responsibility

Hey, guys. I haven't been on here in a while, and I was wondering if some of you who are familiar with Buddhism can help me. I have a friend who recently converted into what he calls Buddhism. I say "what he calls" because he has a nasty habit of cherry-picking only the things that he actually...

Knowledge begets responsibility which begets guilt Guilt is both a curse and a salvation. I conclude that guilt is perhaps one of the few internal mechanisms that can prevent human self-destruction. Rational analysis and recognition of self preservation can drive us to correcting problems...

Looking at how much mileage can change between "city" and "highway", and even within one of those categories, I wonder if we're overlooking a major opportunity for increased inefficiency. Does it make sense to be trying to get car manufacturers to squeeze out another few percent of efficiency...

While dipping through snopes recently, I came across this term for the first time: slacktivism: Expressing a political opinion [solely] in an effort-free and ineffective way. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm I immediately recognised myself as a do-nothing-er. I haven't yet...

Okay, to give this question some context, I'm pretty well a balls to the wall, over the top, entirely tax free government style libertarian. However, in a discussion with a friend of mine, he brought up a really good point about 3rd world country exploitation. Normally, my position is along...

On the thread "Report clears U.S. in [Italian] friendly fire incident", I asked AUP: His response was to chide me for straying from the topic of the OP: I frankly thought he was being overly nit-picky, since his thread was degenerating into disputes over minutia like what color the warning...

- I've been meaning to write an essay for some time now about the idea of government-controlled families. In other words, a perverbial "license to procreate". Brutish as it may seem on the surface, I'd like to examine it rationally. This isn't a concentrated attempt at covering all the...