Agree or Disagree

Censorship is always a bad thing: Agree because if people want to see a certain TV show at a certain country and that country doesn't allow that show to be played, or any scenes to be played its not fair for the people. Also if kids want to see a cartoon that has inappropriate language or any cartoons that make fun of other countries, their parents should tell them not to watch it because an old man could watch that cartoon and its not fair for the country not to play it.

Literature can be dangerous: Disagree because we need literature in our life. Its not something we chose not to learn or to learn. You get educated, you go to school to learn and after you go to good universities. If you chose not to learn and don't get educated then you'll probably end up in a construction company.

Its important for everyone to read books: Agree because people should get educated by reading them. Your vocabulary becomes rich, you learn new words and how to make a story. For example you get an idea of how to write your introduction, your conflict, your main theme and your conclusion.

The Daily Newspaper

Apoel finally got his 20th championship after a hard year. The championship was very close, it was open for Omonoia until they lost from us 1-2. Then the championship started to get the colors of Apoel (blue and yellow). We were heading by 8 points and there were 3 matches left. Omonoia mathematically had a chance to get the championship but we didn't let them cause we worked really hard to achieve this. Apoel's the only team in Cyprus that has 20 championships. Now our flags and T-shirts will have 2 stars on them.

Glog To Blog

Twister

Hi, my name is Knot Slip. My job is to study weather, particularly tornados. My dream is to run after a tornado and go in the middle of it, and if I die I’ll die for my job. They won’t cry for me, they’ll be proud of me. I’ve been working for this machine for 5 years. I hope it works. Recently my assistant told me that a tornado will take place in Iowa. I told him that this is the day I’ll run after a tornado.

I prepared my things: a machine I’ve made with some small balls inside it so it can record the tornados speed and stuff. As I was passing with my car I’ve heard a song from a live concert that was taking place in Iowa. The only thing I heard was “If you’re 555 then I’m 666”. And I said to me “People are getting weirder and weirder every year”. The tornado! I saw the forming of a tornado; I was running 170 km an hour to chase it. When I got closed to it I jumped into the tornado with my machine. The last thing I saw in my eyes was my wife turning around the tornado..That was the end of my life, my career..

Asian Religion

Mouslims are praying to Allah. They're praying in a mosque. They go praying five times a daily.

Arranged Marriages

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Arranged marriages
In our western world, the start of the perfect marriage is quite simple; boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy and girl get married. This is a different case for people in countries such as India and Pakistan, where they rely on their parents to find the ‘perfect’ husband or wife. An arranged marriage (Also known as prearranged and pragmatic marriages) is a marriage in which neither the bride nor groom has any official say in the selection of their future spouse, but they give their full consent to it anyway. The match could be made by the parents, matchmaking agents, or matrimonial/dating websites, whilst priests/religious leaders, family friends and relatives play a major role in the matchmaking process. Religion, reputation, wealth, profession, height, language, medical conditions, horoscopes, and dietary preferences are some factors that are taken into account whilst matchmaking. For most Indian and Nepalese Hindus, arranged marriages between people in the same caste (social class) are extremely important. In some cultures the last duty of a parent is to marry off their child, and it’s considered to be a failure on the parent’s part if their child’s wedding isn’t arranged. The main purpose for the wedding is for a family to be made. In some modern arranged marriages the child has a reality show like trial where the son/daughter picks their favourite prospective spouse, and the parents will either approve, or disagree with their child’s choice.
There are different kinds of arranged marriages, such as; an introduction marriage, child marriage, forced marriage, and shotgun weddings.
It is still common in North America, South America, India, Iran, and Japan to have an “introduction” only arranged marriage. This is when the parents may only introduce their son/daughter to several prospective spouses, giving them some sort of option. A forced marriage is when no input is given from the child, and their thoughts or views aren’t taken into account. If the child refuses, or even just complains they are punished by having their inheritance cut off, or even death. Child marriages are when parents marry off their children and infants, but usually keep them until after puberty. This type of marriage usually takes place because of social and economic reasons. Parents have to provide dowries for their daughters when marrying them off. In East Africa absunas are common. This is when parents arrange marriages between cousins. If an unmarried woman gets pregnant a shotgun wedding usually occurs. This kind of wedding gets its name from the fact that if the man refused to marry the woman, her father would put a shotgun to his head until he agreed. If the woman doesn’t get married then she’ll be a big disgrace to her family, and bring them shame for numerous reasons. First of all, the baby would be a bastard. Second of all, it would be hard for the woman to find a man who’d marry her if she’s not a virgin. So marrying the man that got her pregnant would just put her out of her misery and shame, and save her families reputation. This is basically a forced marriage, seeing as neither of them intended to end up marrying each other. Jewish people use a form of arranged marriage called ‘The Shidduch’, when single Jewish people are openly introduced to one another in Orthodox Jewish communities, for the result of marriage. This kind of arranged marriage is really open, and there isn’t too much pressue. Many people go for it to get a partner without too much hassle. Pait Likkhi, meaning ‘written on stomach’, is a custom in the tribal regions of Pakistan where two families agree to marry off their children before they’re born or when they’re really young, but the marriage, arranged by village elders, takes place in their late teens. Most of the women marry at 18-16 years old, and the men at 18-25. The Urdo custom Addo Baddo is extremely similar to Pait Likkhi. A Shim-pua marriage was a traditional form of arranged marriages in China, but fell out of practice during the 70’s due to an increase of wealth. A Shim-pua marriage occurred when a poor family with way too many kids would sell their daughter to a rich family, where she would act as both slave and adopted daughter (until old enough to marry a male in the family) in return of the poorer family being married into the richer one. These marriages weren’t very successful, mostly because of the lack of sexual attraction between the husband and wife. The meaning of Shim-pua is "little daughter-in-law”.
There are many debates worldwide about arranged marriages, and I think they’re very interesting. My thoughts are probably biased, seeing as I’ve been raised in the western world, and girls in other countries probably have nothing against arranged marriages and think it’s normal because they’ve been raised to appreciate it. Some thoughts for arranged marriages are that ; parents can be involved in modern arranged marriages, arranged marriages are often more stable seeing as matchmaking finds someone more compatible (50% of marriages in the U.S end in divorce), people feel that marriages based on romance are doomed to failure because of unreasonable expectations in each other. Parents can be trusted for making choices in the ‘best interest’ of their child, and won’t be misguided by hormones and emotions. Going for an arranged marriage also makes marrying someone less hassle, and brings wealth. Some thoughts against arranged marriages are that they’re a violation to human rights, you can get with somebody you don’t particularly get on with or abuses you, love marriages are more effective for promoting wealth and social growth, and there could be identity fraud. Personally I think that people should find love in each other their own way, without having people pressurizing you into anything, and that once you’ve found love you should start thinking of getting married, but everything at a steady pace. I think the whole concept of an arranged marriage is interesting, but I’d hate to be stuck with a stranger for the rest of my life, especially if I wasn’t treated right.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Reality-of-Arranged-Marriages&id=606
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arranged_marriage#A_culture_of_arranged_marriage

Women in your society are free citizens.

Agree because back in the old days women weren’t aloud to do anything. They weren’t aloud to go out of the house; they were cleaning the house, cooking food and all the house work. Now day they are aloud to do as much things as they want. They can go shopping, they can find a job easily, and they are aloud to participate in political issues.

It is a good thing to sacrifice your happiness for the desires of others.

Agree because if you give away your happiness to a friend of yours that is sad they’ll probably give away their happiness too. Also you don’t lose anything if give away just a bit of your happiness to others. Like if a poor kid with his mom asks for money (1 euro, 2 euro’s) you should give some for them because you’ll make then feel happy and that’s what you want them to feel.

Two complete strangers stuck on a deserted island could learn to love one another (and yes, stay with one another after being rescued).

Agree because if you get to know that person well why shouldn’t you make a big step and love her? Its better for you because you can have a relationship with someone you’re stuck with and you know you’ll be there with him until someone comes and rescues you. But you should spend some time talking to that person, like for about 6-7 weeks and then start making plans.

It is possible to experience love at first sight.

Disagree because young kids don’t know what love is. The proper word for love is “like”. Even adults don’t use the word love if they want to say to their girl that they love them, they say “I like you”. Even though if you like someone you should get to know her/him well before you actually say the sentence “I like you”.

Is it easier for you to make friends that are a lot lke you or someone thats different?

I think if you make friends that look a lot like you it’ll be much easier for you and for them because you’ll understand each other.

Teenagers everywhere face the same problems.

I disagree because not many teenagers face the same problems as others. Like a kid in Africa has more problems than a kid in Europe or the US.

Teenagers everywhere face the same problems.

Sometimes violence can be justified.

I agree because if someone comes and beats you up you should use self defense. Many people use self defense to protect their self or protect their friends.

Death Metal Podcast

Episode: TMC - Melodic Death Special.

Date: On Monday, July 2nd 2007.

Website:http://www.metalcastshow.com/2007/07/02/tmc-melodic-death-special/

A word from the metal heads: Attention, fellow headbangers, this episode is not for the fans of happy Metal. We present you another load of extreme Metal, but keep the focus on melody. Death Metal will be at the center of attention in one of the next episodes, but this time we aim our binoculars - or shall we say “headphones”? - on its Melodic brother, hence Melodic Death Metal. Sweden is very known for this style, but Finland shows some serious competition as well. The USA get a chance to delegate a candidate by the name of Sadhara, who should not be underestimated either. Enjoy this mix of brutality and melody and may you get inspired to buy a couple of these bands’ albums.

The podcast really impurest me! In the beginning i was listening to some "metal" songs as they call them but they weren't really metal, so i decided to see if there was anything interesting and it was! Death Metal really turns me on. After the 1st song they were talking about different bands and their history. It was pretty interesting because they talked about the greatest death metal band of Greece, Nighrage. I'm not a big fun of fan of them but i like the way he screams and all the instruments in the back play their own piece and its really cool! When they finished the history of the bands it was time for the next song. Oh by the way the first song was by Dark Tranquillity with Focus Shift. This piece was interesting because it remind me of another song that might have copied. They used some kind of electric piano to make it more interesting.

The second song was by Insomnium with Mortal Share. I didnt really like that song cause his wasnt really screaming or find a melody with the drums or guitar. He was only shouting the lyrics of the song and screaming "ahhh". Well it be honest, it was cool but not as good as the 1st one.

Then next song was by Omnium Gatherum with Into Sea. This was the best so far. I liked how the guitars were playing their piece. It was pretty cool because the guitars wanted you to start head banging!

It was time for one of my favorite death metal band, Arch Enemy!! You wont believe me but the singer of Arch Enemy is a girl! The guitars went all crazy again and wanted you to head bang. It an old song and its called I Am A Legend/Out For Blood.

The next song was by Sadhara with Beauty Etched. His voice was great! He wasnt just sreaming. He was shouting! I also liked how the guitar players played the guitars. Even the commentator said that it was a great song.

The commentator this time said that this song was madnees, the fans said it was madness, everyone said it was madnees, it was by Wintersun with Winter Madness!! I have to admit it, it was the best death metal song I ever heard, there're no words to describe it. You just have to clear your ears and get ready to listen to death metal!

The next song was by Norther with The End Of Our Lives. It was a really good song. They say that Norther has the crazyiest drummer of death metal, but really Norther it self is a crazy band!

It was time for the show to end so they put the best song at the end. It was by Mors Principium Est with Another Creation. It had a really good guitar solo at the end.

Now that i know the website I'm going to listen to the new episodes every week! Stay Metal \m/