Sep 11 2011: @StaalOrm Islam is none of the things you mentioned, and it's ignorant people like you who fuel the hatred towards it. The people who commit those terrible acts in the name of Islam are ignorant of their own religion, so blame them, not Islam. I hope you realize there are millions of Muslims in the world. In fact, it's the second largest religion. Don't you think if you theories about them were true then terrorism would be more widespread? It's terrible that you just jump into the conversation about Islam and cause hate for it when you don't even have an ounce of accurate information about it. You don't even know what that does to Muslims. They go through racism and bias on a daily basis because of this. I'm Muslim. I love the U.S. And I've never wanted to kill anyone. And so do most Muslims, it's just people who spread false stereotypes like yourself who could be this cruel towards people you've probably never even met. There's more to life than what's on the TV.
Sep 7 2011: That's good, and maybe I might be able to start something here in dallas. You know, in rooms that have an entire wall as a window, I think it would be even better to turn the lights off completely during the day, unless it's dark outside.
Sep 7 2011: you made some very good points, but unfortunately the people making insane amounts of money in the world don't usually donate a lot, especially not enough to completely solve hunger, or even on a wide scale. You're absolutely right, though, they SHOULD be donating their money, and when you make as much money as some people do it seems absurd to not to give it to those who have nothing at all. In terms of the droughts, I thought maybe teaching that sort of harsh-conditions agriculture and developing and irrigation system would be a great idea but it's also a huge project that would not only require money but many, many volunteers. Any way you put it, it seems, it costs an enormous amounts of money to implement a project on a scale that would significantly impact those in need. As for relocation, it would be very difficult to relocate those people to places with sufficient amounts of food, because the vast number of people who are starving is staggering. And if we really did manage to move all those people, it might cause food shortages in the towns we move them to. As I said before, hunger is a deeply complex problem made worse nowadays by the worldwide economic issues we face even in the U.S. But I'm sure any solution we have for hunger would be found agreeable by anyone suffering from something so terrible.
Sep 6 2011: Because space travel is unnecessary. It's main purpose is for knowledge, and even though that is certainly important, I think the incredible amounts of money put into NASA and the space program is too much, and even though astronomy is fascinating and interesting, it definetly shouldn't be the world's top priority. And in terms of education, kids already aren't interested in school, and reform of the system as a whole is already an issue, without focusing in one area like space travel.
Sep 6 2011: The UN doesn't really do much already. They aren't very involved in the middle east, and it wouldn't change much if they were. I think the arab countries should create a union among themselves, and that way they could keep each other in check.
Sep 6 2011: I don't think getting the government involved will help towards peace significantly. change like that shouldn't come from government, it should come from individuals. It should come from people who have been or still are affected by violence, because they are less corruptible and more passionate and driven in contrast to government officials. It could maybe be and outside-of-government organization.
Sep 6 2011: there are a lot of reasons, which, added to the fact that it's so widespread, is why it's such a difficult issue to fix. The fact that food costs money is among the biggest, because extreme poverty makes it impossible to get food for most people where starvation is most prominent. plus, when you've got areas like somalia where there's an incredibly harsh drought, and you can't grow crops locally on a large enough scale to feed everyone, then of course starvation is going to follow. One of the closest we can get to a solution would be to teach locals how to grow crops and have donations to the area directed at irrigation and other agricultural needs for beginning farmers.
Sep 6 2011: yeah, I've always noticed huge office buildings with the lights turned on inside when there is clearly no one there. the energy consumption from that must be huge. maybe dimming the lights would be a good idea, and starting a campaign for that should start within government buildings because they themselves do this as well. or, the best thing to do would be to keep the lights lit on the first floor only, as there is no need to prevent crime from the upper floors from the outside, at least.
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