Speaking my mind

America and Japan seek to allow whaling by their indigenous people.

When such economically and politically mature and able governments decide that what matters more is who kills the whales rather than the fact that they are being killed, you start to lose hope in humanity.
U.S. can claim that they have championed freedom of speech....but if their speech leads to the killing of innocent creatures, i'd rather have a mute world.

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Labels: Environment

Posted by n!Kk! at 1:50 PM | Permalink

I just got this forwarded joke. And it was too good not to post here. Hehe...


A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is an American.
She asks her students to raise their hands if they were American too.

Not really knowing why but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands

explode into the air like flashy fireworks.

There is, however, one exception.

A girl named Gita has not gone along with the crowd.

The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.

"Because I am not an American." replied Gita.

"Then", asks the teacher, "What are you?"

"I'm a proud Indian," boasts the little girl.

The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks
Gita

why she is an Indian.

"Well", my mom and dad are Indians, "so I'm an Indian too."

The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason", she says loudly "if your mom

was an idiot, and your dad was an idiot, what would you be then?"

A pause, and a smile.

"Then..." says Gita,

"I'd be an American."

Labels: Jokes

Posted by n!Kk! at 8:05 PM | Permalink