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What the heck does heading to the beach have to do with the plight of developing countries? This is just plain lazy on the part of the writer. I guess he couldn't think of an introduction so he just threw this together. Talk about a joke of an article.

It's a form of guilt tripping. "Oh dear that country is so impoverished!!! What in the world can I do to help!!!!".

Then there these quotes

Addis Ababa won’t be a success unless it moves the rich world to commit more resources to the very poorest among us.

and

Meanwhile, the wealthy nations must agree to deliver more foreign assistance - and send that assistance to those that need it most.

Ummm no. 1st world countries (developed) need to stop sending money to "developing"(third world) countries. That money was earned and its wealth created to the benefit of its people, not to be thrown down the gutter to some "developing" country. It is unfair to those wealthy countries people to be given the shaft in such a way, Here is what these poor countries should do to get their act together, stop popping out 5,6,7,10 kids per women that they cannot support but on international aid.

@Illyas

Mores, norms, gender roles all exist for a good reason. When the prevailing philosophy adopted by society is 'you only live once' and 'do whatever makes you happy', you're looking at the death of what once made that society great. What values built Rome, Britain, the Untied States, etc into world powers? And what values did those powers adopt prior to their fall? I don't view this issue in isolation, but as an ongoing trend towards nihilism and other such self-destructive philosophies in the West. IIIyas is absolutely correct. Something is terribly and terminally wrong in many western countries where all of these social abnormalities are being promoted as some new "norm" that should be celebrated and exalted. The novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky easily diagnosed these cultural marxist ills way ahead of his time.

Sometimes the most beloved and well revered inventions are simple in nature..

You really don't need some study to verify this. Sometimes I wonder if such researchers can't think of something more worthwhile to research other then something that is commonly known already?

A young puppy, like a human child if mistreated in its infancy will absolutely ALWAYS grow up into a violent canine that will eventually lash back violently. Have seen this happen several times.

@Alex80 Of course. Its the responsibility of the countries in which they depart from to prevent this from happening not Europe's. Don't you understand? By rescuing them, you actually incentivize an endless wave of boat illegals to come.

@Alex80

No, Italy is not acting "civil" by "saving" them. The problem with you and those that bring those boat people in suffer from one of the most destructive mental diseases that can wreck entire nations, pathological altruism.

Act of war.

If debt to GDP is 240%++ that is not a sign of a small state. It's the hall mark sign of a massively bloated state that spends more then it takes in. The same apples everywhere else.

Yep. I'd choose a fellow human every time.

Nice bit of sophistry. When did you qualify as human?

Because those that push for diversity are annoying. Not only that but it simply does not work when people would rather be around those similar to them. Strangely enough Hollywierd pushes for diversity yet its many award shows are anything but.

I was once, long ago asked a simple question that opened my eyes:

"So, you're straight right? When did you choose to be straight?"

So, assuming you are, when did you choose to be straight? Was it ever a conscious decision where you sat down and weighed the options?

Nobody does: I like girls because I do, so do lesbian women. There's nothing more to it, and it certainly wasn't something I had to decide on.

It's the same for gay people..they've just always been the way they are.

One is born heterosexual as the default position. This is due to the selfish gene pool. Our genes only care about self-preservation and propagating itself. Choosing to be gay how ever is a choice only done firstly against the default position. You do realize that if gay people were "born gay" then by default their parents had to be gay? but that would contradict the life style choice. Assuming that one is born gay then ultimately it would have to be looked at under rational basis as some sort of bio-disorder as unpolitically correct that may sound since the life style choice negates the continuation of life.

Israel is an authoritarian apartheid state.

Must be one fat Tuna by now. Survival of the fittest in full display. Reminds me of Battle Royal.

Japan was just defending itself against a force that had placed an unnecessary embargo on it. All embargo's instigate major wars. They were also appalled at the treatment of U.S ethnic Japanese nationals whom were placed in internment camps.

The ones that lack vision within U.S boards and elsewhere are those that are looking for specific genders to lead a board. A board would look for the most qualified person as a credential, not that fact that they have a birth canal.

I don't find her attractive.

The Libertarian party and Independent party already have an impossible time to establish themselves as a third party. While I would like to see the TP become a viable option over the 2 ruling parties, it wont happen. Its perhaps best as an anti-tax, anti-war, anti big govt movement of which it stands for.

If it has a growing fan base, which it does then that means females like the products that males are churning out? In that case why the need of diversity? Just because their is fan based diversity does not mean that video game developer rooms need to somehow "reflect" that. What if this diversity ruins the quality of the product which it most certainly will? I'd day if it is profitable and growing despite what ever lack of diversity then keep it that way.

I also agree with scipantheist, Diablo 3 was a total downer. Diablo2 was amazing.

@sillygirl

It's mainly a talent thing. As in very little.

I think not. It's certainly a language and marketing thing. I live in the U.S and refuse to listen to anything mainstream because well... it's all mostly garbage. Rap? it's poisonous to the human mind, Beyonce, Kanye west? hip-hop? not even.

I mainly listen to Visual key (j-rock) such as the Gazette, Alice nine and Nightcore music. Some western bands like Breaking Benjamin is also good. Miku Hatsunes vocaloids are also good. Some traditional Russian music is also very catchy.

@ Nichikolohe

Except that this is Russian roulette in reverse. Countries are competing on whom can trash their own currencies the most. The winner of this competition dies first. The others follow.

Mr Kyle was a great man.

No one should provide "aid" to these countries in the middle east. Let alone anywhere else. Aid should be strictly limited to domestic issues. This "aid" money comes from the tax payer and is funneled by force. The tax payer does not work and pay tax for the benefit of some needy person in a far off country, but for someone within his/her country.

The Smiling Titan that ate Erens mom.

We have a long way to go, and we are getting there.

And that is multi-culturalism, or pluralism, in action.

The U.S Seal says "E. Plurubus Unum, Out of many one"

The U.S was never meant to be this Multicultural mish-mash, it was actually rejected during it's foundation. Only recently during the last century was it embraced. Multiculturalism simply does not work. Also, what do you mean that "we have a long way to go"?

But that is not the point. Of course, we have serious racial strife in the US. That is because we have many different kinds of people in the US.

Because of Multiculturalism? So more diversity will result in some kind of peaceful co-existence? nope history and recent events prove otherwise.

The so called "prophet" of the religion of peace was a very violent man that led many raids and military expeditions. It's no wonder his followers commit such acts of violence when the moral example is itself violent and unacceptable in the modern world. Of course you can't say the same for say Jesus and David as well as various others. What matters most in faith are not the swathes of followers but the moral example that the founder paved.

Reunification between both Koreas is inevitable. And it is a must. The old enthusiasm for communism is dead, all that's left is a need for regime survival. Ultimately something has to be done upon reunification to better integrate the north Koreans into a modern standard of living and education similar to its south. Additionally electing local politicians from the local batch of the populace poses a unique problem. That and abolishing the Norths capital in favor of Seoul or an agreed upon new national capital is a must.

No one wants to see a female Sumo wrestler going head-to-head against a male let alone another female Sumo wrestler.

Good ruling. Anti-whalers do not have the right to disrupt commerce nor do they have the right to place others in danger just because they don't like the idea of whaling.

Why are these folk killing whales?

Have they no humanity?

You folk are making yourselves more and more isolated from the world, and Abe is speeding it along.

They are killing whales for food? Do you have no humanity? Do you not eat living organisms yourself? eg plants and animals.

<3 Snickers

And have you paused to consider the staggering hypocrisy and arrogance of the UN espousing a doctrine of democracy to these third world countries while maintaining an autocratic structure? You really need a refresher course in leadership.

Now, you need a refresher in leadership. While I don't like the U.N structure, I'd rather have 1st world countries pressure 3rd world countries as opposed to 3rd world countries pressure 1st world countries under the guise of majority rule democracy. Which is what people like you most likely want. Really the arrogance is on your part, there is a reason such poor countries are a failure.