Thursday, May 5, 2011

Give peace a chance!

Julia asked:  Do you think it will ever be possible to have universal peace?

I'm all for John Lennon and the hippie people from the 60's saying "hey hey give peace a chance" but I don't think it's a realistic concept.  Most countries that are at war is because of a stand point with governments or because of disagreements in just about everything.
I personally think for universal peace to even remotely happen, the world has to have a set type of government (no one person in rule, no one person killing everyone creating a war in their own country), and honestly most likely one established religion.
Even though it would be able to be down without the religion factor, I feel the world needs to come together as one, under one government.

Now I'm thinking if the world was together, like the United States, wars would probably STILL break out!  California could bomb Florida because they attract more people for spring break or some other stupid reason.  No matter what, the world, countries, hell even cities and states are going to have something that pull them apart and set them up against each other.

Do you think people are peace advocates because of the hope for peace?  Or because they think it can actually happen?

Monday, May 2, 2011

Is that a guy or a girl?

Sam asked: Why do you think Girl Looks Like a Man contests have never materialized?

Sam posted about the Dude who looks like a Lady contest that was held at Relay for Life on Friday evening.  I was there and I thought it was pretty amusing to see the guys dressing up like girls and "strutting their stuff" acting like us females.  Raising the question as why Girl looks like a Man contest haven't appeared yet is a very good one and it triggered some thoughts of mine.
First off, I think it's simply socially acceptable for females to wear mens' clothing.  Today, women wear jeans, dress pants, blazers, shirts with collars, and even ties- yet they are looked at like it's completely normal.

Secondly, I thought of the growing rate of gays coming out.  Since I moved to MA, I've noticed there is a massive amount of homosexual people, and some females simply dress themselves as a guy because it's more comfortable for them.

I think ideas such as above have been though of when contests like that are created, plus some females just look like males.  I also think it's a way to stay away from avoiding some people.  I know some women who naturally look like a male, and they are very uncomfortable with it, and often take things like that offensively towards themselves.

Why do you think people are so afraid of offending people?  And how it gets to a point that people even lie to avoid the offensiveness?

You are as strong as you think you are!

Katie asked: Do you think it is important to have inner strength to accomplish things in one’s life? 

I think it's very important to have inner strength, no matter what you are trying to accomplish.  Being mentally weak can set you up for failure in life, which is no good in any way.  Inner strength is what keeps us going in life, helps us getting out of bed in the morning, and helps us deal with situations we generally wouldn't be able to deal with.
Stress is one form on inner strength I feel.  The more stress you have in your life over periods of time, the better you get at managing the stress along with your time, then you're setting yourself up for accomplishing things as an outcome.
Once you deal with certain hardships in your life, and overcome them, you're setting yourself up for a successful future to an extent.

Do you feel inner or outer strength is more important?  Why?