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Hominids      by Robert J. Sawyer
Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence. The neanderthal civilization reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but with radical different history, society and philosophy.


This book is my number 1choice. The parallel species is a really interesting concept to me. I believe it would be a very interesting book to read. Science fiction kind of books have always fascinated me.


Lord of the Flies     by William Golding
Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrayal of human nature.


This book also seems like a good choice. It seems that it would have a lot of action within it and would be very interesting to read. Brutality within a book is always fun.

Father Shooting Laptop in Punishment

So I recently read this article about a father who shot his daughters laptop for a punishment to publicly complaining about her parents, and chores around the house. a) Most teenagers that use facebook have complained about their parents at one time or another, it's what we do. And b) The father I believed over reacted. Yes it was not a smart thing to do, but shooting the laptop is stupid. What a waste of a laptop. Personally I think it was immature and over the top.


Here's the article and the link to the video is within.
http://www.cheaplaptops.org.uk/20120212/dad-shoots-laptop-viral-video-daughters-punishment

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LGBTQ Teen Suicide Rate

Lance Lundsten, suicide following alleged school bullying.

Kameron Jacobsen, suicide following alleged bullying over Facebook..

Justin Aaberg, suicide following school bullying.

Billy Lucas, suicide following school bullying.

Asher Brown, suicide following school bullying.

Seth Walsh, suicide following school bullying. 

These all may just be names, but to me they are all people that have taken from this earth to soon in 2011.  The amount of suicides of LGBTQ teens throughout Canada and the United States is astonishing. Gay teens are about 5 times more likely to attempt suicide. Teens in a unwelcoming environment are 20% more vulnerable. The social environment is so important, to the well being of LGBTQ students.  A study was done in high schools although out the state of Oregon. 32,000 grade 11 students were surveyed. The studies showed that 21.5 percent of gay teens surveyed reported suicidal emotions and/or actions. Meanwhile only 4.2 percent of straight teens reported the same. It is time to find a way to stop this. For people to stand up, and defend those who cannot defend themselves. Adults need to show their acceptance, these teens need help. Personally, within schools, there should be a lot more investigation into bullying. There needs to be more people getting punished for what they are doing. And possibly if other people see bull's getting in a lot of trouble, they'll think twice about opening their mouth and lives could possibly be saved.

Same Sex Marriage

In Canada, same sex marriage is legal everywhere. This is one of the many reasons I am very proud to be Canadian. Even though same sex marriage is legal here, it is not legal in the majority of the world. United States is suppose to be on of the most civilized and forward moving countries in the entire world. Except only 6 states out of 51 allow gay marriage. Personally, I believe this to be utterly unacceptable. 10% of the population is gay. Say the population was evenly distributed between states. This means that 27,088,813 in the United States alone cannot get married. It should be your choice who you marry, your choice alone, and no one else's. Who gave the government the right to have this much power over our lives? Why should they get to decide this much of our personal life? "Marriage should not be extended to same-sex couples because homosexual relationships have nothing to do with procreation. Allowing gay marriage would only further shift the purpose of marriage from producing and raising children to adult gratification." According to this statement, infertile  women should not be able to marry, women who have gone through menopause should not be able to marry. There are many people that see same-sex marriage as a bad thing and there are many arguments that "support" this, but personally they are all so close-mindedly stupid and invalid.


For more close-minded and completely stupid ideas go here http://www.balancedpolitics.org/same_sex_marriages.htm