The Sushi King

And save the "race is an invention" schpeel for your liberal arts college classes because I have heard it before. I know that its an invention. So are cars. It is likely that you drive one. So, given that you drive car, how do you feel about being white?

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Why does he communicate with people?

"9/11 - We will never forget"

You see the stickers and banners everywhere. What does it mean to never forget? Does it mean you will never forgive, as well?

As an American:

Does december 7th mean anything to you?

How about december 16th?

The year 1776?

January 8th?

Pearl Harbor

Boston Tea Party

American Revolution

Black suffrage (the day that black men could vote)

Hope you didn't forget about those ones either.

I always hear that 9/11 "changed everything."

Where are you from and what has it changed for you in the past years?

Hi or no Hi? Stare at the floor, the buttons, the floor indicator? Do you play games like counting people's hairs? Tell me all about you and elevators.

A distinguishing characteristic of humans is their ability to create and communicate representations of the world around them. This feature has enabled humans to be very "social animals" and to survive using this sociability, as a group. Through the evolution of speech, systems of morality and society emerged. As individuals, we realize that the accuracy of these communicated representations determines outcomes in social and political situations.

Without words, a lie is impossible. With a lie, words lose their meaning. Lies depends on the truth, or what IS.

You can look at a rock and know that it is gray. You know the word for gray. You can describe the rock to another person as such.

Someone tells you about that same rock. You have to trust that it is gray, assess their intentions, etc...

What are some of the ways that you verify information? Where do you draw the line, as far as what you are willing to believe from another person. Do you trust your eyes more than your friend's eyes? Do you trust your friend more than you trust the news? Do you trust the government more than the news? etc...

Prisoner's dilemma:

Two suspects are arrested by the police. The police have insufficient evidence for a conviction, and, having separated both prisoners, visit each of them to offer the same deal. If one testifies ("defects") for the prosecution against the other and the other remains silent, the betrayer goes free and the silent accomplice receives the full 10-year sentence. If both remain silent, both prisoners are sentenced to only six months in jail for a minor charge. If each betrays the other, each receives a five-year sentence. Each prisoner must choose to betray the other or to remain silent. Each one is assured that the other would not know about the betrayal before the end of the investigation. How should the prisoners act?

Allegory of the Cave:

Imagine prisoners who have been chained since their childhood deep inside a cave: not only are their arms and legs immovable because of chains; their heads are chained in one direction as well so that their gaze is fixed on a wall.

Behind the prisoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised walkway, along which puppets of various animals, plants, and other things are moved. The puppets cast shadows on the wall, and the prisoners watch these shadows. Behind this cave there is a well-used road, and upon this road people are walking and talking and generally making noise. The prisoners, then, believe that these noises are coming directly from the shadows they are watching pass by on the cave wall.

The prisoners engage in what appears to us to be a game: naming the shapes as they come by. This, however, is the only reality that they know, even though they are seeing merely shadows of objects. They are thus conditioned to judge the quality of one another by their skill in quickly naming the shapes and dislike those who play poorly.

I feel like there's more philosophical constructs like these. What connections/associations to all of you make?

Not really that different if you really think about it.

Go to the grocery store and check it out.

Does it exist? In what forms? Where you do see it? When do you notice it most? What do you do about it?

Historical revisionism is an academic approach that holds that a given slice of history, as it has been traditionally told, may not be entirely accurate, and should hence be revised accordingly. Historical revisionism in this sense is a well-accepted and mainstream part of history studies, and it is applied to the study of the Holocaust as new facts emerge and change our understanding of it. A very different process unfolds when someone proceeds from the premise that a major element of human history is simply inaccurate, and ignores or routinely minimizes evidence that conflicts with that premise. (http://www.ihr.org/leaflets/denial.shtml)

Let's face it, this is one of the more documented massacres in history. Nobody is denying it happened. Its a harsh history that causes people pain. This should not be a deterrent for inquiry.

As with the 9/11 attacks, should we treat all tragedy as an axiom? If life is sacred, should we not try understand why it was lost?

Its a word game!

I can't see much besides the legitimization of the state of Israel.

So I ask all you who are so humane, compassionate and politically correct:

Why was Israel created after WW2? This was a devastating series of events that rocked Europe and Asia, and in its wake, decisions of compensation. Most of the claims that I hear about Israel's right to exist as a state have to do with events dating far before the modern era.

If Israel has been chosen by G-d as the land where the Jew-ISH *note the ISH(kenazi) people should reside, why is it plagued by such violence? Why has this state of the chosen people arisen from such malice and destruction? Why should Arabs be asked to leave? This does not seem characteristic of a blessed, or holy place.

How does this rest with the belief that Israel (in its current state) is the way to go? How is the violence done to Palestinians justifiable? The Palestinians operated no death camps. Yet, this is why you are in their country. Explain.

I was reading an article about police officers being prosecuted for planting crack-cocaine on a suspect and they referred to it as "insurance" for taking down known dealers. In your experience: Was this part of your training or does it reflect law enforcement policy?

Ahmadinejad invited President George W. Bush to a debate at the United Nation General Assembly, which was to take place on September 19, 2006. The debate was to be about Iran's right to enrich uranium. The invitation was promptly rejected by White House spokesman Tony Snow, who said "There's not going to be a steel-cage grudge match between the President and Ahmadinejad.

Who is the shady one?

Any thoughts on the type of discourse that emerges from the anonymity and entropy of networks such as Yahoo Answers, Youtube, etc..

Some say that the availability and increased quantity of information expands general knowledge and others say that quality information gets lost amid things like pornography and pokemon.

One of the largest criticisms of our current administration by democrats is going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq under the false pretenses of WMD and Saddam's ties to terrorism. Obama says the same thing as Bush when it comes to Iran; that their nuclear program is for military rather than civil application and that Ahmadinejad is a lunatic. Democrats: what do you think of Iran? Why should we continue starting wars?

Some people say that since a photograph records information mechanically, it is a document, or an index, and therefore objective. Others say the selectivity that can be exercised by the photographer enables them to use the medium to propagate their own inner ideas, which are subjective.

I've read my Barthes and Benjamin. I want to know what other people think.

I never reached calculus before going art college and my skills in algebra, geometry and trig have deteriorated since. I am looking for some good websites that describe what's covered in high school level math.