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• A reply on Conversation: If it was allowed would an arena with gladiators fighting to the death prove popular in modern times?

  Apr 11 2013: "Governments want to get get stronger gun laws because of it but voters don't want those laws. Guns & ammo. start selling off shelves at record pace.
  We may cloak ourselves with intellect & morals, but that cloak is tissue thin."
  
  Absolutely nailed it, my friend!
  Somewhere deep beneath this veil of sensitivity lies the desire for violent and gory entertainment.
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  A reply on Conversation: How can we best engage college students in the idea of learning instead of just getting a degree?

  Apr 4 2013: Two thumbs up, Kim. I absolutely agree with this and I remember a quote I heard a long time ago that says "you can only lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink" and that's the biggest thing about education and school itself. As an undergrad student right now, I found exactly what it is I enjoy doing and that makes the learning portion of it so fulfilling. Whether or not my professor is enthusiastic does not really bother me because either way I WANT to learn and will therefore find ways to accommodate different teaching styles for the sake of learning. I see a lot of people around me who only want that piece of paper at the end of their 3 or 4 years, not picking up a single thing on the journey and that's just not the way to live! If you're going to be there a few years anyway, why not pick up a thing or two along the way, right?
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  A comment on Conversation: Can donor funding really fix African challenges, or should we empower African communities to address their own challenges?

  Jan 23 2013: I think a few things need to be addressed on both ends. First off, those of us who wish to make a difference in Africa (with all good intentions) cannot continue to blindly provide handouts and/or donations because as I see it, this provides absolutely no incentive for the recipients to realize their potential and make a real change. On the other hand, I don't think anything from the outside will have a lasting effect because the realization must come from Africans themselves, who must be willing to bring forth change before any outside help can catalyze an awakening for communities to empower their own. Basically, we can only show others how to help themselves, and only after they themselves are willing to make a conscientious effort to change, will there ever be a change.