serious" (bah). And then we have to register in cityhall exactly where we live,
[quote]I think that is how education became a state mandate in most western countries. The perception it was for the rich, and the masses wanted it.[/quote] Not really like that. Education was seen as a positive thing very early on. In fact, that is how universities developed in the first place. The catholic church was a big political power in the 12th century and they realized that they needed qualified people who were studied in churchlaw etc. The first universities were in Bologna and Pari
It was a ugly blue little frog. What did you think it was? lol Isn't is also part of the rivarly between units to steal the mascots (if there are any)? Usually, that is done in good fun though. I read about that in regard to the anapolis bill the goat and attempts to kidnap him/it before a game by some westpoint students.
One of my favourte cartoons by Gary Larson.. I love Larson's warped sense of humour. I can sit the whole afternoon looking through my books snickering. Glad you like it. I wish I knew how to upload pics from my computer, I've got some really funny ones.
sounds like some warped form of capture the flag. I thought military culture especially values the importance of symbols. It is really not very soldierly (as far as I can tell but I've no contact with military culture at all) to steal the unit symbol. Very petty.
I think compulsory education in Germany stems from a time where education was really viewed as a unnecessary luxury by alot of people, especially in rural areas, and especially so in catholic rural regions. If children are in school they can't work - so many weren't so keen on sending their kids to school at all. Teaching them at home was never the issue.. The debate today about wether homeschooling is good or not is a very different one. For many kids, especially if they don't have a
A 15 year old guy/gal who starts to learn the trade of a carpenter or any other vocation has to go to vocational school as well as part of his education where he has regular subjects like math and english but also more specific subjects to the trade he/she is learning. It is a special school for people who learn a trade, but it isn't the same as a vo tech school in the US because they are only for students who are in an apprenticeship. The German school system is totally complicated -
[quote]Basically most European countries are Nation States - in other words, all the people have a common heritage [/quote] The idea of a nation state didn't really take hold until mid 18th/19th century, and it took until 1871 until the first german nation state was created. Take Bavaria for examble. Nominally, it is a german state, but bavaria had always been a semi important kingdom. Bavarians think of themselves foremost as bavarians and not as germans. The same is true for other d
9th grade completion certifies you officially to be accepted as an apprentice. Highschool diploma (Gymnasium/Abitur) would only be necessary if you wanted to go to university. If you know from the start that you'll take over your parents carpenter business and will be a carpenter, you don't have to go to university. That doesn't mean that a carpenter can't get a high degree of qualification. After finishing apprenticeship you have to work for 5 years before you can qualify as "Meister"
The history (compulsory) education is a long story. Personally, I don't think disallowing homeschooling is a bad thing. Who is to say that parents are qualified to teach their children - the fact that they are the parents alone?
Every child has to go to school in Germany, at least until they finish 9th grade, it's the law as well. Homeschooling isn't allowed. As a matter of fact, a german family was granted political asylum in the US a few weeks ago because of this, they wanted to homeschool their children and weren't allowed to. IMO Calling that political repression is a bit much, but if you don't send your children to school they'll call social services and all kinds of troubles head your way. We didn't hav
I don't really understand the american schoolsystem, I mean there are things that are really odd like this attendance taking or requiring a hallpass to go to the bathroom or being written up for being tardy etc. It took a while for me to got used to that when I was an exchange student because we didn't have anything like that in germany. Creating a nuisance for parents by requiring them to come in before allowing a replacement test with a docked grade no less would have never had happ
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