🤷‍♀️🧙‍♂️ True or false? 🙄❓

2️⃣ Euthanesia should be allowed if that is the wish of the person and the doctors agree.

The dilemma of Euthanesia is simply awesome. If your pet is dying in pain, you will be condemned for cruelty if you do not summon the vet to give him a general anaesthetic from which he will not come round. But if your doctor performs exactly the same merciful service for you when you are dying in pain, he runs the risk of being prosecuted for murder. Why don't we have a right for "mercy killing"? We simply take the pain, endure the indignities, and await the inevitable end in the cruel hands of time? Let's change the phrase "mercy killing" into "assistance in suicide" and ask the same questions. That's quite difficult to answer as either "yes or no." I don't like to take "life is just the misery left between abortion and euthanasia." I had my own experience in this dilemma and I've quixotically chosen "enduring the pain." Not because of that I had the fear of death, just because of that life is the life if you fight till the last man stand, and you are that last man in your very own life. As I stated before that's quite a quixotic aspect, and not valid for all. Additionally our knowledge on death is pretty limited. The way we die, might be the redemption for our previous lives, or it might be the exoneration for our next lives. We don't know anything of the true nature of existence. All we know is that we don't like pain.

2️⃣ Euthanesia should be allowed if that is the wish of the person and the doctors agree.

The dilemma of Euthanesia is simply awesome. If your pet is dying in pain, you will be condemned for cruelty if you do not summon the vet to give him a general anaesthetic from which he will not come round. But if your doctor performs exactly the same merciful service for you when you are dying in pain, he runs the risk of being prosecuted for murder. Why don't we have a right for "mercy killing"? We simply take the pain, endure the indignities, and await the inevitable end in the cruel hands of time? Let's change the phrase "mercy killing" into "assistance in suicide" and ask the same questions. That's quite difficult to answer as either "yes or no." I don't like to take "life is just the misery left between abortion and euthanasia." I had my own experience in this dilemma and I've quixotically chosen "enduring the pain." Not because of that I had the fear of death, just because of that life is the life if you fight till the last man stand, and you are that last man in your very own life. As I stated before that's quite a quixotic aspect, and not valid for all. Additionally our knowledge on death is pretty limited. The way we die, might be the redemption for our previous lives, or it might be the exoneration for our next lives. We don't know anything of the true nature of existence. All we know is that we don't like pain.

I said already before but i really mean it that you write in a super beautiful way!! I have now read it two times and one time only for seeing HOW you write. But the second time also what you said! 😛 I dont understand exactly what you experienced yourself because you considered it for somebody to ask for euthanasia? Or it was close to you or about yourself? In any case i am happy that you write often on the forum and that everybody can read what you think about topics and to see how you write about them. I wanted to make sure that you know that!!!!! 😊😊

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️ I hope that everybody has a nice weekend!! 😊😊🌈🌞

For today i have two statements:

1️⃣ The difference between summer and winter time should be STOPPED.

2️⃣ It depends on your body if you need breakfast in the morning!

About statement 1: THIS weekend there is the summer time in The Netherlands and i think maybe also in other countries. So we have one hour LESS (dont forget @-Kiki- and i think also @Etienne, @Sabri_KC, @Lianshen, @Mulanyyy, @Simone724 and MANYYY others 😛 😛 ). Maybe it is time to stop the time difference between winter and summer and some countries already have that.

About statement 2: It is important to have breakfast bc your body starts with working. BUTTT i chatted about it this week with somebody!! I dont tell who!! 😛 And for that person it is different.

So i think BOTH statements are true. BUTTT what do YOU think? 🙄🙄

Do you think the statements are true ✅ or false ❌

1️⃣ Abortion should be allowed during pregnancy if the doctors say so.

There is a whole thing around abortion that I found repelling. The argument about "my body, my choice", like @Etienne mentionned, or the "clump of cells" are among them, but what I have the most problems with is how men are not in the equation for abortion, while they have to take their responsibilities when it comes to child support, including, in some grotesques cases, children of an unknown father. This doesn't look fair or coherent to me.

Another issue I have with abortion, because I have witnessed it, is that it is sometimes returned against women. When you have a partner who forces a woman to get an abortion, the fun suddenly disappears and the psychological problems linked to it surges even more.

For sure, giving the right to abort can be nice for some, but when I see that, I would rather restrict it to people who tried everything first - for real - not to get pregnant, as a couple, or to women for whom life is endangered, or victim of rape for example.

2️⃣ Euthanesia should be allowed if that is the wish of the person and the doctor

Why not, but what happens in case the doctors disagree, or that the person cannot give consent/communicate? what could happen in the case politicians use that to push people toward euthanasia?

1️⃣ The difference between summer and winter time should be STOPPED.

In fact, yes it should because light isn't spending much energy anymore (relatively to other devices at least), but changing time is negatively impacting our health. The problem is that we live in a marvellous place in the world called EU. Hence, even if they want to stop switching between summer and winter, they have been struggling with it for years, showing their inability in pretty much all aspects of taking decisions, even over unimportant matters.

Among other and if I remember right, the fight is between countries relying on their industry (Germany), and the countries relying on tourism (France) for their economy. Unfortunately, they do not care much about solar time anymore, despite France having a 2h lag at the moment.

2️⃣ It depends on your body if you need breakfast in the morning!

It depends on the people and their lifestyle. Most important is probably not if you eat a breakfast or not, but if you eat more or less at the same time and enough/good quality

There is a whole thing around abortion that I found repelling. The argument about "my body, my choice", like @Etienne mentionned, or the "clump of cells" are among them, but what I have the most problems with is how men are not in the equation for abortion, while they have to take their responsibilities when it comes to child support, including is some grotesques cases. This doesn't look fair or coherent to me.

Another issue I have with abortion, because I have witnessed it, is that it is sometimes returned against women. When youu have a partner who force a woman to get and abortion, the fun suddenly disappear and the psychological problems linked to it surge much more.

For sure, giving the right to abort can be nice for some, but when I see that, I would rather restrict it to people who tried everything first - for real - not to get pregnant, as a couple, or to women for whom life is endangered, or victim of rape for example.

Why not, but what happens in case the doctors disagree, or that the person cannot give consent/communicate? what could happen in the case politicians use that to push people toward euthanasia?

In fact, yes it should because light isn't spending much energy anymore (relatively to other devices at least), but changing time is negatively impacting our health. The problem is that we live in a marvellous place in the world called EU. Hence, even if they want to stop switching between summer and winter, they have been struggling with it for years, showing their inability in pretty much all aspects of taking decisions, even over unimportant matters.

Among other and if I remember right, the fight is between countries relying on their industry (Germany), and the countries relying on tourism (France) for their economy. Unfortunately, they do not care much about solar time anymore, despite France having a 2h lag at the moment.

It depends on the people and their lifestyle. Most important is probably not if you eat a breakfast or not, but if you eat more or less at the same time and enough/good quality

Thank you very much @Lianshen for writing about the statements!!! 🙂 I do have a question about what you wrote that i dont understand. So about the summer and winter time: why is it important for industry and the tourism to keep the difference? Because for example if you have a factory and you normally go to it for work at a time you can just change the work hours if you want to but dont need to change the whole time like winter and summer time! And same for tourism like a museum is open at 9 and if you want you can just change the opening time BUTTT you dont need to change the whole time zone. 🙄🙄 Sorry if this is stupid and i overlook stuff. 🙂

Thank you very much @Lianshen for writing about the statements!!! 🙂 I do have a question about what you wrote that i dont understand. So about the summer and winter time: why is it important for industry and the tourism to keep the difference? Because for example if you have a factory and you normally go to it for work at a time you can just change the work hours if you want to but dont need to change the whole time like winter and summer time! And same for tourism like a museum is open at 9 and if you want you can just change the opening time BUTTT you dont need to change the whole time zone. 🙄🙄 Sorry if this is stupid and i overlook stuff. 🙂

That's a good question and I couldn't give you a detailed answer. I saw that information years ago, and basically, it's not about keeping the difference but divergent interests. Winter time is better for energy saving and for workers health and productivity eventually because it's closer to natural rythm.

Summer time seems to be better for tourism industry because you have more daylight in the evening, and it's not just about museum, but also bars, restaurants and other touristic places. In France , we are 2h ahead of solar time (we adopted German time during the last war and never changed back...), and Brittany being even more in the west, then it's a few minutes more. Shortly, it means that, in my city, in summer, it's daylight until 10pm, and you still have dusk until 11pm almost: perfect to stay up late outside!
In winter time, or worse solar time, it would be dark at 20-21h (in June); so not as good 🙂

I may not be super clear, so let me know if you still have trouble with it.

1️⃣ The difference between summer and winter time should be STOPPED.

Yes definitely, it barely saves any money at all and is a major inconvenience on people (which has negative effects on health).

why is it important for industry and the tourism to keep the difference? Because for example if you have a factory and you normally go to it for work at a time you can just change the work hours if you want to but dont need to change the whole time like winter and summer time! And same for tourism like a museum is open at 9 and if you want you can just change the opening time BUTTT you dont need to change the whole time zone. 🙄🙄 Sorry if this is stupid and i overlook stuff. 🙂

It forces everyone to adopt this system if you change the time. What you're describing is an opt-in system in which people basically have a choice between adopting it or not, which would result in nobody doing it because it's too much hassle. Then there would be discrepancies between who's doing it and who's not which would make things even more confusing. One day it will have to go! Summer time master race 💪️💪️😁️

2️⃣ It depends on your body if you need breakfast in the morning!

If you're a child or a teenager yes I think so, if you're an adult you should just listen to what your bodies tells you : eat when you feel hungry, don't eat just because "it's time to eat" if you don't feel hungry (unless you have an eating disorder of course)

Our children have no problems getting adjusted to a new time zone when travelling abroad. The summer/winter time transition seems to be much harder to cope with. In particular getting them to fall asleep an hour earlier is somewhat similar to climbing the Himalayas wearing flip flops.

As regards breakfast in the morning: I have 10 steps to secure my morning harvest or the Valkyries may descend to earth and guide me towards Odin's great hall.

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️ Today i have not a statement but a question. My dad says that bc Trump is making economic war with a LOTTTT of parts of the world that China will maybe get stronger in parts where they get ANGRY with Trump for the tarifs. I dont know if this is true or not so i will just ask a question this time and not make a statement:

➡️ Do you think China will get stronger in parts of the world because of Trump?

Do you think YES ✅ or NO ❌ And do you think it is important or not? 🙄🙄 Bc this is also a political question i think, i hope everybody can write in a nice way about it and not argue in this forum. Thank you very much!! 🙏🙏

➡️ Do you think China will get stronger in parts of the world because of Trump?

No China is not getting stronger - and neither are the US - it's very likely going to be a lose lose situation. Tariffs are not always bad, but these are very high and are being applied with essentially no delay. I wouldn't be surprised if they get readjusted down in the coming days.

No China is not getting stronger - and neither are the US - it's very likely going to be a lose lose situation. Tariffs are not always bad, but these are very high and are being applied with essentially no delay. I wouldn't be surprised if they get readjusted down in the coming days.

Thanksss @Etienne but i dont mean US against China with the tariffs BUTTT for example if another country also gets punished by the US. And that country can maybe instead try to be better friends with Europe or China. So if Australia or maybe Canada thinks that Trump is wrong with the tariffs or of course other countries maybe they will try to become closer with each other and with Europe or China. Bc they cant trust the US anymore or because everything will be super expensive so they prefer now other countries.

Thanksss @Etienne but i dont mean US against China with the tariffs BUTTT for example if another country also gets punished by the US. And that country can maybe instead try to be better friends with Europe or China. So if Australia or maybe Canada thinks that Trump is wrong with the tariffs or of course other countries maybe they will try to become closer with each other and with Europe or China. Bc they cant trust the US anymore or because everything will be super expensive so they prefer now other countries.

Not really, it's all intertwined that's why the stock market went down all over the world. If it did favor somebody, their market value would be going up. It's like saying "disregard your relation with the baker so that you can build a better one with the plumber", at the end of the day you need both 😛

➡️ Do you think China will get stronger in parts of the world because of Trump?

It depends on your reference. If you take US, then probably not. If you get EU, then probably yes, but it wll onyl be because EU will crash a little bit more as being unaware of what is surrounding itself and having a too heavy instrument to respond efficiently to such events.

Furthermore, China also starts to experience some issues on its own with lower attractivity, unemployment rate and desire of its population for a 'chiller life' among other.

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️ For today i have one statement and this time i made it myself!! 🙂

➡️ If you get a fine because you made a traffic fault, if you make the SAME mistake again in the same year each time the fine must be 10% higher!!

I can explain the statement: at our school some cars park on the walking part of the street or on part of the bike lane and they just DONT CARE. And if they get a fine they still dont care bc the next time they get a fine it is months later and it is the same price.

And the same is true if cars or fatbikes drive super fast and cause almost accidents a lot of times and often the drivers are also young and they think it is cool and nobody does really something about it. And only SOMETIMES they get a fine. But if they get fines more often and it gets higher and higher each time, maybe that helps. 🙄🙄

But what do YOU think about the statement? Do you think the statement is true ✅ or false ❌

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️ For today i have a new statement!! 🙂

➡️ If you eat than you must stop when you are 70-80% full.

I think normally it is true bc if you eat your head is slower than your body. So you THINK that maybe you are hungy but after it you maybe feel like a BALLOON bc you ate too long and too much!!! And in a lot of countries more than 50% of people are overweight.

If you are underweight i think it is different and you must look at the calories you eat (so not only how you feel bc that can be dangerous and not enough). But you have to speak with a doctor and they can give very good advice what is healthier. And only trusting your feeling is NOT good enough. Even when that is difficult i know. But you really must ask advice and listen to it.

But in other cases i think that rule of 70-80% is normally a good rule. Unless you are a bear and you go for a winter sleep!! 😛 😛

What do YOU think about the statement? Do you think the statement is true ✅ or false ❌

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️ For today i have a new statement!! 🙂

➡️ If you eat than you must stop when you are 70-80% full.

I think normally it is true bc if you eat your head is slower than your body. So you THINK that maybe you are hungy but after it you maybe feel like a BALLOON bc you ate too long and too much!!! And in a lot of countries more than 50% of people are overweight.

If you are underweight i think it is different and you must look at the calories you eat (so not only how you feel bc that can be dangerous and not enough). But you have to speak with a doctor and they can give very good advice what is healthier. And only trusting your feeling is NOT good enough. Even when that is difficult i know. But you really must ask advice and listen to it.

But in other cases i think that rule of 70-80% is normally a good rule. Unless you are a bear and you go for a winter sleep!! 😛 😛

What do YOU think about the statement? Do you think the statement is true ✅ or false ❌

Even if you look at the portion of countries with at least 50% of their citizens being overweight, you would find the number to be very low and if you forgot countries and just looked at the overweight portion of the world, the portion would be even lower. I would even argue that the number is decreasing with the perception being distorted by industrial countries ego. The world isn`t getting fatter and fatter. The countries gaining weight are the same ones throwing away approx. 30% of their food. We can argue about what to eat, but not how much. It is like looking at the sun. No-one had to tell you not to look into the sun. You will know not to, when you do.

Even if you look at the portion of countries with at least 50% of their citizens being overweight, you would find the number to be very low and if you forgot countries and just looked at the overweight portion of the world, the portion would be even lower. I would even argue that the number is decreasing with the perception being distorted by industrial countries ego. The world isn`t getting fatter and fatter. The countries gaining weight are the same ones throwing away approx. 30% of their food. We can argue about what to eat, but not how much. It is like looking at the sun. No-one had to tell you not to look into the sun. You will know not to, when you do.

Thank you for posting @Fyuuj! 🙂 If you want to react to ANY statement in this forum that is of course always nice!

I think that there are a lot of countries where people are overweight and if more than 50% is overweight that is a big problem. Of course there are many countries where this is not the case and were for example people dont have enough to eat and there is a lot of hunger. That is a BIGGG problem too but a different kind of problem.

For the countries where there are a LOTTT (even 20% or 30% or more than 50%) people are overweight it is important to think what to do about it bc it is BAD for their health ANDDD it costs problems for a lot of healthcare. I hope i say this correctly in English. I mean like that there is a lot of problems that come from being overweight and it will ask a lot from the medical world. And if that is a problem of the industrial countries still it is a problem.

I think to solve it a lot of things are needed. And not just one thing. So for example:

➡️ People have to look at what they eat

➡️ People have to stop getting so full that they eat too much

➡️ People need to sport more

➡️ Etc etc etc

So for example: in my school many eat at Mc Donalds and now for SOME it doesnt look like they eat too much but later it becomes a problem (their parents are sometimes huge too). And with some now already they are really overweight. And it is bc what they eat and also they dont sport enough. But also with others they do eat healthy food but also TOO MUCH. Like for example my dad he has sometimes 3 plates and i not even 1 plate of food. And my uncle is the same and others we know too. But they keep eating and now look a bit like the smiling buddha.

So i think it depends per person who is overweight what is the problem and how to solve that. But i think it IS a problem that too many people are overweight and it is important to do something about it. We also discussed overweight in our society class one time and our teacher also mentioned it is important for those persons bc it can affect them a lot with everything. BUTTT it also affects others bc overweight people will need medical help a lot more than others and that can make more problems.

Thank you for posting @Fyuuj! 🙂 If you want to react to ANY statement in this forum that is of course always nice!

I think that there are a lot of countries where people are overweight and if more than 50% is overweight that is a big problem. Of course there are many countries where this is not the case and were for example people dont have enough to eat and there is a lot of hunger. That is a BIGGG problem too but a different kind of problem.

For the countries where there are a LOTTT (even 20% or 30% or more than 50%) people are overweight it is important to think what to do about it bc it is BAD for their health ANDDD it costs problems for a lot of healthcare. I hope i say this correctly in English. I mean like that there is a lot of problems that come from being overweight and it will ask a lot from the medical world. And if that is a problem of the industrial countries still it is a problem.

I think to solve it a lot of things are needed. And not just one thing. So for example:

➡️ People have to look at what they eat

➡️ People have to stop getting so full that they eat too much

➡️ People need to sport more

➡️ Etc etc etc

So for example: in my school many eat at Mc Donalds and now for SOME it doesnt look like they eat too much but later it becomes a problem (their parents are sometimes huge too). And with some now already they are really overweight. And it is bc what they eat and also they dont sport enough. But also with others they do eat healthy food but also TOO MUCH. Like for example my dad he has sometimes 3 plates and i not even 1 plate of food. And my uncle is the same and others we know too. But they keep eating and now look a bit like the smiling buddha.

So i think it depends per person who is overweight what is the problem and how to solve that. But i think it IS a problem that too many people are overweight and it is important to do something about it. We also discussed overweight in our society class one time and our teacher also mentioned it is important for those persons bc it can affect them a lot with everything. BUTTT it also affects others bc overweight people will need medical help a lot more than others and that can make more problems.

The point I was trying to make is that I doubt that if one where to observe the trend on a global scale, one would perceive any such incline you refer to as "a lot". But I`ll play along. Personally, I think some problems are best addressed indirectly.

It comes to no surprise that there is a strong correlation between socioeconomical status and being overweight. One could therefore argue that improving peoples quality of life (psychology) in general will have an effect on their physiology. I do agree with you on the suggestions made, but well those are not solutions are they? Those are choices people can already make. The question is why don't they make them? People can already eat healthy food, at least those who can afford it. People can already go to the gym, those who are not busy running a family with wages that can barely keep them afloat. They are a multitude of phsycological reasons for peoples poor choices and I argue peoples choices are made.

I do not wish to make it any philosophical, but we should keep 2 things in mind

1) Suffering will always manifest itself in some way. At times in ways we do not even attribute to suffering

2) Although capitalism has brought humanity a net +, for example in the medical sector, the distribution of its fruits has become more extreme. and not just in those upper percentile people always look at. I don`t know if you ever watched star trek, but I never once saw a corpulent vulcan or romulan (just kidding). Living in Germany, and I am know of other European countries suffering from the same problem, one can clearly observe the educational system go down the rails. One cannot expect people to make educated choices, when one successively deprives them of quality education. This might seem far fetched, but symptomatic treatment has always been a temporary solution. Well we have been aware for long enough that the portion of obese people within a not so large fraction of the world is increasing.

I think what I am trying to say is, suffering causes a multitude of problems (obesity amongst them). The question is then what causes suffering and how do we solve that. And that is where you end up in politics, where things become unsolvable.

What i do not believe, is that obesity would notice any effect from introducing some sort of 70-80% rule