Category: Social

Somehow something went terribly wrong

Posted Mar.10, 2010 under Social

There is something fundamentally wrong with our society. We care about people in another country who suffered an earthquake, but we couldn’t give a toss about the people who live side by side with us from day to day.

Social issues such as healthcare and equality between citizens and the distribution of wealth are big issues nowadays.

And the governments are all wrong as well in their actions. They promote war, when they should be providing primitive aid to their own citizens. Why is this happening? We fight over superficial things such as religion. We fight over fossil fuels. Why? Because we are too dumb to realise that alternative fuels are much more efficient and work a lot better than fossil fuels do.

Such as hydrogen. Didn’t you learn at school that Hydrogen can be extracted via a lot of processes? Acid+Metal->Salt+Hydrogen.

The only problem with hydrogen, is, that it is extremely difficult to store, yet there are already hydrogen-based cars available in California and in some parts of Germany.

This could spark a new industry. And no, I do not want another industry based on greed.

To be honest, the fact that we help those in difficulties (like Haiti and Chile at the moment) shows that the human race has some humanity left. Some unity.

Something that shows we aren’t all completely evil. Or maybe we just want to show ourselves in better light.

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Nudity – where do you draw the line?

Posted Feb.21, 2010 under Apple, Social

Today, I found out that Apple has decided to make the whole App Store PG-13, which means no nudity whatsoever – including people in swimsuits. Yes, people in ACTUAL FUCKING SWIMSUITS ARE FORBIDDEN.

5000 apps removed.

I, personally, don’t agree with Apple at all. This wasn’t porn. (Yet there is porn for the iPhone). This wasn’t even NUDITY. This was completely normal. Yet those f*cking evangelical puritanical teabagging christian conservative f*cks want even the slightest hint of skin pulled from the app store.

Here’s an idea: If you don’t want to see nudity, then (obviously you’re retarded)… don’t buy/get these apps! There are plenty more to choose from, which do not have any bare skin whatsoever.
If you don’t want your children to see it, then (obviously you are a follower of a certain religion and therefore, quite frankly, f*cking retarded, but nevertheless) there are always parental controls for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Or better yet, don’t buy your child an iPhone/iPod Touch then!

Seriously, what’s wrong with you people?

What do you think? Where do you draw the line?

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Immigration INTO Estonia?!?

Posted Feb.18, 2010 under Economy, Social

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about immigration and whether the United States should limit immigration into the United States. And similar talks have been going on in the United Kingdom for some time now.

But, never, not once has anyone, ever, mentioned immigration into Estonia, whether anyone would come and whether we should allow them to, if they did.

Personally, I think we should allow it, endorse it and make it easier.

I’m sure it would boost our economy, as well as boost our understanding of other cultures, and help us become more tolerant people, since Estonians are quite racist, very intolerant (for example, of homosexuality) and not very intelligent people in general.

We’re the European equivalent of Rednecks, if you will. Except we’re not as religious.

When I take a look at other countries, for example, the United States, a country built on immigration. These days, immigration is good for their economy.

Well, it’s either that, or the fact that it keeps the average weight of Americans below 400lbs… (around 200kg)

The United Kingdom, however, “suffers” from immigration. Or at least, a lot of them think so. “Those Polish people, coming over here, stealing our jobs. With their work ethic and reasonable charges…”

The Brits deal with multiculturalism better than any country in the world does.

The reason I’m bringing up Britain, is if we were to allow more immigration into the country, then we would have a lot to learn from them.

Over here, I propose a one-year-trial system. It would be really simple. You can legally immigrate into the country, and you can stay here for a year, no questions asked.
But then there’s the tricky bit… You can only stay here if you can speak the language, and you don’t have any criminal offenses on your record.

Unless you meet all these requirements, you will be deported back into your native country.

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The World According to Clarkson. Book review.

Posted Feb.15, 2010 under Personal, Random, Social

The World According to Clarkson is a non-fiction book that looks at the modern British everyday life in a satirical way. What it is then, is a collection of his newspaper column articles, on the topic of Britain.

One recurring theme in the book is his comparisons with mainland Europe. Within the book, he even mentions Estonia in a chapter, a couple of times, writing:

“He ended up with an extraordinary collection including Estonia, which did have an army in 1993. But lost it. No, really. The Estonian army was ordered to capture a Russian military town but the soldiers decided this was an unpleasant way of earning a living and went off, on their own, to fight organised crime instead.”

Another recurring theme are his constant complaints about the government, the EU and generally, everyday life. His witty remarks make almost every subject a lot more interesting.

I agree with Jeremy Clarkson on most topics. I agree with him that “Health and Safety” is pointless. In fact, in the Top Gear production office, they call it the PPD – the Programme Prevention Department. I agree that Europe should have the same plug sockets. That’s something more necessary than the Euro.

I loved the book. It was witty and interesting. I read it straight from start to finish because it was simply so interesting to read. It wasn’t a single story, but a collection of ideas and thoughts as he travelled throughout the UK, Europe and the world. With most books, I want to take a couple of breaks because I get tired of reading them. With this, I simply kept going for hours and hours, until I’d finished it. I payed attention to… everything! Which isn’t something that happens to me very often. And what an experience it was! My world view didn’t change much, but my mind was definitely broadened by it.

The man has a point.

Originally written as a school book report. ©Johannes Siig, All Rights Reserved.

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Socialised medicine. Social democracy. Liberalism.

Posted Feb.11, 2010 under Economy, Social

These days, there is a lot of discussion whether the world’s richest country should have socialised medicine. And a lot of people argue against it, because they think it’s going to be expensive for them… Well, add up all your income taxes, sales tax, medical insurance and compare it to any country’s which has socialised medicine.

Believe me, the ones with the higher tax rate are not going to be the ones with socialised medicine. And you would never, ever have to worry about losing your house because you lost your job and fell ill, and now you can’t pay your medical bills.

And long waiting times? That’s only a myth. They may be longer, but not nearly as long as you make it out to be.

To be honest, there are some things wrong with our system as well. For example, in Estonia, we have a 1.5 year maternity leave with 80% salary… And you can keep your job, by law. Which really isn’t so much about socialised medicine, but more about social democracy in general.

As an Estonian, I think I’d rather have no maternity pay, if the average pay per month was €2500, rather than 1.5 years of maternity pay of 80% if it was €600… as it is now.

But I do love the healthcare system around here. It really is a lot easier to understand than the one in the US. Plus, you’d never be able to lose your… err, what’s the most valuable thing the average Estonian has?

No, not his house… Since the average Estonian lives in a tiny apartment/flat in a city… Oh, I know, his car! Which is usually a top-of-the-range BMW or Audi… Which he can not afford, and is in huge debt due to that. Which he doesn’t need either, since he only travels within city limits… which means public transport is not only faster, but cheaper as well. And more comfortable, most of the time. But that’s another topic.

80% maternity leave for 1.5 years is nothing when your life is too depressing to have children in the first place.

But to be honest, what’s so bad about social democracy, anyways?
You pay higher taxes when you have a job, and if something happens to you, the government will help you.

What would you rather have, lower taxes – but as good as dead if you lose your job, or higher taxes at first – but if something were to happen, you would be able to count on the government?

After all, you do not need to pay for health insurance, so it evens out quite well… Except only in the cash department, since you would be left to die if something were to happen.

Think about it.

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We’re emotionless. So what?

Posted Jan.26, 2010 under Social

Watching last night’s House episode made me think. How big a part of our human emotions is actually real, truthful emotions which haven’t been faked or overdone?

I think, very little. We are all mostly psychopaths inside. Psychopathy is a disorder which presents itself as a lack of empathy and an overall lack of human emotion.

Most of us don’t need much to fake these emotions. We rarely empathise with our friends. Yet most of us felt sorry for the Haitians this mid-January. I know I did.

The reason for that is, we start to think, what would it be like if this was us, and that doesn’t happen very often on a personal level.

Women tend to fake less emotions and tend to show real emotions more than men. That can be explained using evolution and while that’s not really necessary today, 10000-15000 years ago showing emotion for men might have meant the difference between life and death.

We may think it’s love, but it almost never is. At least, not for men. We call it love, but it’s actually sexual desire and lovingness (synonym for affection). For women it might as well be love, but for men – it’s simply affection.

Or maybe it’s the fact that men can’t tell the difference between love and affection?

Empathy doesn’t exist. And to quote House:

“We are selfish-based animals crawling across the earth, but ’cause we’ve got brains, if we try really hard, we can usually aspire to something that is less than pure evil.”

(Probably David Shore, the creator of House)

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What’s your f*cking problem with Gay Marriages?

Posted Jan.25, 2010 under Random, Social

Everywhere I look these days, even in this über-liberal tiny northern European country of Estonia, there are heated discussions whether gay marriages and adoption should be legalised.

The main argument seems to be that homosexuality is unnatural. But what does unnatural mean? What is natural? What is unnatural? And is unnatural necessarily bad?

I’m not so sure. After all – it is unnatural for humans to fly. Yet most of us use planes. It’s unnatural for humans to survive tough diseases – yet we can due to advances in medicine. It’s unnatural to sit in front of a glowing box and constantly watch it for hours. And yet almost all of us do it.

So, unnatural definitely isn’t bad.

Another argument people propose is that the Bible is against homosexuality – therefore they should not have the right to get married. Well, this argument is ultimately stupid, since it is based on nothing more than just religious views and no logical evidence.

You have to remember – not everyone is of the same faith as you. In fact, most people aren’t.

Gay adoption, however is another topic. But ultimately, there’s not much difference.

There is one main argument against gay adoption is that the child would be bullied at school if anyone were to find out. Yet I don’t see how that’s different from bullying due to other reasons – being too fat or too thin, too short or too tall… Kids have always been bullied for different reasons. In school you are either the bully or you get bullied. There’s no third option.

And you have to remember that there is absolutely no link between homosexuality and paedophilia. In fact, the reverse has been observed…

Really, if two homosexuals want to get married, why do you prohibit it? What’s your problem with them?
They aren’t trying to get special rights. Simply equal rights…

What’s your problem with them? Are you saying your sexuality (straight) should be the only and dominant one?

You sound like a Ku Klux Klan member now – saying your sexuality is the only right one is like saying your race is the only right one.

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