The animals already have. They are called humans.
But seriously I think that it depends on what animals you are talking about. Animals in the wild that run off their basic instinct would not have much to contribute, and would develop a very minimal vocabulary. Animals that have a society like meerkats and chimpanzees would probably have a more developed language. Domestic animals like cats and dogs, having been exposed to more language and human interaction would have the most highly developed language of all.
But your question is what will happen if the animals start speaking? Well the animals already speak to themselves in their own language, we just don’t understand it.
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communication between animals mean that reunion, collaboration, development of animals, increase in IQ levels, and a fight against the enemy who is destroying forests, who is polluting water and air. and we should know that if animals come to it, they have more deadly weapons than we do, and they are more in number than we are.
Why would you want to be… “tolerated”. Like “hey Andrew I ‘tolerate’ your flaming homosexuality, I tolerate your existence on this planet……. It just seems to be another passive aggressive PC term from this repressed society we live today. A lot of people say they like gays, yet go around with their gaydar to spot, label, stereotype and laugh at gay men. We’re a bunch of cowards, and those who have the guts to speak out are censored by the corporate media….
I’m not a very tolerant person; little things annoy me and get to my skin easily. But I would much rather except a person for who they are, and love someone as a human being, than tolerate them.
What do you think of “tolerance”?
What a fantastic question.
I completely agree with you and have often thought this myself. Unfortunately the word tolerance to me is symptomatic of a culture that allows difference to exist while continuing to oppress those who are different.
It is completely PC in that “baby-kissing-politician” kind of way, and is meant to appease cultures of resistance by giving them what I call the proverbial pacifier. It isn’t meant to address the heart of the issue and create a place of acceptance for those who don’t fit the norm, but simply to allow them to exist and hope they won’t disrupt the hegemony as a result.
In other words, tolerance is like telling someone, “I don’t mind if you’re gay, as long as you hang out in your gay bars and your neighborhood and I don’t have to come across you at work or on the street.”
Many people will argue that acceptance suggests condoning another person’s lifestyle, which inherently also means that if they fear this it is because they have not accepted it.
They come off as being “accepting”/tolerant because they allow it to exist, and yet they do so in a way that is completely intolerant at the same time. So tolerance, in this sense, isn’t tolerant at all; in fact, it allows people to continue to be intolerant!
As a feminist, I also prefer acceptance rather than “tolerance” as a solution to oppression.
I think it’s important to accept lifestyles different from your own, and acknowledge that even if you are not comfortable with that lifestyle for yourself, you understand that other people have a right to choose what works for them.
What it comes down to is people imposing moral judgements on one another, and that’s something I disagree with. Tolerance presupposes a moral judgement that the person is wrong and you tolerate them despite that. Acceptance suggests that the person is doing what’s right for them, and that you accept that right; we all have a right to that.
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I like your other words better. But you have to look at reality.
There are people abusing, stabbing, betraying and bombing people because they don’t like them for one reason or anther - or even no reason.
If you are of a mind to do something about that, what can you do?
Asking two people who hate each other to change their mind and love each other just isn’t going to work. People do not find it easy to change their feelings. Try it some time. Somebody has just put the knife between your ribs, your partner goes off with another. Just decide “Oh well, it will all work out” and whistle as you walk away?
Tolerance is more doable. You don’t have to change your feelings or your mind about something. You just have to realize that if you really go with your feelings that you’ll end up throttling someone and then you’ll have to spend the next 20 years in jail.
As you point out, achieving tolerance is aiming fairly low. But life would be greatly improved if we could just get that far. If we ever did achieve a universal tolerance, then we could start to aim a little higher.
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To accept is to receive willingly, approve of, to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable, or to recognize as true.
To tolerate is to endure, to allow to be, or be done without prohibition, hindrance, or contradiction.
We all have certain moral standards, personal beliefs, and pet peeves in regards to what we see as proper, normal or true.
Here is an example: I have a 3 year old son. He has an occasional temper tantrum and while I do not find this behavior to be acceptable(I do not regard it as proper) I find his behavior tolerable(purely in the sense that my love will endure this behavior). However, I do not tolerate this behavior in the sense that I do not allow it to be done without prohibition or hindrance.
All forms of both words have a time and place in my relationship with him and all stem from my love of him.
I know some people get all crazy and say “Don’t go into debt, it will DESTROY you.” By at yard sales! Eat Ramen Noodles!
But doesn’t the one thing that keeps our economy going is that people DO spend money in a capitalist economy?
Wouldn’t our economy collapse if we went into Best Buy and there was no one there one day because they were hoarding all of their money in Folger’s can’s in their basement?
Consumer spending makes up more than half the US economy, decreasing spending means less production, higher unemployment, etc.
Investment may make up the difference, but chances are that firms are less likely to invest when demand is low (thus the need for a certain amount of fiscal spending to try to keep things going).
Bankruptcy, however, decreases the spending potential of someone, so it would not be a good thing in economists eyes- but a necessary thing in some cases.
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It is true, saving money in coffee cans would hurt the economy. Most people would not recommend this.
Smart money is put in investments though, including banks. When you save the money in a bank, the bank uses that money to put back in the economy in the form of investments.
Generally, economists arent thrilled when someone goes bankrupt, because it means that they financed their purchases with debt. That means someone has to pay for that, either the stakeholders of the company getting shafted by lower returns on investments, or the customers of that company paying higher prices or rates to cover that debt loss. The only person the debt dissapears for is the person declaring bankruptcy, the creditors all get to eat the loss (which 99 out of 100 times they are passing along to someone else).
I admit to knowing nothing about econimics, but when the FDIC seizes a bank, it really worries me. Add to that the fact that we were in a recession to begin with and all my alarms start going off…..
Banks fail all the time — even in economic booms, like the last few years, there are banks that fail. They just don’t garner any media attention. The FDIC arranges a merger, the depositors get their money (up to $100,000), and life goes on.
IndyMac got an unusual amount of attention from the media. And the media has to compete for attention with other media. Much of the “news” lately is neither ‘news’ nor accurate. Go to the source statistics. Go to the experts in the field, and ignore most reporters because most of them these days are schooled in hype, not in economics, not in economic history.
We may well be headed for a depression rather than a recession. Things are at a turning point and could go either way. But don’t listen to reporters and pundits — they don’t know diddly.
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Now, only about 30 banks have failed and they expected about 90 total failures. Smaller bank failures is actually good for America. Leaving more stronger banks to survive.
The real problem is people are borrowing too much and have too much credit card debt. Home prices already drop back down except maybe in NY or SF Bay area where prices are still high but not crazily too high. People are rich and that is why they are still high in those areas of the nation.
Where people are poor the home prices have dropped and not easy for them to go back up because the people living there are poorer. It is that simple. Malibu is one example of rich people making a place costs too much. They are rich so the land is costly.
The real worry is High energy prices. There are solutions but we have dumb politicians making it hard to change behaviour. They could first get rid of corn as fuel source. Second, dig oil in the USA. Plenty of OIl in the USA because Mexico right now is digging like crazy and getting rich. California is very close to Mexico border and Mexico is sucking every drop dry. Oil is underneath the ground. USA are dumb. Norway has been digging like crazy and getting rich. USA getting poor because they allow Mexico to take all the oil that belongs to the USA. Oil is under our ground.
You have to get rid of the dumb politicians in order to save this supposedly great nation.
Bulgaria is the poorest, with a per capita nominal GDP of $5,186. Then Romania, with $7,697, then Poland, with $11,041. After that its latvia, lithuania, and slovenia.
I hope you mean EU, because if you mean Europe in general then former Yugoslavia is the poorest 8 countries.
What is going to happen when the automobile industry depends on flex fuel and mother nature doesn’t cooperate. Such as floodings, droughts, fires, insects, etc. Everything will be concentrated on corn but it’ll a take a small disaster and everyone will be paying $10 a gallon for corn oil. Not only that, every farmer is going to want in the business thus replacing other crops with corn which will create higher prices on other vegetables and bread. It’s a lose lose situation. The best bet will be to tap into our own US resources such as the Great Lakes, Pacific and Atlantic Ocean including the GOM.
I can agree with you that no one can be sure that ethanol is the answer. But drilling in America is clearly not the answer either. Oil is a non-renewable resource. If we want to enter a world with reliable energy that is affordable, renewables have to be the answer. Of course, in order for renewables to be the answer we have to make tremendous progress in making these resources usable. I like electric cars with the power plug-in powered by wind turbines. I think that’s a realistic resource that can last just about forever.
The 450 year-old giant banyan tree at Adyar in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. It is the oldest living organism.
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The oldest living tree in India is the 450 year-old giant banyan tree at Adyar in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters under which people listened to discourses by luminaries such as J. Krishnamurti, Annie Besant and Maria Montessori.
I’m sorry for what you’ve had to go through, but, no, not all guys are jerks
Perhaps you need to meet some males worthy of your attention. We’re not all that way.
I agree that not ALL men are jerks, but it seems like all the men you have met are. You need a change of scenery girl. Get out of that hell you call “home” and you may start to meet some decent people (even guys)
You have a very common life.Know that your story isnt very different than than the next woman.What i say is if you always look where you always look you will always get what you get.Try newer surroundings.And good luck!
You tell me what makes all men in your life like this. if you can’t change them for better don’t let them change you. have a faith and try to make your life better always.
believe it or not there are some fantastic men out there, you just have to know where to look. nobody can make excuses for what has happened to you, and none of it is your fault. your brother is probably harbouring some issues though, regarding the father and step father situation, as you probably know, your father and step father would have been the role models for your brothers behaviour. this doesnt make it right though. maybe you should talk to him, him may not even know he is the way he is. you also need to talk to someone (ie a psychotherapist) about what has happened to you, if you havent already, they will help you deal with what happened as well as give you some more self confidence. as for the boys at your school, all boys are like that, and maybe making friends with some girls wouldnt be a bad idea, but be choosy, as you will probably confide in them your deepest darkest secrets. as for the guy who told you to go away, it could be that he had more on his mind thatn you know about, and he is finding it hard to deal with his problems as well as yours (he could have been a bit nicer though). you never know, he might have been the nice guy you are looking for and may care about you a hell of a lot, which then it would hurt him to see you in so much pain.
sorry about the long winded reply, but i hope i helped.
hang in there.youve just had one hell of a life so far.were not all assholes.i wish the best for you because more than likely your going to or probably already do have major trust issues when it is going to involve us.i wish i could of been the most recent friend of yours because what i need more than anything right now is a female friend.not trying to get a laugh from the guys.lifes a strange place.it’ll be alright.it’ll all work out.
Really, not all of them are jerks, but the majority are. Don’t worry you are 17 you will meet a lot of good guys. May be you need to try some time to avoid friendship with men. See what will happen, may be you need to take your time.
After reading your post…
I’m sorry that you had to go through all that…
Try joining a “support”-group, as in just a group of people coming together having some fun.
I’m a Christian youth leader, and we have a youth programme.
I’m sure you could probably find something somewhere that would fit you.
By the way. I believe everything happens for a reason. Keep your chin up. Stay positive.
If you get through this, you will be an ambassador for women who have the same problems. And perhaps you can even help them. Let that motivate you.
But first. Help yourself. You are strong. You CAN get through this.
U have gone through some big difficulties! All I can say is ur plain unlucky regards to males. Hope you find a nice person soon.
U have gone through some big difficulties! All I can say is ur plain unlucky regards to males. Hope you find a nice person soon.
wecome to life gurl fuk thats the way things are but Im sure there is mr dot com smarty pants dog loving choclate giving I dont need to study skin cancering addicted to answers year seven got a chin like me and the rest of our family gurl um yeah theres the perfect man out there for you but we are all; man you know and you are women lolssss
I’m sorry for what you’ve had to go through, but, no, not all guys are jerks
Perhaps you need to meet some males worthy of your attention. We’re not all that way.
I agree that not ALL men are jerks, but it seems like all the men you have met are. You need a change of scenery girl. Get out of that hell you call “home” and you may start to meet some decent people (even guys)
You have a very common life.Know that your story isnt very different than than the next woman.What i say is if you always look where you always look you will always get what you get.Try newer surroundings.And good luck!
You tell me what makes all men in your life like this. if you can’t change them for better don’t let them change you. have a faith and try to make your life better always.
believe it or not there are some fantastic men out there, you just have to know where to look. nobody can make excuses for what has happened to you, and none of it is your fault. your brother is probably harbouring some issues though, regarding the father and step father situation, as you probably know, your father and step father would have been the role models for your brothers behaviour. this doesnt make it right though. maybe you should talk to him, him may not even know he is the way he is. you also need to talk to someone (ie a psychotherapist) about what has happened to you, if you havent already, they will help you deal with what happened as well as give you some more self confidence. as for the boys at your school, all boys are like that, and maybe making friends with some girls wouldnt be a bad idea, but be choosy, as you will probably confide in them your deepest darkest secrets. as for the guy who told you to go away, it could be that he had more on his mind thatn you know about, and he is finding it hard to deal with his problems as well as yours (he could have been a bit nicer though). you never know, he might have been the nice guy you are looking for and may care about you a hell of a lot, which then it would hurt him to see you in so much pain.
sorry about the long winded reply, but i hope i helped.
hang in there.youve just had one hell of a life so far.were not all assholes.i wish the best for you because more than likely your going to or probably already do have major trust issues when it is going to involve us.i wish i could of been the most recent friend of yours because what i need more than anything right now is a female friend.not trying to get a laugh from the guys.lifes a strange place.it’ll be alright.it’ll all work out.
Really, not all of them are jerks, but the majority are. Don’t worry you are 17 you will meet a lot of good guys. May be you need to try some time to avoid friendship with men. See what will happen, may be you need to take your time.
After reading your post…
I’m sorry that you had to go through all that…
Try joining a “support”-group, as in just a group of people coming together having some fun.
I’m a Christian youth leader, and we have a youth programme.
I’m sure you could probably find something somewhere that would fit you.
By the way. I believe everything happens for a reason. Keep your chin up. Stay positive.
If you get through this, you will be an ambassador for women who have the same problems. And perhaps you can even help them. Let that motivate you.
But first. Help yourself. You are strong. You CAN get through this.
U have gone through some big difficulties! All I can say is ur plain unlucky regards to males. Hope you find a nice person soon.
U have gone through some big difficulties! All I can say is ur plain unlucky regards to males. Hope you find a nice person soon.
wecome to life gurl fuk thats the way things are but Im sure there is mr dot com smarty pants dog loving choclate giving I dont need to study skin cancering addicted to answers year seven got a chin like me and the rest of our family gurl um yeah theres the perfect man out there for you but we are all; man you know and you are women lolssss