There are countries having people hard to get.When I toured in Japan, I smiled at someone and asked something only to hear him saying” Hey, are you crazy”? My goodness first time to hear someone telling me if I am crazy for I smiled at him. I also smiled someone when I was in Auckland city only to receive a frown face of the lady hahahaha, so weird people I met in my life.In Philippines, the country where I lived, we are described here as most friendly and hospitable people in the world.

In the country where I live any kind of drug except in the pharmacy are not legalized.I do not favor illegal drug to be legalized.

Legalizing drugs is actually the recommended approach of the United Nations today. The focus needs to move from criminalizing addiction, to harm reduction and treating addiction as the medical concern that it is.

In countries that have legalized marijuana and other drugs, there has been no ill effect. In fact, crime rates tend to drop and young people are less likely to consume.

Drug legalization would yield tax revenues of $46.7 billion annually, assuming legal drugs were taxed at rates comparable to those on alcohol and tobacco, they said. Approximately $8.7 billion of this revenue would result from the legalization of marijuana, $32.6 billion from legalization of cocaine and heroin, and $5.5 billion from legalization of all other drugs.

“Legalization would reduce state and federal deficits by eliminating expenditure on prohibition enforcement — arrests, prosecutions, and incarceration — and by allowing governments to collect tax revenue on legalized sales,” Miron and Waldock wrote.

Marijuana is already believed to be the nation’s number one cash crop, exceeding the combined value of wheat and corn. Pot is also the leading cash crop in at least a dozen states, including California and North Carolina.

Of course, opponents of drug legalization argue that passage of the ballot would increase crime and ultimately worsen peoples’ health,
rendering legalization a danger to public safety, offsetting the potential economic gains.

Reading about your trips, I am reminded very quickly why I don’t like to travel much! Just reading about all the different legs of your journey has me tired! I would be the girl to prefer a direct flight if at all possible – and actually, a train better than a plane. I find it more comfortable and more interesting.

being in a festive mood is great! i wish i was more in one. enjoy!

So the morning after the night before seems to linger a bit longer in your case 😀

The photo here is so awesome, people walk in sand? Being in a festive mood means to modify your energy and heart beat. The mood is full of awe and wonder.

If only we conserve our resources there is enough for not just one world but several worlds. The role of an individual is what matters.

I would not want to leave our beautiful earth, but I don’t think we should stop others from exploring space or attempting to found extraterrestrial colonies. Many aspects of space exploration have practical applications here on earth. And if we should establish colonies on other planets, it might help to relieve some of the pressures on our environment while we work on repairing the damage to our environment.

Violence in any society is common due to I think lack of education in men and women. No program of education is started seriously in any country because those who start the programs against the increasing violence are violence maker nature wise but the leaders know well but they just fulfill their temporary responsibility and nothing else all over the world.

Growing up used to be less traumatic just a few decades ago. Children back then worried about such things as a flat tire on their Schwinns and hoped that their teacher wouldn’t give too much homework.

Violence has always been a part of the human condition because of our sin nature (Rom. 3:23). But modern families are exposed to even more violence than previous generations because of the media. Any night of the week, the average viewer can see levels of violence approaching and even exceeding the Roman Gladiator games.

Does this have an effect? Certainly it does. The Bible teaches that “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7). What we view and what we think about affects our actions.

Defenders of television programs say that isn’t true. They contend that televised imagery doesn’t make people violent nor does it make people callous to suffering. But if televised imagery doesn’t affect human behavior, then the TV networks should refund billions of advertising dollars to TV sponsors.

In essence, TV executives are talking out of both sides of their mouths. On the one hand, they try to convince advertisers that a 30-second commercial can influence consumer behavior. On the other hand, they deny that a one-hour program wrapped around the commercials can influence social behavior.