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> Politics & Government > Law & Ethics
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> On 30Nov06 sexy chic asks: Can someone please give
> me some advice? ... hey everyone i need some advice
> about a month and half ago, i had my husband arrested
> for domestic violence. ... since then i have gone to court
> and even put a permanent restraining order against him.
> ... the day he was arrested i told them that he slapped
> me but it wasn't true. ... the reason i had called the
> cops was because he was threatening me and he had
> slapped me the week before that ... i felt so emotionally
> distressed. ... i have to go back to court next month,
> what should i do? should i tell the judge the truth that
> he didn't slap me on the day i said he did. ... do u think
> the judge will understand me on why i did it. ... or do
> u think i shouldn't do that. ... after everything that
> happened me and my husband reunited. ... and now i
> feel stuck in this situation. ... do u think i can do jail
> time for telling the truth?
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cybrwurm answers:
 It's a risk, but I doubt the judge will throw you in jail
for giving false information. In any case, never, EVER,
lie to a judge in court. If the judge even suspects that
you might be lying to him, then you will be in BIG trouble!
 :(
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Yahoo! Answers > Politics & Government > Politics >
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> On 30Nov nottinefo asks:
> Why has no one stood up to Bush yet? [snip]
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cybrwurm answers: where have you been?
The Dixie Chicks stood up to him, and they got
tarred and feathered for it.
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Theater & Acting
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> On 1Dec06 Sarah asks: Awkward???????  Ok. So.
> I am in a show right now, and my costume didn't fit quite
> right. So the costumer gave me a new one, and told me
> it fit beautifully. When I heard this, I called the director
> over, saying "look! I've FINALLY found a costume that
> fits right!" After that, I looked down, and noticed that
> my dress was showing about and inch of my bra and was
> really low cut...it was horrible. The director is almost 40
> years older than me and has a wife and kids..do you think
> he thought I was trying to show off my body or that I
> was just unaware???
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cybrwurm answers:
my advice to you, Sarah, is not to worry your pretty little
head about things like this. Believe me when i say that
there are much bigger problems out there worthy of
your focused attention. For the luv-o-pete, i'm begging
you, please, please find one now! :)
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Yahoo! Answers > Social Science > Psychology >
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> On 1Dec Tolga K asks: What is a good way to suppress
> my emotions for a brief period of time? I often find
> myself extremely bored while studying.This causes my
> mind to wonder and I rarely get anything useful out of
> reading things,
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cybrwurm answers:
 ur emotions are not the problem. Boredom is not an
emotion, as such. It is an attitude of mind. It is the lazy
way of seeing the world. This is all a matter of self-
disciple and self-control. The world, and all the things
in it, only become interesting because you make it so.
It's not easy to make some things interesting, lord
knows, but you have to try. You have to make an effort,
and above all you have to focus. The mind is like a
muscle --> EXERCISE IT! :)>
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
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> On 9Dec06 Kria asks: Which religion seems to
> be most logical, most meaningful and most
> believable? which one makes the most sense?
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cybrwurm answers:
That's easy. Buddhism is the one religion that best
fits the qualities you mentioned. It is rational and
meaningful, chiefly because it is not being bogged
down with useless theology, and can focus on the
human condition better than the other religions do.
And just because it does focus on the human
condition, it is also the most believable. Of course
I'm not a Buddhist myself chiefly because I feel that
*in general* Buddhism is a bit on the negative or
pessimistic end of the spectrum. I much prefer
philosophy myself, just because it is a lot more
positive and optimistic ... but *only* if you know
where to look (ie. which philosophers are most
worth reading and studying and heeding! :)
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
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> On 10Dec06 Ashley asks: Philosophical questions
> for my class, help if you can please!? I am really
> struggling with my philosophy class. Can someone
> help answer these questions or help me to start
> thinking on how to answer them? I have a lot more
> that I need help on, so please help if you can. Thanks.
> How, according to Roderick Chisholm, can people be
> free? Cite two potential problems for Chisholm’s
> account. Are there adequate responses to these
> objections? Imagine the following situation. In a given
> society, if everyone follows a set of rules, S, a very
> small minority of people must work in mines to supply
> energy to the majority. The conditions of these
> workers are horrible, and nothing can be done to
> make them better—short of permitting them not to
> work in the mines. They are, by any account, very
> badly off. But everyone else does very well; overall,
> people lead very good lives. Indeed, overall, people
> could not do better than follow this set of rules. Would
> the rule-utilitarian hold that these people should follow
> S? How about the contractualist? Why or why not?
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cybrwurm answers:
 My advice to you, Ashley, is to drop this course at
once! I'm serious. This is no way to learn philosophy.
If you keep on with this nonsense, you'll only end up
hating philosophy. Your teacher obviously has no idea
about how to introduce philosophy to newbies. Trust
me when I say that this is NOT the way. Philosophy
should never ever be an endless struggle. If it is, then
something is very very rotten in Denmark. Tell your
teacher what he can do with these stupid questions,
and then drop the course.
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> Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
> On 22Dec06 quidproquo asks: Can anyone give
> some comments on the Urantia Book?
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cybrwurm answers:
Yes. I used to own this book some years ago, and I
remember that I found it to be very fascinating indeed;
especially the long and detailed "biography" about
Jesus. Anyway, about that time I was seriously studying
the New Testament as well, and after a time I was able
to piece together a rough chronology of the NT
documents. This is important because it created a
problem for me. You see my NT time-line did not agree
with the Urantia Book's time-line at all. So I had to
decide which of the two I trusted more and why. After
considering the matter carefully I decided that my
time-line was more consistent with the textual evidence.
And that could only mean that the writers of the U-Book
were MORE ignorant about the NT history than I was!
Once I realized that, I never read the U-Book again,
and eventually dumped it on some far less critical
friends who thought it was interesting. :)
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> Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
> On 22Dec06 blxxy_ha asks: What do you think of the
> significance of drugs in philosophy? I'm a bit of a
> psychonaut. If it's a psychedelic, I've probably tried
> it. Whether it's LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, mushrooms or just
> good ol' Mary Jane, I use it all to explore the secrets
> of the universe... or what I THINK are the secrets of
> the universe. Do you think such drugs help expand
> one's mind further, or makes it more disassociated?
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cybrwurm answers:
 I have found that the stronger drugs you mentioned do
(on very rare occasions) enable a receptive mind to tap
into "cosmic entities" (for lack of a better term); such as,
4X: the sense of universal benevolence ... but in general,
and on the whole, strong psychedelics are too distracting
to allow for vigorous and sustained rational thought. It
may *seem* otherwise while in the high-zone, but it
rarely pans out in the sober light of day. ... But pot is a
whole different barrel of fish. Pot tends to relax the mind,
and *can* allow for philosophic efforts to proceed. Sartre
might disagree with me; but then he was a special case,
and I'm talking about people and dope in general.
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> Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
> On 22Dec06 jeanj asks:  What do you do when you
> hate your life and there is nothing you can do to
> change things?
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cybrwurm answers:
 First you wait ... and then you wait some more.
Then you develop the most useful skill in the world:
patience. Then you exercise your patience with all your
might, and then do it some more. And while you're busy
with all that you also carefully observe everything around
you; looking especially for little things that maybe you
can change or influence in some small way. You don't
give in to frustration and anger and doubt. You accept
all these things for what they are, and then you move
beyond them. Slowly and gradually you take back some
measure of control over your life, and then you may be
able to put aside hate once and for all, and THEN you
can get on with the sorry business of living . . . 
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> Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
> On 22Dec06 Stupendous asks: Why are you
> wandering in philosophy section?
> for what questions are you seeking answers to ..
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cybrwurm answers:
I'm always on the lookout for interesting and/or funny
questions. Some ?'s i find easy and amusing, others
put up quite a challenge, and some are just too tough
to take down (eg. ?'s about Kant).
As to why the philosophy section in particular ...
that's easy too: philosophy is supreme! :D
no, I'm serious. just think about it. i mean really; both
science and history ultimately resolve themselves into
philosophy ... even art. so why study anything else, eh?
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