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umesh9889 @umesh9889 (201) • India 13 Dec 11

No matter how much time you have wasted in the past. you still have an entire tomorrow.Indulge yourself live life to the fullest and follow your dreams. Nothing is impossible of those who believes in themselves. Share your...

live loife

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karimjessa Well, I agree one hundred percent that "whatever happens it happens for the good," as you say. This is a belief I've always had, and I still believe it even though I've experienced nothing but suffering in life. The only problem is in believing in myself....

17 Dec 11

boyuancy @boyuancy (1708) • India 15 Dec 11

I have heard people say that they want to have a family, lots of friends, children, grandchildren and what not. I want to have friends but I cannot have a family. By the end of my life, I want to be alone, not with anybody,...

alone

death

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karimjessa It's interesting what you say about children. I have two kids. I was married for about ten years before having the children. I always used to say that I'm not fit to be a parent; that I am too occupied with myself (selfish?) to make a good parent. People,...

17 Dec 11

boyuancy @boyuancy (1708) • India 15 Dec 11

I have heard people say that they want to have a family, lots of friends, children, grandchildren and what not. I want to have friends but I cannot have a family. By the end of my life, I want to be alone, not with anybody,...

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karimjessa You mustn't praise me in this way; I might begin to like people after all. I don't really mean that; and I don't take it as a compliment. I find it a solace of sorts, to know that there are others who think in this way. The world may not think you a happy...

17 Dec 11

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Informer @Informer (802) • India 26 Oct 11

Hi Friends, I know we have many good writers here at mylot. Who write for different websites and blogs. I also love to write and still learning the techniques to write good. I when I started, the reason was to make some money,...

money

writing

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karimjessa We seem to have traveled a similar path, Sreekutty. I, too, began writing online with Helium. I was pretty excited when I began seeing those stars and ratings. I soon came to realize, however, that neither was the revenue worthwhile, nor was I getting the...

29 Oct 11

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grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 28 Oct 11

It seems to me that there is no substantive difference between the two standard sides of politics. The politicians who actually reach senior level are basically of a type, either hard-line ideologues or obsessive pragmatists,...

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karimjessa I like your idea of voting on every issue individually. It might just do the trick. Here in BC, Canada, we recently had a referendum and were able to get rid of the HST. It worked, but only in a sort of way. This is where politicians play tricks with the...

29 Oct 11

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 28 Oct 11

It seems to me that there is no substantive difference between the two standard sides of politics. The politicians who actually reach senior level are basically of a type, either hard-line ideologues or obsessive pragmatists,...

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karimjessa Well, this has been quite a lesson in politics. The question remaining is: Can we look forward to any change at all? Looking through history, religious wars brought no improvement; territorial wars just made things worse. Then came the economic battles,...

29 Oct 11

LaLa Leo @mrscallands22 (2851) • United States 28 Oct 11

GROUP DISCUSSION What are you guys views on this topic?? If a man tells you he's about to lie... the proceeds to tell you one... Is he lying or telling the truth?? All opinions welcome.

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karimjessa But, Mrscallands, it is the ONLY answer. There may be better to come. However, thank you for the compliment. Karim

28 Oct 11

kris182_2000 @kris182_2000 (5475) • Canada 27 Oct 11

This is geared mainly towards Canadians, but anyone else can respond, I think it has relevance for pretty much everyone here. I just read an outrageous comment made by someone about soldiers going to war. He said that the...

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karimjessa Let's take this a step at a time. First, the soldiers. Why do they become soldiers at all? When they join the armed forces, do they specify that they will only participate in peacekeeping missions? Can they do so? Peacekeeping forces are taken from regular...

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karimjessa @karimjessa (66) • Canada 26 Oct 11

I'm going to open up a topic for discussion which might make me very unpopular with writers from non-English backgrounds. It's something I feel strongly about, so I'll take the plunge. We are increasingly seeing that writers...

english language

grammar

proper use of language

punctuation

spelling

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karimjessa If sloppiness is a concern for me, a further concern is that sloppiness breeds sloppiness. Take a typical writer with a non-English background, who is struggling to improve their language. They begin posting on such sites as myLot, while seeking to polish...

27 Oct 11

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grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 26 Oct 11

I've not yet read this work, but the summaries of it, particularly a one hour show on Australia's leading political commentary TV station, the ABC, have given me some idea. Babiak and Hare, the authors, have pointed out the number...

preadors

psycopathy

right wing zealots

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karimjessa Sharral and Lash, I must commend both of you for a truly enlightening discussion. And a healthy discussion, I must add. To add to what the two of you have been saying, I remember reading somewhere that in pre-Colonial India, though there were extremes of...

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karimjessa @karimjessa (66) • Canada 26 Oct 11

I'm going to open up a topic for discussion which might make me very unpopular with writers from non-English backgrounds. It's something I feel strongly about, so I'll take the plunge. We are increasingly seeing that writers...

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karimjessa I'll cede the point that perhaps I'm asking too much from non-English speakers. But I'm particularly harsh because I personally, and my family, and the entire community that I belong to, have never had any quarter given when it came to language. You see, my...

26 Oct 11

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grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 26 Oct 11

I've not yet read this work, but the summaries of it, particularly a one hour show on Australia's leading political commentary TV station, the ABC, have given me some idea. Babiak and Hare, the authors, have pointed out the number...

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karimjessa Don't worry. You're still more coherent than most even at your worst. And it was more fun this way. If you'd been too precise the first time around, you wouldn't have left any room for me to maneuver. Keep coming up with more such discussions. Karim

26 Oct 11

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karimjessa @karimjessa (66) • Canada 26 Oct 11

I'm going to open up a topic for discussion which might make me very unpopular with writers from non-English backgrounds. It's something I feel strongly about, so I'll take the plunge. We are increasingly seeing that writers...

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karimjessa I can hear the applause all the way here. What you say is true. Even the native speakers need to put in an effort to acquire proficiency in their language. I suppose that is the nature of language, that it calls for effort. And that is why intelligence is...

26 Oct 11

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grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 26 Oct 11

I've not yet read this work, but the summaries of it, particularly a one hour show on Australia's leading political commentary TV station, the ABC, have given me some idea. Babiak and Hare, the authors, have pointed out the number...

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karimjessa Well said. It may be that many enter the fray with noble intentions. Some probably go into these fields with the purpose of cleaning out the refuse, and bringing some ethics into the work. But they find out, once they're into it, that merely to survive...

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jasonnaez @jasonnaez (134) • Philippines 25 Oct 11

Every where we see many people suffer in various ways. Most are bound in suffering for such along time that they view their lives as hopeless without a route of escape. I wonder why human beings suffer, what causes suffering and...

bound

causes of human suffering

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karimjessa Well, Jasonnaez, I would be very much interested in hearing what your views are on human suffering. When I said your questions were more of a rhetorical nature, I of course did not mean that you didn't have any views on the matter. We all have our unique...

26 Oct 11

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