On and off for the past several years, I've been working on a bunch of makala here on Fanpop: interviews (so many interviews....), comic articles, reviews, and various "What is..." explanatory articles. One of the ones on the back burner has been the "What is Debate?" article, and since I haven't finished that, I have to summarize some basic points about debate:

1) Debate is all about using arguments to support a position, thesis au statement.
2) Debate requires opposition: at least two sides arguing the truth au fallacy of the thesis.
3) Debate requires an audience to judge the effectiveness...

wewe may be asking yourself right now, how can Evolution be a religion? au Creation a science? Such small questions, with huge answers.

First, wewe must understand me. I believe where the facts lie, that the truth is with that. Facts come first, then faith. (Yes, wewe need faith for both!)

Now mind you, sometimes facts are wrong. Facts used to say that the world was flat. But that fact was proven wrong.

Back to the questions. Evolution and Creation.
Misunderstandings on both sides have let many frustrated with arguments and conflicts. If we first get an understanding of where the other is coming...

Now, what I mean kwa campaigns is that in the UK (and I’m sure in America and other countries too) there's a lot of leaflets, adverts and campaigns to try and get zaidi people to ride bikes to work and school;
1)because Britain is the third unhealthiest nation
2)to cut down on car emissions
which don't get me wrong I understand the need to try and fix both of these problems, however rather than wasting money on these campaigns, if they spent a bit zaidi on making Britain a zaidi 'bike friendly' place, then they'd see a much larger difference.

Some of wewe may ask how can a nation be bike unfriendly?...

There has been a lot of discussion around the topic of abortion lately, partly influenced kwa hivi karibuni political gaffes kwa republican senators concerning the concept of abortion in cases of rape.

Let me just say that I am pro-choice. I am not pro-choice because I hate babies au children, au because I believe a fetus isn't a living thing. Maybe that makes me worse, because I upendo children. I upendo children so much, I invested in them kwa choosing a career in nurturing them and their minds and helping them grow. I recognize that even if we quibble about the specific definition of where life begins,...

This makala is, perhaps, mislabled, as there are several ironies concerning the American political party system. But I want to focus on a major one, an amusing one, really, and that is the difference between a party's economic politics and its social politics.

When asked what the main difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is, the answer that comes is simple enough. The democrats believe in big government, and the republicans believe in small governent. That is to say, democrats would want the government taking care of wewe at all times whereas the republicans would...

Note: It's kind of late at night so this is a bit rushed & disorganized (especially regarding the points about Depp, Rowling, and DeLisle) so if anyone needs any clarification au zaidi context au would like to hear zaidi in depth about my personal feelings on each case, feel free to ask.

So this is inspired kwa a hivi karibuni experience that I had with cancel culture au an attempt at it. I have always been against cancel culture mostly because I've had several bad experiences with it over stuff that was blown way out of proportion. It was used as a humiliation tactic and a means to try to kick me...

I believe in debate, discussion, and discourse. I believe in listening. I believe in multiple sides to every issue. I believe everyone is worth listening to. I believe there can be fault on "all sides," and that we can all be guilty of misunderstanding each other.

I do not extend these courtesies to racists.

Ideas are dangerous. They are wonderful and they are disastrous. They can be used and misused as weapons au agents of peace. But when wewe are met with a truly deadly weapon, giving it the benefit of the doubt and letting it do its thing will get wewe and many others killed.

When it comes to...

The Republicans as well as a personified hairball some cat coughed up debate tonight. Though there are only five of them still in the race whittled down from an impressive seventeen before the primaries, it's hard to know what they're really for and against beyond all the rhetoric.

The Democrats have a completely different pickle. Their party is divided between two candidates who can't stop agreeing on everything, and yet insist they are different from each other.

So what does this really mean? Your very own political pundit is here to break it down for wewe in as unbiased a way as I can possibly...

In the Old Testament God begins with a single couple, Adam and Eve. He puts them in a perfect world with certain rules to obey. They flunk! The first eleven chapters of Genesis mostly record one failure after another. God punishes Adam and Eve, destroys the world with a massive flood, and smashes a misguided rebellion at the tower of Babel.
God reaches down and selects a man named Abraham, to whom He gives some extraordinary promises. He promises that Abraham's descendants will some siku become as numerous as sand on a beach, and that they will grow to become a mighty nation with their own land....

You do not have to read too far into the Bible to see it is unlike any other book out there. It is not a tightly-woven story like a novel, au a systematic orodha like a textbook. It includes a diverse batch of styles: poetry, history, sermons, dramatic stories, and letters.
Some people dip right into specific vitabu like Leviticus au 1 Chronicles and soon give up in confusion. They do not understand why such material is important to them. To appreciate what God is saying to us, it's important to know the whole sweep of the Bible.
In the 1st place, the Bible is not one book -- it's an entire library,...

I upendo the constitution so much that if they were selling shirts that alisema "I <3 The US Constitution" I would buy it in a heartbeat. I was that girl who walked around campus with a pocket-sized US Constitution in her purse, because, well, wewe never know when you'll need to quote a two hundred mwaka old document at someone, right?

But there was another document in my purse, too, a zaidi hivi karibuni one. This one was based on the US Declaration of Independence, and influenced kwa Thomas Jefferson's contemporaries like Thomas Paine, who themselves were influenced kwa older documents like the English...

Censorship is probably my inayopendelewa thing to debate about. So I wanted to type an makala about the issue.

For one it's super annoying. The obnoxious beeping mid-verse in some songs is really irksome to listen too. Small pauses aren't as bad, but still. Censorship can really ruin a good song. As for TV I understand it zaidi with censoring anatomy should children be watching (I'll address that in a minute) but censoring the finger au words that characters/people say on TV follows the same thing as above the bleeping is annoying and the finger, I personally don't take offense to it.

About the whole...

WARNING- THIS makala CONTAINS SOME INFO WHICH SOME MAY FIND DISTURBING au UPSETING.
85 percent of the time, I like to think the world's a wonderful place. we have tecnology and nature all rolled into one delicious sushi-package, we all have different place to visit and new things to learn. most of the time, the world's a very pleasent, innocent place to be. But 15 percent of the time, horrible things happen. people crash planes into buildings, tecnology is faulty, nature is being destroyed and the odd teenager sometimes drops a baby bomb on her parents and boyfriend. but only very ocassionally...

Should projects involving eminent domain require citizen approval?

No, projects involving eminent domain should NOT require citizen approval.

I think that when wewe let people have input in cases where eminent domain is being used, wewe undermine the use of eminent domain.
Eminent domain should only be used when it benefits the public good. Undermining that rule would damage the public good. Like stated before, people hardly think about the public good when it is about their own stuff.

People are often emotional in these cases: they want to keep their property even though they get a just compensation....

I bet those conservatives out there were thinking that I'd forgotten all about them! Not true! In fact, I have been doing extra research over the last few days to fully get the feel for each candidate still in the running.

If wewe missed my makala on the link, I assure wewe it's a good, solid, and fair assessment of each candidate

In the last article, I joked about Donald Trump, and alisema that I would probably not be very respectful when discussing him, on account of he's a giant tool. Well, I can't make any promises about how it's presented, but I vow to present accurate information about Donald...

I was wondering something. What do wewe people think? Is war really neccesary? In my own opinion, I think it is not.
My religion is Christian, so, duh, I believe in God! Well, if wewe don't then maybe... ah never mind! I think God put everyone on Earth for him. He wants people to live for God and get along with each other to score Heaven. Hell is only worthy if wewe do not fufill God's commands.
In the harsh struggle to live in WAR, people are killing others.
I am NOT a hippie, but I believe war is murder and thanks if wewe are in the service for risking your life for America, but wewe are also...

Pro-life quotes.

“Ive noticed that everyone who is for abortion is already born.” – Ronald Reagan


"There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience." - Mother Teresa

"We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, au of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?" - Mother Teresa

"...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder millions of unborn children?" - Alice von Hildebrand

"Count yourself lucky your...

Part of me feels that America didn't vote for Barack Obama, not for his ideas nor his charisma. When America voted Obama, they were above all voting democrat due to the current economical situation in the US.
Although the kura za maoni told us that Obama was in the lead, one might have still predicted Mccain as the final outcome.
As previously an African American president was unheard of. Even his predicted outcome in the kura za maoni failed to convince me, believing that Obama like so many other black political figures in America would suffer the 'bradley effect'.
This would lead many to the conclusion that...

Imagine that wewe are in a boat. There are other people in your boat. There is also one person in the water. Allowing this person to get onto your mashua will not sink the boat. Everyone could easily fit comfortably. But still, there is a person in the water.

Now, if this person was only in the water for a short time, then yes, saying, "Hey, guys, lend me a hand onto your boat?" is probably exactly what she would do. But imagine this person has been in the water for hours. And imagine that it was other people in the mashua that pushed her in there. Not you, of course. wewe didn't push her in. But...