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Assassination is by definition a politically motivated murder, usually of a leader or influential figure. If governments "assassinate" others then they are enforcing their political direction using force and violence, which I see as fascist, authoritarian, and using fear to coerce and enforce...

No. Wrong-wing. Seriously though, right-wing doesn't mean anything in terms of inherent qualities. Solo has some good points. Labelling things as "right-wing' and "left-wing" is an incredibly closed-minded way of analysing political ideas and opinions.

Because a culture riddled with alcoholism and neglect of children is equal to others.

Re: Music? What's a good music to listen to?? No one can tell you what you should listen to. That's something for you to find out yourself. If you like any music now, do some quick searching for music similar to it - Google, Youtube, and Last.fm can help you here. I cannot stress enough...

I find it interesting to see how much diversity of beliefs there are even between those who agree on the (non)existence of God. I found this and found it interesting and worth a read for anyone interested in this subject. http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a0293.pdf. "Dialogue Between a Priest...

It's not about intelligence. It's about what sort of society they are accustomed to. You can't expect people from Aboriginal communities to integrate with our society because they are not used to our way of life. It's like trying to live in fucking Sweden without learning a word in Swedish. It's...

Do they want their kids to grow up in a depressing third-world community within a very privileged nation, and continue to be influenced by alcoholic elders and eventually commit suicide? If they are complaining about the suicide rate they have no choice.

I don't think anyone in this thread is wrong

This is a philosophical question on much broader terms than what we are talking about now, and is therefore irrelevant. We could derail this thread by answering this question, or we could ignore it and save it for another time.

They cannot adapt without proper education. They've already grown up in another society - their minds have been moulded. You know what's ironic is that to me it seems the best course of action would be to put children from such communities into foster homes so they can grow up and go to school...

Suicide is not the problem. Suicide is the reaction to the problem. From what I can tell we have third-world living conditions right here in Australia. I don't know much about the politics and technical sides of this issue, so I don't really know what can be done here. But I would see the main...

If I were an idealist I would suspect that people who wish to travel in a quiet environment would all travel in the quiet carriage, so it will only contain like-minded people and thus it is self enforced. However I am not an idealist and I doubt this will be the case.

Once a day, but usually cold or mild temperature.

And? People would be dead because they are stupid. I think it's a good thing. Cull population growth by giving people the freedom to kill themselves. Kill two birds with one stone. I just realised the sarcasm in that. However there is a point to be made here.

The whole point is to make the warning labels more prominent. If you look at the proposed packaging designs, all it shows is a massive picture of cancer or rotten teeth or whatever. There's a tiny little brand label at the bottom. So it looks like you've bought a box of cancer, literally. That's...

This.

This is true. We are really only speaking in hypothetical, theoretical and philosophical terms.

Anyone can shoot someone. Most people can't stab or club someone to death. It's too confronting and requires too much participation from the perpetrator. You have to actually force the life out of someone. It's an emotional thing, something a lot of people will either be disturbed by, or...

Does it need to be true? I don't think it is true. I'd go a step further and get rid of the images on cigarettes. The sort of people who smoke are not the sort of people who are going to be reminded of the dangers of smoking and stop. People who already make the conviction not to smoke are not...

You have also missed my point. It does not make you want to kill someone. But you are not likely to think twice before doing so. If you already have the inclination to kill someone, and you go out with a gun, you're probably going to kill them. If you go out with a knife, when it comes to the...